I.C. ENGINES LECTURE NO: 13 (28 Apr 2014)
ENGINE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS Indicated Thermal Efficiency Brake Thermal Efficiency Mechanical Efficiency Volumetric Efficiency Relative Efficiency Mean Effective Pressure Mean Piston Speed Specific Power Output Specific Fuel Consumption
ENGINE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS Inlet Value Mach Index Fuel Air Ratio Calorific Value of the Fuel
Atmospheric Pressure
Work Work is the movement of a body against an opposing force.
Torque
Conversion of Work into Torque
Power Rate of doing Work is called power Through testing, it was found that the average horse could lift a 200-lb. weight to a height of 165 ft in 1 minute. The equivalent of one horsepower can be reached by multiplying 165 ft by 200 lb. (work formula) for a total of 33,000 ft lb. per minute
Power
Dynamometer Pony Brake
Dynamometer
Classic Dynamometer
Indicated Thermal Efficiency Indicated thermal efficiency is the ratio of energy in the indicated power ip, to the input fuel energy in appropriate units ηith = ip [kJ/s] energy in fuel per second [kJ/s] ηith = ip [kJ/s] mass of fuel/s x calorfic value of fuel
Brake Thermal Efficiency Brake thermal efficiency is the ratio of energy in the brake power bp, to the input fuel energy in appropriate units ηbth = bp [kJ/s] energy in fuel per second [kJ/s] ηith = ip [kJ/s] mass of fuel/s x calorific value of fuel
Mechanical Efficiency Mechanical efficiency is the ratio of bp (delivered power) to indicated power ( power provided to the piston) ηm = bp [kJ/s] = bp ip [kJ/s] bp+fp fp = ip - bp
Volumetric Efficiency Volumetric efficiency is the ratio actual volume flow rate of air into the intake system to the rate at which the volume is displaced by the system . ηv = ma / ρa V disp N/2 ρa = Inlet density SI = 80 to 85 % CI = 85 to 90 %
Volumetric Efficiency Alternative equivalent definition of Volumetric 𝜂 𝑣 = 𝑚 𝑎 ρ 𝑎 𝑉 𝑎 ρ 𝑎 = is atmospheric air density 𝜂 𝑣 = the pumping performance of the entire inlet system And if it is taken as the air density in the manifold then 𝜂 𝑣 is the pumping performance of the inlet port and valve only
Relative Efficiency or Efficiency Ratio Relative efficiency is the ratio thermal efficiency of actual cycle to ideal cycle . ηrel = Actual Thermal Efficiency Air Standard Efficiency
Mean Effective Pressure 𝑖 𝑝 = 𝑝 𝑖𝑚 𝐿𝐴 𝑛𝐾 60 ×1000 ip = Indicated power [kW] pim = Indicated mean effective pressure [N/m2 ] L = Length of the stock [m] A = Area of the piston [m2] N = Speed in revolutions per minute [rpm] n = Number of stock N/2 & N K = Number of cylinder 𝑝 𝑖𝑚 = 𝑖 𝑝 6000 𝐿𝐴𝑛𝐾
Mean Effective Pressure indicated mean effective pressure is 𝑝 𝑖𝑚 = 𝑖 𝑝 6000 𝐿𝐴𝑛𝐾 Break mean effective pressure is 𝑝 𝑏𝑚 = 𝑏 𝑝 6000 𝐿𝐴𝑛𝐾 ip = Indicated power [kW] pim = Indicated mean effective pressure [N/m2 ] L = Length of the stock [m] A = Area of the piston [m2] N = Speed in revolutions per minute [rpm] n = Number of stock N/2 & N K = Number of cylinder
Mean Piston Speed Sp = 2LN L = Length of the stock [m] N = Crank Speed in revolutions per minute [rpm]
Specific Power Output Ps = bp/A = constant x pbm x Sp
Specific Fuel Consumption sfc = Fuel Consumption per unit Time Power
Inlet – Valve Mach Index (Z) 𝑢= 𝐴 𝑝 𝐶 𝑖 𝐴 𝑖 𝑉 𝑝 u = Gas velocity through the inlet valve Ap = piston area Ai = nominal intake valve operating area Ci = inlet valve flow coefficient
Inlet – Valve Mach Index (Z) 𝑢 𝛼 = 𝐴 𝑝 𝐴 𝑖 𝑉 𝑝 𝐶 𝑖 =( 𝑏 𝐷 𝑖 ) 2 𝑉 𝑝 𝐶 𝑖 =𝑍 Where b = cylinder diameter Di = inlet valve diameter V = mean piston speed 𝛼 = inlet sonic velocity C = inlet valve average flow coefficient Z = inlet valve Mach index
Fuel – Air ( F/A) or Air –Fuel Ratio (A/F) ϕ= 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙−𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙−𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 Where ϕ = 1 means stoichiometric ( chemically correct) mixture ϕ ˂ 1 means lean mixture ϕ ˃ 1 means rich mixture
Calorific Value ( CV) Calorific value of a is the thermal energy released per unit quantity of the fuel when the fuel is burning completely and the products of combustion are cooled back to the initial temperature of the combustible mixture.
PROBLEMS
PROBLEM NO 1 The Mechanical effencicy of a single cylinder four stroke engine is 80 %. The frictional power is esitmated to be 25 kW. Calculate:- Ip bp
SOLUTION ηm = bp/ip fp = ip - bp
PROBLEM NO 2 A 42.5 kW has a mechanical efficiency of 85%. Find the ip and fp. If the frictional power is assumed to be constant with load, What will be mechanical efficiency at 60 % of the load?
SOLUTION ηm = bp / ip fp = ip – bp ηm = bp / (bp + fp)