COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Sahiwal

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Assignment # 02
Internal Combustion Engines / MEE 427
BSME Batch #07-Final semester
Course Instructor: Asst Prof. Hafeez Ahmad
Due date: April 06, 2017
Note. Late submittals will be treated accordingly. Follow the format. Draw neat & clean
sketches, where required.
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Q.1 How Miller cycle was used for improvement in engines working on Otto cycle?
Q.2 (a) Draw Pv & Ts diagrams for the air-standard Atkinson cycle. What is the
peculiarity of the Atkinson cycle?
(b) Analyze the Atkinson cycle and prove that

Rv
( 1)
rc
t =1 k
R
( )
r c(k1) { v 1 }
rc

Where Rv is the isentropic expansion volume ratio

Q.3 A single cylinder, two-stroke cycle model airplane engine with a 7.54 cm 3
displacement produces 1.42 kW of brake power at 23,000 RPM using glow plug
ignition. The square engine uses 31.7 gm/min of caster oil-methanole-nitromethane
fuel at an air-fuel ratio AF = 4.5. During intake scavenging, 65 % of the incoming air-
fuel mixture gets trapped in the cylinder, while 35% of it is lost with the exhaust
before the exhaust port closes. Combustion efficiency is 94%.
Calculate:
(a) Brake specific fuel consumption. [gm/kW-hr]
(b) Average piston speed. [m/sec]
(c) Unburned fuel exhausted to atmosphere. [gm/min]
(d) Torque. [Nm]

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Q.4 An in-line six, 3.3-liter CI engine using light diesel fuel at an air fuel ratio of AF = 20
operates on an air-standard Dual cycle. Half the fuel can be considered burned at
constant volume, and half at constant pressure with combustion efficiency C = 100%.
Cylinder conditions at the start of compression are 60 oC and 101 kPa. Compression
ratio rc = 14:1.
Calculate:
(a) Temperature at each state of the cycle. [K]
(b) Pressure at each state of the cycle. [ kPa]
(c) Cutoff ratio.
(d) Pressure ratio.
(e) Indicated thermal efficiency. [%]
(f) Heat added during combustion. [ kJ/kg]
(g) Net indicated work. [kJ/kg]

Q.5 An engine working on air-standard dual-combustion cycle has a mean effective

pressure of 10 bar. The minimum pressure and temperature are 1 bar and 17 oC
respectively, and the compression ratio is 16:01. Calculate the maximum cycle
temperature when the cycle efficiency is 60 %. The maximum cycle pressure is 60
bar.
Q.6 Summarize the following terms :
a. Part throttle
b. WOT