Ericsson cycle is a thermodynamic cycle upon which an Ericsson Engine works. Ericsson engine is a closed cycle regenerative heat engine. It works on either air or any other gas. Ericsson cycle is invented by John Ericsson. Below are P-V and T-S Diagrams of the Ericsson Cycle. Ericsson Cycle is comprised of four processes Process… Read More »
Diesel cycle is a thermodynamic cycle upon which a compression ignition engine works. Compression Ignition (or CI) engine uses diesel as fuel. Diesel cycle was invented by Rudolf Diesel in 1890s. Compression ignition engine is a type of internal combustion engines. Below are P-V and T-S Diagrams of the Diesel Cycle. Diesel Cycle is comprised… Read More »
Otto cycle is a thermodynamic cycle upon which a spark ignition engine works. Spark Ignition (or SI) engine uses petrol (or Gasoline) as fuel. Otto cycle was invented by Nicolas Otto in 1876. Spark ignition engine is a type of internal combustion engines. Below are P-V and T-S Diagrams of the Otto Cycle. Otto Cycle… Read More »
What is multi point fuel injection (MPFI) system? Multi point fuel injection (MPFI) is a technique of fuel injection in petrol (or gasoline) engines. Note: Petrol (or gasoline) engines are sometimes also known as spark ignition (SI) engine. In general, a petrol engine uses carburetor to mix air and fuel but it has poor response… Read More »
What is an Automobile? An automobile can be defined as “A self-propelled passenger vehicle, used for land transport and generally has four to eight tires, and is powered by an internal combustion engine or an electric motor” The branch of Engineering which deals with the manufacturing and technology of automotive vehicles is known as Automobile… Read More »
What is a Diesel engine? Diesel engine is a machine (Internal Combustion Engine) that converts chemical energy of diesel fuel into the Mechanical energy. It was invented by Rudolf Diesel. It is a type of Internal combustion engine which works on Diesel (fuel). In Diesel engine combustion of fuel happens due to high temperature and… Read More »
There are basically two types of reciprocating internal combustion engines on the basis of working Four stroke engines Two stroke engines (sometimes also referred as two cycle engine and 2 stroke engine) If you want to understand two stroke engines completely we recommend you to also read four stroke engines. Let us continue with our… Read More »
In this article we will try to understand basics of spark plug. Lets start. In our daily life when we have to ignite our gas stove(or any other thing) we simply use matchsticks or use a lighter. It is easy but we should understand that Igniting fuel is easy at many places but not everywhere.… Read More »
What comes to your mind when someone starts a talk about engines. Undoubtedly you instantly imagine about your car engine. For many of us the word engine is synonyms with the reciprocating internal combustion engine which we use in our cars. But that is not right. Let us go through the definition of engine “An… Read More »
An Engine is a mechanical device that is used to convert one form of energy to another. The type of engine about which we are going to study in this article converts heat into work. On the basis of location of actual combustion of fuel, engines can be classified into two types. One is internal… Read More »