Title Brake Power Test

Details of the Report

Literature The performance of an engine is evaluated on the basis of the following:
Review a) Specific Fuel Consumption
b) Measurement of Brake Power
c) Specific Power Output

The brake power measurement involves the determination of the torque

and the angular speed of the engine output shaft. The torque measuring
device is called a dynamometer. Dynamometer can be broadly classified inti
two main types, power absorption dynamometers and transmission
dynamometer.

Absorption dynamometers measure and absorb the power output of the

engine to which they are coupled. The power absorbed is usually dissipated
as heat by some means. Example of such dynamometers is pony brake, rope
brake, hydraulic dynamometer, etc.

In transmission dynamometers, the power is transmitted to the load coupled

to the engine after it is indicated on some type of scale. These are also called
torque-meters.

The brake power is used to specify that the power is measured at the output
shaft, this is the usable power delivered by the engine to the load. The brake
power is less than the power generated by the gas in the cylinders due to
mechanical friction and parasitic loads (oil pump, air conditioner
compressor, etc).

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