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2.61 Internal Combustion Engines

Spring 2008

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Gasoline fuel rich combustion

(Fixed amount of air)

0.20

Mole fraction

0.15

CO
CO2

0.10

H2

0.05

0.00
0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

Combustion efficiency
or relative energy released

1.0
0.8

Relative energy
released

0.6

Combustion
efficiency

0.4
0.2
0.0
0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0