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The document provides details on the key components of an internal combustion engine, including: 1. The intake and exhaust valves, rocker arms, and springs that open and close the valves to allow air/fuel intake and exhaust out. Hydraulic lifters eliminate the need for valve clearance adjustment. 2. The valve cover that seals the head and allows venting of pressure while preventing debris from entering the engine. 3. The intake and exhaust ports that allow air/fuel intake and exhaust out of the combustion chambers. 4. The piston that converts the potential energy of fuel into kinetic energy, driving the crankshaft up and down via the connecting rod.

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Assignment 1

The document provides details on the key components of an internal combustion engine, including: 1. The intake and exhaust valves, rocker arms, and springs that open and close the valves to allow air/fuel intake and exhaust out. Hydraulic lifters eliminate the need for valve clearance adjustment. 2. The valve cover that seals the head and allows venting of pressure while preventing debris from entering the engine. 3. The intake and exhaust ports that allow air/fuel intake and exhaust out of the combustion chambers. 4. The piston that converts the potential energy of fuel into kinetic energy, driving the crankshaft up and down via the connecting rod.

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Intake valve, rocker arm and spring: - The valve in head engine has pushrods that extend upward from the camp followers to rocker arms mounted on the cylinder head that contact the valve stems and transmit the motion produced by the cam profile to the valves. Clearance (usually termed tappet clearance) must be maintained between the ends of the valve stems and the lifter mechanism to assure proper closing of the valves when the engine temperature changes. This is done by providing pushrod length adjustment or by the use of hydraulic lifters. Noisy and erratic valve operation can be eliminated with entirely mechanical valve lifter linkage only if the tappet clearance between the rocker arms and the valve stems is closely maintained at the specified value for the engine as measured with a thickness gauge. Hydraulic valve lifters, now commonly used on automobile engines, eliminate the need for periodic adjustment of clearance. B. Valve cover: - Valve cover breathers are located on top of the valve covers, in the oil-filling hole. The valve cover comes in different sizes. First function is to allow the release of internal pressure in the engine to be vented to the intake manifold. The second function is to have a design to prohibit any debris from entering the engine through the breather and to prevent oil in the valve cover from being sucked out of the valve cover by the suction of the intake manifold. C. Intake port: - An intake port for an internal-combustion engine is composed of an inlet duct which is constructed in the cylinder head and has a more curved section close to the combustion space and a flat or less curved section away from the combustion space. D. Head: - The cylinder head is the metal part of the engine that encloses and covers the cylinders. Bolted on to the top of the block, the cylinder head contains combustion chambers, water jackets and valves (in overheadvalve engines). The head gasket seals the passages within the head-block connection, and seals the cylinders as well. E. Coolant: - Engine coolant is used as a means of convective heat transfer. Engine coolant removes heat generated from the engine block and head by movement of the fluid in the coolant via passages or channels in the engine system. Theres another function of coolant which is to prevent corrosion.

F. Engine Block: -

G. Oil pan: - At the bottom of the crankcase is the container containing the lifeblood of the engine. Usually constructed of thin steel, it collects the oil as it flows down from the sides of the crankcase. The pan is shaped into a deeper section, where the oil pump is located. At the bottom of the pan is the drain plug, which is used to drain the oil. The plug is often made with a magnet in it, which collects metal fragments from the oil. H. Oil sump: -

I. Camshaft: - The part of a machine used to provide a repetitive straight-line or back-and-forth motion to a second part, known as the follower. Cams are used to open and close the inlet and exhaust valves of a motor car engine, to index parts of automatic machinery for mass production, and to operate a sequence of control switches in electrical equipment and many other machines. Complex cam shapes may be required to produce a desired motion.

J. Exhaust valve, rocker arm and spring: K. Spark plug: - A spark plug is a device, inserted into the combustion chamber of an engine, containing a side electrode and insulated center electrode spaced to provide a gap for firing an electrical spark to ignite air-fuel mixtures.

L. Exhaust port: -

M. Piston: - The piston converts the potential energy of the fuel, into the kinetic energy that turns the crankshaft. The piston is a cylindrical shaped hollow part that moves up and down inside the engine's cylinder. It has grooves around its perimeter near the top where rings are placed. The piston fits snugly in the cylinder. The piston rings are used to ensure a snug "air tight" fit.

N. Connecting rod: - The connecting rod links the piston to the crankshaft. The upper end has a hole in it for the piston wrist pin and the lower end (big end) attaches to the crankshaft. Connecting rods are usually made of alloy steel, although some are made of aluminum.

O. Rod bearing: - Connecting rod bearings are inserts that fit into the connecting rod's lower end and ride on the journals of the crankshaft.

P. Crankshaft: - The crankshaft converts the up and down (reciprocating) motion of the pistons into a turning (rotary) motion. It provides the turning motion for the wheels. It works much like the pedals of a bicycle, converting up-down motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is usually either alloy steel or cast iron.

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Explanation: Induction The engine cycle begins with the intake stroke as the piston is pulled towards the crankshaft (second figure).

Compression: With both valves closed, the combination of the cylinder and combustion chamber form a completely closed vessel containing the fuel/air mixture. As the piston is pushed to the right, the volume is reduced and the fuel/air mixture is compressed during the compression stroke, (3rd figure).

Power: At the beginning of the power stroke, the electrical contact is opened. The sudden opening of the contact produces a spark in the combustion chamber which ignites the fuel/air mixture. Rapid combustion of the fuel releases heat, and produces exhaust gases in the combustion chamber. (5thth figure).

Exhaust: At the end of the power stroke, the piston is located at the far left. Heat that is left over from the power stroke is now transferred to the water in the water jacket until the pressure approaches atmospheric pressure. The exhaust valve is then opened by the cam pushing on the rocker arm to begin the exhaust stroke. (6th diagram).

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4. OVERHEAD VALVES Valves are used for two major purposes i.e. suction of fuel and for the discharge of exhaust gases. In an overhead valve (OHV) engine, the valves are mounted in the cylinder head, above the combustion chamber. Usually this type of engine has the camshaft mounted in the cylinder block, and the valves are opened and closed by push rods. Some other valves are, OVERHEAD CAMSHAFT (OHC) Some engines have the camshaft mounted above, or over, the cylinder head instead of inside the block (OHC "overhead camshaft" engines). This arrangement has the advantage of eliminating the added weight of the rocker arms and push rods; this weight can sometimes make the valves "float" when you are moving at high speeds. The rocker arm setup is operated by the camshaft lobe rubbing directly on the rocker. Stem to rocker clearance is maintained with a hydraulic valve lash adjuster for "zero" clearance. The overhead camshaft is also something that we think of as a relatively new development, but it's not. In 1898 the Wilkinson Motor Car Company introduced the same feature on a car. Advantage of twin overhead cam: Its advantage to having a twin overhead cam engine is that the engine has twice as many intake and exhaust valves as a single overhead motor. This makes the engine run cooler and more smoothly, quietly, and efficiently.

Disadvantage: Cost more for repairs.

5. a) Fan scavenged, -

b) Crank-case scavenged, -

c) -

d) -

6. -

7. - The basic principle that drives the starter motor, which is a DC motor, is Faradays Law which states that electrical current is produced when there is relative motion between a conductor and magnetic field. Of course the law is stated for a generator, however the opposite is also true, motion is produced when a current carrying wire is in the presence of magnetic field. The motion is determined by two factors, the direction of the current and the direction of the magnetic field. The starter motor converts electrical energy to mechanical energy and is mounted on the cylinder block in a position to engage a ring gear on the engine flywheel. Starting is usually accomplished by the operator activating a starter switch as part of ignition key operation. This allows a relatively small current to flow to a starter solenoid relay and operate a plunger attached to a drive pinion engagement lever. Plunger movement engages the drive pinion with the ring gear and closes a set of heavy duty contacts, allowing a large current to flow from the battery to the starter motor, rotating the armature and drive pinion, and causing the crankshaft to spin. When the engine starts and is able to run on its own, the operator usually releases the key and this withdraws the pinion from the ring gear and brings the armature to a halt.

8. Charging System The function of the automobile battery is to supply a sufficient amount of electricity to the automobile's electrical components such as the starter motor, headlights and wipers. However, the battery is limited in its capacity and is not capable of providing, on a continuing basis, All the power required by the automobile.

9. Cooling system: i) ii) Air cooling system. Water cooling system.

Components for water cooling system are: i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) Water jacket Circulation of coolant Radiator Cooling fan Thermostat Temperature indicator

Lubricating system: i) ii) Splash type Force-feed type

10. - Economic impact of the development and use

of internal combustion engine is

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