Internal Combustion Engines

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4InternalCombustionEnginesInternalcombus tionenginesaredevicesthatgenerateworkusi ngtheproductsofcom-bustionastheworkingfl uidratherthanasa ,thecombustionis carriedoutina mannerthatproduceshigh-pressurecombustio nprod-uctsthatcanbeexpandedthrougha introducesa :(1)thesparkignitionengine,whichisusedpr imarilyinautomobiles;(2)thedieselengine, whichisusedinlargevehiclesandindustrials ystemswheretheimprovementsincycleefficie ncymakeitadvantageousoverthemorecompacta ndlighter-weightsparkignitionengine;and( 3)thegasturbine, ,unburnedhydrocarbons, , , ,car-bonmonoxide, , pistonmovesupanddownina cylinder,transmittingitsmotionthrougha (topdeadcenter)B=crankanglePistonPistonr odCrankB=180 (bottomdeadcenter) ; ; ;stroke4, ,thesparkplugisfired, burningmixtureexpands, , ,highpowerisneededanda , , , 'I-,~0' ~ (f) "brakespecificfuelconsumption." ' ' , ,a ,however, , ,producingthenoisereferredtoasknock(Byet al.,1981).Onecharacteristicofthefuelcomp ositionisitstendencytoautoignite, , ,V".

engine; and (3) the gas turbine, which is used in aircraft due to its high power/weight ratio and also is used for stationary power generation. Each of these engines is an important source of atmospheric pollutants. Automo­ biles are major sources of carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and nitrogen ox­ ides.

  Turbine, Gas turbine