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Internal Combustion Engines Ignition System: Rahul Deharkar Lecturer School of Technology, PDPU, Gandhinagar

The document discusses ignition systems for internal combustion engines. It explains that ignition systems must supply enough energy in a short enough time interval to cause self-sustaining flame propagation. Ideal spark energy is 1mJ for a few microseconds, but actual sparks provide around 40mJ for 0.5 milliseconds. Battery and magneto ignition systems are described and compared. Requirements for ignition systems include providing a good spark at the correct timing over the engine's operating range while being light, effective, reliable, compact, easy to maintain and inexpensive.

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Internal Combustion Engines Ignition System: Rahul Deharkar Lecturer School of Technology, PDPU, Gandhinagar

The document discusses ignition systems for internal combustion engines. It explains that ignition systems must supply enough energy in a short enough time interval to cause self-sustaining flame propagation. Ideal spark energy is 1mJ for a few microseconds, but actual sparks provide around 40mJ for 0.5 milliseconds. Battery and magneto ignition systems are described and compared. Requirements for ignition systems include providing a good spark at the correct timing over the engine's operating range while being light, effective, reliable, compact, easy to maintain and inexpensive.

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Internal Combustion Engines

Ignition system

Rahul Deharkar
Lecturer
School of Technology,
PDPU, Gandhinagar
Energy Requirement
 Total enthalpy required to cause the flame to be self
sustaining and promote ignition, is given by the
product of the surface area of spherical flame and the
enthalpy per unit area.
 Supply energy within a small volume.
 Time interval to be sufficiently short.
 Avoid losses of fuel.
 Rate of supply of energy.
Spark energy and duration
 Critical voltage is a function of
 Dimension of electrode gap
 F/A ratio
 Pressure of gas.

 Ideal case : 1mJ and duration of few micro seconds

 Actual case: 40 mJ and 0.5ms. (approx. )


Ignition system
 Provide Spark under all conditions.
 Optimum spark timevaries with respect to engine
speed.
 Spark generated by applying high voltage at two
electrodes separated by a small gap.
 Type:
 Battery ignition system
 Magneto ignition system
Requirements of ignition system
 Good spark (energy wise) at correct timing.
 Function over entire range of engine speed.
 Light, effective and reliable.
 Compact and easy to maintenance
 Cheap and convenient to handle.
 Interference from high voltage should not affect the
electronic system in engines.
Battery ignition system
 Most widely used
 Voltage required for spark through battery from range
6-12 volts.
 Construction of battery ignition system varies with
respect to engine.
 Components:
 Battery, ignition system, ballast resistor, ignition coil,
contact breaker, capacitor, distributor, spark plug.
Magneto ignition system
Difference
Battery ignition Magneto ignition
Battery Needed No battery required
maintenance is more comparatively maintenance is less comparatively
Current is obtained from battery Current is obtained from magneto
Good spark at low speeds At low speed, spark quality is
inferior
Spark efficiency decreases with Spark efficiency increases with
increase in engine RPM increase in engine RPM
More space required Lesser space required due to no
battery required
Commonly used in cars or Mostly used in high rpm engines
commercial vehicles like aero planes, racing cars or bikes
Firing order
 “The order in which the various cylinder in a multi
cylinder engine fire is called firing order.”
 Required to achieve:
 Balancing of engine (reduce engine vibrations)
 Development of back pressure
 Efficient engine cooling
 4 cylinder : 1-3-4-2/1-2-4-3
 6 cylinder : 1-5-3-6-2-4/1-5-4-6-2-3 or
1-2-4-6-5-3/1-2-3-6-5-4
Ignition timing
 Before TDC to ensure proper mixing and
homogeneous combustion.
 Already covered in valve timing diagram

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