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Institute of Space Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering 414309 IC Engines Tutorial-1

This document contains a tutorial for an IC engines class with 4 questions regarding engine performance parameters. Question 1a asks to evaluate brake power, frictional power, mechanical efficiencies, and clearance volume given brake thermal efficiency, indicated power, and mechanical efficiency at full and half load. Question 1b asks to find mechanical efficiencies at various loads and fuel consumption given brake power, no-load power draw, and brake thermal efficiency. Question 1c asks to estimate crank radius and engine speed given indicated thermal efficiency, mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption rate, brake mean pressure, and mean piston speed. Question 1d asks to find the speed at which a 4-cylinder natural gas engine can develop 50kW of

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Institute of Space Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering 414309 IC Engines Tutorial-1

This document contains a tutorial for an IC engines class with 4 questions regarding engine performance parameters. Question 1a asks to evaluate brake power, frictional power, mechanical efficiencies, and clearance volume given brake thermal efficiency, indicated power, and mechanical efficiency at full and half load. Question 1b asks to find mechanical efficiencies at various loads and fuel consumption given brake power, no-load power draw, and brake thermal efficiency. Question 1c asks to estimate crank radius and engine speed given indicated thermal efficiency, mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption rate, brake mean pressure, and mean piston speed. Question 1d asks to find the speed at which a 4-cylinder natural gas engine can develop 50kW of

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Institute of Space Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering


414309 IC Engines
Tutorial-1
Date: 21/10/2020

- All questions are compulsory Max. Marks: 20


-*CLO questions

Question-1: Understand and analyse the engine performance parameters and evaluate the different
parameters asked for given operating conditions.

a) An one-liter cubic capacity, four-stroke, four-cylinder SI engine has a brake thermal efficiency of 30%
and indicated power is 40 kW at full load. At half load, it has a mechanical efficiency of 65%.
Assuming constant mechanical losses, Evaluate the following: (i) brake power (ii) frictional power (iii)
mechanical efficiency at full load (iv) indicated thermal efficiency. If the volume decreases by eight-
fold during the compression stroke, calculate the clearance volume.

b) A four-stroke petrol engine at full load delivers 50 kW. It requires 8.5 kW to rotate it without load at
the same speed. Find its mechanical efficiency at full load, half load and quarter load? Also find out
the volume of the fuel consumed per second at full load if the brake thermal efficiency is 25%, given
that calorific value of the fuel = 42 MJ/kg and specific gravity of petrol is 0.75. Estimate the indicated
thermal efficiency.

c) The indicated thermal efficiency of four-stroke engine is 32% and its mechanical efficiency is 78%.
The fuel consumption rate is 20 kg/h running at a fixed speed. The brake mean pressure developed is
6 bar and the mean piston speed is 12 m/s. Assuming it to be a single cylinder square engine,
Estimate the crank radius and the speed of the engine. Take CV = 42000 kJ/kg.

d) Find out the speed at which a four-cylinder engine using natural gas can develop a brake power of 50
kW working under following conditions. Air-gas ratio 9:1, calorific value of the fuel = 34 MJ/m3,
Compression ratio 10:1, volumetric efficiency = 70%, indicated thermal efficiency = 35% and the
mechanical efficiency = 80% and the total volume of the engine is 2 liters.

P.T.O

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