Classification of I.C.

engines/engines in 16 different ways

1] According to the type of fuel used-
1. Petrol Engine, 2.Diesel Engine, 3.Gas Engine, 4.Bio-fuel/Alcoholic/alternative fuel engine
2] Nature of thermodynamic cycle as
1. Otto Cycle Engine, (2) Diesel Engine Cycle, (3) Duel Or Mixed Cycle Engine
3] According to the method of igniting the fuel-
1. Spark Ignition Engine 2.Compression Ignition Engine
4] According to the number of strokes per cycle-
1. Four Stroke Engine 2.Two Stroke Engine.
5] Mixture Preparation
1) Carbureted engines 2) fuel injected engine
6] Method of Cooling-
1. Water Cooled Engines 2. Air Cooled Engines 3. Oil-cooled engine
7] According to the basic engine design-
1. Reciprocating engine, 2. Rotary engine.
9] Speed of the engines
1. Low-speed diesel engine, 2. Medium-speed diesel engine, 3. High-speed diesel engine
10] Number of cylinder
1. Single cylinder engine, 2. Multi cylinder engines.
11] Breathing/Air Intake
(a) Natural aspirants, (b) Turbocharged/Supercharged
12] Cylinder arrangements OR Position of Cylinders-
1. Inline engines 2.V-engines 3.Radial engines
4. Opposed cylinder engines 5.Opposed piston engines
13] Valve or port design and location-
(A) In Four stroke engines
1. Overhead (I head, 2. Side valve (L head)
In two stroke engines:
1. Cross scavenging, 2. Loop scavenging, 3. Uniflow scavenging
14] Based on Bore-to-Stroke Ratio
1. Square Engine, 2. Under Square Engine, 3. Over-Square engine.
15] Method governing of I. C. Engines-
1. Hit and miss governed engines 2.Quantitatively governed engines
3. Qualitatively governed engine
16] Based on Application
1. Automotive, 2.aircraft engines, 3. Marine,
4. Power Generation, 5. Agricultural, 6.Earthmoving Engines