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IC Engines - Numericals

The document provides 11 problems related to calculating various performance parameters of internal combustion engines such as brake power, indicated power, mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption rate, cylinder dimensions, piston speed, mean effective pressure, and thermal efficiencies based on data given for each engine, which includes specifications like cylinder bore, stroke, speed, load, fuel properties, and measured power and efficiency values.

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IC Engines - Numericals

The document provides 11 problems related to calculating various performance parameters of internal combustion engines such as brake power, indicated power, mechanical efficiency, fuel consumption rate, cylinder dimensions, piston speed, mean effective pressure, and thermal efficiencies based on data given for each engine, which includes specifications like cylinder bore, stroke, speed, load, fuel properties, and measured power and efficiency values.

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1.

Calculate the Brake power of a twin cylinder 4 stroke petrol engine given
the following data, brake drum diameter= 600mm, brake rope diameter =
3cm, dead weight= 24kg, spring balance reading= 4kg, speed of the crank
shaft= 7.5rps.
2. The following data refers to a twin cylinder 4 stroke petrol engine.
Cylinder diameter= 200mm, stroke= 300mm, crank shaft speed = 300rpm,
effective brake load= 50kg, mean circumference of the brake drum= 4m,
mean effective pressure= 6bar. Calculate brake power, indicated power
and mechanical efficiency?
3. The following observations refer to a test trial on a single cylinder diesel
engine, Brake Power= 75kW, Brake Thermal Efficiency= 35%,
Mechanical Efficiency = 90%, Calorific Value of the Fuel= 40000kJ/kg.
Calculate Indicated Power, Frictional Power and Fuel Consumption per
Brake Power Hour?
4. A 4 cylinder 4 stroke I C engine develops an indicated power of 50kW
at 25cycles/sec. The stroke of the engine is 90mm and bore is 0.8 times
the stroke.
a) Calculate the mean effective pressure in each cylinder?
b) If the mechanical efficiency is 80%, what effective brake load would
be required if the effective brake drum circumference is 1m?
5. A single cylinder 4 stroke engine develops an indicated power of 7.5kW.
The mean effective pressure is 6.6bar and the piston diameter is 100mm.
Calculate the average speed of the piston?
6. From a test on a four stroke petrol engine, following data is available:
Engine Speed 1000 rpm, Net Brake Torque 70 N-m, Indicative Mean
Effective Pressure 10 bar, Stroke 150 mm, Bore 100 mm, Rate of Fuel
Consumption 2.57 kg/h, CV of petrol 41000 kJ/kg. Calculate the Indicated
Thermal Efficiency, Brake Thermal Efficiency and Mechanical Efficiency.
7. A four stroke diesel engine has a bore of 100 mm, stroke of 120 mm
and piston speed of 10 m/s. The engine develops 20 kW power per liter
of cylinder stroke volume. Brake thermal efficiency of the engine is 30 %
with a fuel having calorific value of 40 MJ/kg and specific gravity of 0.90.
Determine (i) rpm, (ii) BP, and (iii) engine fuel requirements in liters/h.
8. The power output of a six-cylinder four stroke diesel engine is given by
a law which is BLN/20000 KW, where BL is the brake load in newton and
N is the speed in rpm. The bore and stroke of the engine are 90 mm and
120 mm respectively. Fuel consumption is 5cm3/s and its density is 800
kg/m3. Determine the following (i) the brake power (ii) the torque and (iii)
the brake specific fuel consumption, if the brake load is 600 N and speed
of engine is 2000 rpm.
9. A six cylinder, four stroke IC engine develops 100 kW of brake power
at 800 rpm. The stroke to bore ratio is 1.5. The indicated mean effective
pressure is 8 bar and mechanical efficiency is 80 %. Determine the
cylinder diameter and piston stroke of the engine.
10. A four cylinder two stroke petrol engine with stroke to bore ratio of 1.2
develops 32 kW at 2500 rpm. The mean effective pressure on the piston
is 8 bar and mechanical efficiency is 85 %. Determine (i) the diameter and
stroke of each cylinder and (ii) the brake thermal efficiency, if the fuel
consumption is 9 kg/h having calorific value of 44000 kJ/kg
11. A four cylinder, four stroke engine running at 1000 rpm develops an
indicated power of 15 kW. The mean effective pressure is 5 bar.
Determine the cylinder diameter and piston stroke of the engine When the
ratio of diameter to stroke is 0.8.

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