AICE Important Questions for Unit-I

PART A

1. What is a heterogeneous air-fuel mixture? In which engine is it used?

2. Sketch T-Head type combustion chamber used in S.I engines.
3. List down the air fuel ratio requirements of a SI engine.
4. Mention the different jets used in the carburetor.
5. What do you understand by spark knock and diesel knock?
6. How the thermodynamic analysis of a CI engine is a different from a SI engine?
7. State the significance of stoichiometric air-fuel mixture.
8. Why a S.I engine requires a rich mixture during idling and at full load?
9. What is the principle of a carburetor? How are jet and venturi sizes decided?
10. What is mean by delay period?
11. Mention any two advantages of induction swirl.
12. What is an indirect-injection type combustion chamber.
13. Why smoke is formed in a CI engine?
14. Write the firing order of 4, 6 and 8 cylinder engines.
15. Write the compression ratio of SI engine and CI engine.
16. Write the air-fuel ratio of SI engine and CI engine.

AICE Important Questions for Unit-I

Part-B
1. Explain the various stages of combustion in a SI engine with a p - 0 diagram.
2. What action can be taken with regard to the following variables in the order to reduce the possibility of
detonation in a SI engine? Justify your answer by reasons.
a) Compression Ratio.
b) Ignition Timing.
c) Mixture Inlet Temperature.
d) Distance of Flame Travel.
3. Explain the stages of combustion in SI engines elaborating the flame front propagation.
4. Explain briefly the various factors that influence the flame speed in S.I. engines.
5. Describe the requirements of an S.I engine combustion chamber and explain the various types of combustion
chamber.
6. Describe the features of any two S.I engine combustion chambers.
7. Discuss about the normal combustion and abnormal combustion in a CI engine.
8. Discuss about the normal combustion and abnormal combustion in a SI engine.
9. Distinguish between DI and IDI diesel engine with neat sketches.
10. With the aid of a schematic diagram, explain the combustion process in a C.I engine.
11. Explain the factors affecting the delay period in C.I engines and summarize them.
12. What is the difference between CI Engine and SI Engine? Give the examples.