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The document contains a series of engineering problems related to various types of engines, including calculations of thermal and mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption, brake power, and indicated power. It covers different engine configurations such as single-cylinder, four-stroke, and compression ignition engines, providing specific parameters for each case. The problems require the application of thermodynamic principles and formulas to derive various performance metrics of the engines.

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IC Engine Problems

The document contains a series of engineering problems related to various types of engines, including calculations of thermal and mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption, brake power, and indicated power. It covers different engine configurations such as single-cylinder, four-stroke, and compression ignition engines, providing specific parameters for each case. The problems require the application of thermodynamic principles and formulas to derive various performance metrics of the engines.

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1.

An engine with an indicated thermal efficiency of 25% and mechanical


efficiency of 75% consumes 25kg/hr of fuel at a fixed speed. The break
mean effective pressure is 5 bar and mean piston speed 15 m/s, assuming
it is single cylinder square engine determine the crank radius and the
speed in rpm. Take CV of the fuel is = 42 MJ/kg
2. A four-cylinder SI engine running at 1200 rpm gives 18.87 kW as break
power. When one cylinder missed firing the average torque was 100 Nm.
Calculate the indicated thermal efficiency if the CV of fuel is 42 MJ/kg.
The engine uses 0.335 kg of fuel per kW/h. What is the mechanical
efficiency of the engine?
3. A petrol engine uses a fuel of CV 0f 42 MJ/kg & has a specific gravity of
0.75. The break thermal efficiency is 24% & mechanical efficiency is
80%. If the engine develops a break power of 29.44kW, calculate a)
volume of the fuel consumed per second b) indicated thermal efficiency.
4. A four stroke CI engine having a cylinder diameter of 39 cm and stroke
of 28 cm has a mechanical efficiency of 80%. Assume the frictional
power as 80 kW. Its fuel consumption is 86 kg/h with an air fuel ratio of a
18:1, the speed of the engine is 2000 rpm calculate a) indicated power b)
If the brake thermal efficiency is 40 percent calculate the calorific value
of the fuel used c) Indicated mean effective pressure d) mass flow rate of
air/hr.
5. An engine with 80% mechanical efficiency develops brake power of 30
kW. Find its indicated power and frictional power. If frictional power is
assumed to be constant what will be the mechanical efficiency at half
load.
6. An engine develops a brake power of 3.68 kW. Its indicated thermal
efficiency is 30%, mechanical efficiency is 80%, calorific value of the
fuel is 42 MJ/kg and its specific gravity is 0.875 calculate a) the fuel
consumption of the engine in kg/h and litres/h b) indicated specific fuel
consumption and c) brake specific fuel consumption.
7. An engine is using 5.2 kg of air per minute while operating at 1200 rpm.
The engine requires 0.2256 kg of fuel per hour to produce an indicated
power of 1 kW. The air fuel ratio is 15:1. Indicated thermal efficiency is
38% and mechanical efficiency is 80%. Calculate a) brake power and b)
heating value of fuel.
8. A four-stroke, four-cylinder automotive engine develops 150Nm brake
torque at 3000rpm. Assuming bmep to be 0.925 bar, find (a) brake power
(b) displacement volume (c) stroke (d) bore. Take sp=12m/s.
9. A single-cylinder, four-stroke, engine has a bsfc of 1.13×10 -5 kg/kWh and
a fuel consumption rate of 0.4068Kg/h. The specific power output of the
engine is 0.33kW/cm2. If the engine runs at 3000rpm find the
displacement volume of the cylinder and if the sp is 15m/s, find the
bmep.
10. A compression ignition engine work on dual combustion cycle. The
pressure and temperature at the beginning of compression are 1 bar and
300K respectively and the pressure at the end of compression is 25 bar. If
20 kJ of heat is supplied per kg of air during constant volume heating and
the pressure at the end of adiabatic expansion is found to be 3 bar, find
the ideal thermal efficiency. Assume Cp=1.004kJ/kgK and
Cv=0.717kJ/kgK.
11.An Otto cycle takes in air at 300K. The ratio of maximum to minimum
temperature is 6. Find out the optimum compression ratio for the
maximum work output of the cycle.
12.An oil engine works on Diesel cycle the compression ratio of being 15.
The temperature at the start of compression is 290K and 700 kJ of heat is
supplied at constant pressure per kg of air and it attains a temperature of
690K at the end of adiabatic expansion. Find the air standard efficiency
of the cycle. What would be the theoretical work done per kg of air. Take
Cv=0.717kJ/kgK and gama=1.4.
13.A Petrol engine working on Otto cycle has a maximum pressure of 50
bar. Heat supplied is 1000 kJ per kg. If the pressure ratio during
compression is 12.286, find the compression ratio and also the ratio of
peak temperature to inlet temperature. Take P1= 1 bar and T1=300K.
14.A 2.7 litre cubic capacity 6 cylinder four stroke Otto engine has a
compression ratio of 10. The engine develops 138 kW at 5000 rpm.
Calculate: (a) air standard efficiency (b) the necessary rate of heat
addition (c) the mean effective pressure of the cycle (d) the peak
temperature and pressure of the cycle.
15. An engine operates on Otto cycle between pressure 1 bar and 30 bar. The
ratio of pressure at constant volume is 4. The temperature at the end of
compression is 200 degrees Celsius and the law of compression and
expansion is PV1.3=constant. If the engine now operates on Carnot cycle
for the same range of temperature, find the efficiency of the cycle.
16. An oil engine working on the duel combustion cycle has a cylinder
diameter of 20cm and stroke of 40 cm. The compression ratio is 13.5 and
the expansion ratio is 1.42. Cut-off ratio occur at 5.1 % of the stroke. Find
the air standard efficiency. Take gama=1.4.

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