Engine
Introduction
Heat Engine
• Heat engines are devices used to produce net work from a supply of heat by
operating in a cyclic manner.
Heat Engine
Internal External
Combustion Combustion
Engine Engine
Reciprocating
Engine Reciprocating
Turbine Turbine
Engine
Thermal Efficiency
Wnet, out Q
Net work output th 1 out
Thermal efficiency Qin Qin
Total heat input
• The Thermal Efficiencies of Work-Producing Devices:
• Ordinary spark-ignition automobile engine 25 %
• Diesel engines and large gas-turbine plants 35 %
• Steam power plants 40 %
• Large combined gas-steam power plants 50 %
Internal Combustion Engines
• Strokes = 4
• Crankshaft revolutions = 2
• Power Stroke = 1
Sequence of operation
• Which starts with the piston at TDC and ends with the piston at BDC, which
draws fresh mixture into the cylinder.to increase the mass inducted, the
inlet valve opens shortly before the stroke starts and closes after it ends.
COMPRESSION STROKE
• Strokes = 2
• Crankshaft revolutions = 1
• Power Stroke = 1
Intake & Compression Stroke
• Starts by closing the inlet and exhaust ports and then compresses the
cylinder contents and draws fresh charge into the crankcase. As the piston
approaches the TDC, combustion is initiated.