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    The document summarizes good combustion chamber design practices for spark ignition engines. It lists 12 design considerations: 1) minimizing the ratio of chamber surface area to volume to reduce heat losses, 2) minimizing flame travel distance to reduce combustion period, 3) quenching the furthest mixture from the spark plug to prevent end-gas overheating but not excessively to allow complete burning, 4) centering the spark plug or using twin plugs to minimize flame spread, 5) locating the spark plug close to the exhaust valve to maximize surrounding mixture temperature, 6) providing adequate swirl to mix air and fuel but not too much to prevent excessive heat loss, 7) including squish zones to excite the mixture into turbulence before combustion

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    The document summarizes good combustion chamber design practices for spark ignition engines. It lists 12 design considerations: 1) minimizing the ratio of chamber surface area to volume to reduce heat losses, 2) minimizing flame travel distance to reduce combustion period, 3) quenching the furthest mixture from the spark plug to prevent end-gas overheating but not excessively to allow complete burning, 4) centering the spark plug or using twin plugs to minimize flame spread, 5) locating the spark plug close to the exhaust valve to maximize surrounding mixture temperature, 6) providing adequate swirl to mix air and fuel but not too much to prevent excessive heat loss, 7) including squish zones to excite the mixture into turbulence before combustion

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    4.6.12 A Summary of Good Combustion Chamber Design Practice For Spark Ignition Engines

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    Shyam Prabhakaran
    The document summarizes good combustion chamber design practices for spark ignition engines. It lists 12 design considerations: 1) minimizing the ratio of chamber surface area to volume to reduce heat losses, 2) minimizing flame travel distance to reduce combustion period, 3) quenching the furthest mixture from the spark plug to prevent end-gas overheating but not excessively to allow complete burning, 4) centering the spark plug or using twin plugs to minimize flame spread, 5) locating the spark plug close to the exhaust valve to maximize surrounding mixture temperature, 6) providing adequate swirl to mix air and fuel but not too much to prevent excessive heat loss, 7) including squish zones to excite the mixture into turbulence before combustion

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    12Asummaryofgoodcombustionchamberdesign
    practiceforsparkignitionengines
    Thefollowingarerequired.
    1Thesmallestratioofchambersurfaceareatochambervolumeaspossibleto
    minimizeheatlossestothecoolingsystem.
    2Theshortestflamefronttraveldistanceaspossibletominimizethecombustion
    period.
    3Theprovisionforquenchingthemixturefurthestfromthesparkingplugto
    preventtheendgasoverheating.However,itmustnotbeexcessiveasthiswould
    preventtheendgasesburningand,therefore,itwouldcauseahighlevelof
    hydrocarbonstobeexpelledtotheexhaust.
    4Themostcentralsparkingplugpositionpossibletominimizetheflamespread
    pathor,alternatively,twinplugscanbeusedtoachievethesameobjective.
    5Thelocationofthesparkingplugshouldbeasclosetotheexhaustvalveas
    possibletomaximizethetemperatureofthemixturesurroundingthesparkingplug
    electrodes.
    6Theincomingmixturemusthaveadequateswirltomixtheairandfuelrapidly
    andintimately,butnottoomuchasthiscouldleadtoexcessiveheatlosses.
    7Theprovisionforsquishzonestoexcitethemixtureintoastateofturbulence
    justbeforecombustionoccurs.
    8Theprovisionforadequatecoolingoftheexhaustvalvetopreventoverheating,
    distortingandburningoccurring.
    9Theprovisionfortheincomingfreshchargetosweeppastandcoolthesparking
    plugelectrodestoavoidpreignitionunderwidethrottleopening.
    10Theutilizationofthehighestpossiblecompressionratiotomaximizethe
    engine'sthermalefficiencywithoutpromotingdetonation.
    11Theinletandexhaustvalvesizesandnumbersshouldbeadequatetoexpelthe
    exhaustgasesandtofill thecylinderwiththemaximummassoffreshchargeinthe
    upperspeedrange.
    12Thedegreeofturbulencecreatedshouldbecontrolledtopreventexcessively

    highratesofburningand,correspondingly,limitveryhighratesofpressurerise
    whichwouldcauseroughandnoisyrunning.

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