Team Nozzle Present .: Four Stroke Petrol Engine
Team Nozzle Present .: Four Stroke Petrol Engine
Team Nozzle Present .: Four Stroke Petrol Engine
INTRODUCTION
Today, internal combustion engines in cars, trucks, motorcycles, airc raft, construction machinery and many others, most commonly use a four-stroke cycle. The four strokes refer to intake, compression, combustion (power), and exhaust strokes that occur during two crankshaft rotations per working cycle of the gasoline engine and diesel engine
cycle begins at Top Dead Center (TDC), when the piston is farthest away from the axis of the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston from Top Dead Center (TDC) to Bottom Dead Center (BDC)
Spark plug
Exhaust camshaft Inlet Camshaft
Piston
Connecting rod
Crankshaft
4 STROKE CYCLE
1. INTAKE STROKE 2. COMPRESSION STROKE 3. POWER STROKE 4. EXHAUST STROKE
Intake Stroke
- the piston descends from the top of the cylinder to the bottom of the cylinder, reducing the pressure inside the cylinder. - A mixture of fuel and air is forced by atmospheric (or greater) pressure into the cylinder through the intake port. - The intake valve then close.
Compression Stroke
With both intake and exhaust valves closed, the piston returns to the top of the cylinder compressing the fuelair mixture.
Power Stroke
While the piston is close to Top Dead Center, the compressed air fuel mixture is ignited, usually by a spark plug The resulting massive pressure from the combustion of the compressed fuel-air mixture drives the piston back down toward bottom dead center with tremendous force. This is known as the power stroke, which is the main source of the engine's torque and power.
Exhaust Stroke
the piston once again returns to top dead center while the exhaust valve is open. This action evacuates the products of combustion from the cylinder by pushing the spent fuelair mixture through the exhaust valve
A four-stroke petrol engine performs all the four operations which is suction (induction), compression, expansion (power) and exhaust in four strokes of the piston in two revolutions of the crankshaft
The petrol engines take in a flammable mixture of air and petrol, which is ignited by a timed spark when the charge is compressed.
Compare to 2 stroke engine, 4 stroke petrol engine is; 1. 2. 3. 4. More economy More torque More durability Cleaner emissions
Fuel Economy
2-strokes tend to get worse fuel economy than four strokes is that they pull air in through the intake port while simultaneously pushing used gases out through the exhaust port 4-Stroke engines have a dedicated intake, power and exhaust stroke, which keeps fuel-to-exhaust crossover to a minimum
More Torque
4-stroke engines almost always make more torque at low RPM than 2-strokes 4-stroke uses almost all of its fuel to impart power to the crankshaft
More Durability
2-strokes must rev to very high RPM to make any power, most applications using them are geared toward maintaining that RPM
Cleaner Emissions
2-strokes tend to run very dirty. 2-stroke engines require that oil be injected with the fuel in order to lubricate the crankcase 4-Stroke engines have a dedicated oiling system that's kept largely separate from the combustion chamber, which help to ensure that the only thing burning in the engine is gasoline.
- More complex and harder to troubleshoot - Require oil to be changed regularly - More expensive than 2 stroke
Following are the main factors, which affects detonation, The fuel used in internal combustion engine will considerably effects on the chances of detonation. Alcohol and benzol do not cause detonation but it can not be use due its low calorific value and other objections to use as fuel. Again alcohol cannot blend with petrol in the presence of water. The detonation is also promoted by increase in compression ratio. The compression ratio at which detonation just occurs is known as the Highest Useful Compression Ratio. Higher the compression ratio higher the chances of detonation and lower the output.
If the carbon deposits are in the cylinder and used excessive sparking temperature, the detonation will increased rapidly.
The position of the spark plug in a combustion chamber determines the distance the flame has to travel in order to reach the detonation zone. More the distance more the chances of detonation. A centrally placed spark plug works better. Spark plug must be placed near to exhaust valve but the exhaust must be located away from detonating zone. Higher temperature of the walls of combustion chamber tends to raise the temperature combustion chamber tending to raise thetemperature of Detonation zone. The rate at which the combustion of the portion of the fuel, which is first to ignite immediately after the application of the spark, also affects detonation.
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