6 stroke Internal

combustion engine
DEEPAK JINDAL
(13107069)

Types of Six stroke Engine

There are three types of six stroke Engine.
1. Crower six stroke engine.
2. Beare Head Six Stroke engine.
3. Bajulaz six stroke engine.

1. Crower six stroke engine.

In a six-stroke engine patented in the U.S. by Bruce Crower,
after the exhaust stroke, fresh water is injected into the cylinder,
and is quickly turned to superheated steam, which causes the
water to expand to 1600 times its volume and forces the piston
down for an additional stroke.
This design also claims to reduce fuel consumption by 40%.
Crower's six stroke engine features: No cooling system required
Improves a typical engines fuel consumption
Requires a supply of distilled water to act as the medium for
the second power stroke.

This engine is more efficient and powerful

than the existing four stroke engines.
The engine is also having the scope of using
heavy fuels and bio-fuels.
The engine with varied thermodynamic
cycle of operation has better
thermodynamic efficiency, reduced fuel
Consumption, reduced pollution.
Nearly 40% more fuel efficiency can be
obtained

WORKING OF SIX STROKE ENGINE

Working of Six stroke engine

1) Intake valve
2) Heating chamber valve
3) Combustion chamber valve
4) Exhaust valve
5) Cylinder
6) Combustion chamber
7) Air heating chamber
8) Wall of combustion chamber
9) Fuel injector
10) Heating plug
11) Piston
12) Crankshaft

1st stroke (suction stroke)

The inlet valve(1) is kept
open. Due to cranking,
the
piston
moves
downward which results
in the formation of a
pressure difference due
to which pure air enters
the cylinder (5). The
crankshaft completes
rotates for half cycle.

2nd stroke (compression stroke)

The inlet valve closes
and the heating chamber
valve opens. The piston
moves upwards due to
cranking forcing the pure
air into heating chamber.
The air at this stage is
converted to high pressure.

3rd stroke (1st power stroke)

The combustion chamber valve opens and the gases of
combustion enter the cylinder.

4th stroke (exhaust stroke)

The exhaust valve opens.
The piston moves upwards
and the exhaust gases are
removed via this valve. The
crankshaft rotates another
half cycle. At this stage the
crankshaft completes 2 full
cycles.

5th stroke (2nd power stroke)

The heating chamber
valve opens and the pure air
now at high pressure and
high temperature enters the
cylinder as shown in the
figure which does work on
the piston and hence it
moves downwards resulting
in the 2nd power stroke. The
crankshaft completes
another half cycle.

6th stroke
Finally
the
combustion chamber
valve
opens
the
piston
moves
upwards forcing the
pure air into the
combustion chamber.
The crankshaft will
complete 3 full cycles
at the end of the 6th
stroke.

Animated Working of Six Stroke Engine

VALVES USED IN ENGINES

Inlet Valve
Exhaust Valve
Water injector

Inlet Valve:
It opens to supplied fresh air or air-fuel
into the cylinder.
Exhaust Valve:
It opens to remove the burned gases and
steam from the cylinder.
Water injector:
It opens to inject the water into the
cylinder with high pressure.

FUNCTIONS OF VALVES IN
ENGINES

HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM

The main objective is to utilise the heat from
exhaust by a system called heat recovery system
This system utilise the waste heat from the
burned fuel and exhaust steam
Water tank is placed inside the recovery tank
At same time the exhaust burned gas and steam
are going through this tank continuously heat
the water before injecting it to the cylinder

BLOCK DIAGRAM OF HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM

MODIFICATION OF MATERIAL
Since minimum cooling surface is necessary for
high efficiency engine operation
The heat of combustion chamfer should be
retained and should not be rejected to a cooling
system if possible
The piston, cylinder and cylinder head can either
be coated with a thermally insulating material
like zirconium or they can be comprised of a
thermally insulating ceramic like silicon nitride.

SOME FACTS ABOUT SIX-STROKE

ENGINE
The water enters only when the temperature
inside the cylinder reaches above 250oC.
The water cannot enter the spark plug, because
of high temp.
The cylinder will not get rusted because engine
will run for 15-30 sec before it shuts down.
Distilled water in order to avoid corrosion.

The heat from the exhaust (both Steam and

burnt gases) is reused to heat the water to
produce steam.
The six-stroke engine does not require any basic
modification to the existing engines. All
technological experience and production
methods remain unaltered.
It can be working under multi fuel.

ADVANTAGES
It is having high efficiency compared to 4-stroke
or 2-stroke engine.
Improves a typical engines fuel consumption.
No cooling system required.
The weight and power loss of most conventional
cooling system parts such as the fan, radiator
and coolant pump can be eliminated.

High Mechanical efficiency.

Physical engine size reduction.
The higher percentage of power strokes may
allow lower working speeds, with higher torque
output at lower and broader rpm ranges.
Reduced exhaust emissions per a given power
range, CO can reduce up to 65%

CONCLUSION
Drastically reducing fuel consumption and pollution without
radically affecting performances would allow the current
concept of the automobile to be reassessed.
There is, at this day, no wonder solution for the replacement of
the internal combustion engine. Only improvements of the
current technology can help it progress within reasonable time
and financial limits.
Fuel consumption for mid-sized engines should be within 4 and
5 litres per 100km. and 3 to 4 litres for the small-sized engines.
Automobiles equipped with the six-stroke engine could appear
in the market within 3 to 5 years.

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