DEPARTMENT OF

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, PHILIPPINES
Telefax: (053) 565-0600 local 1029
Email: coe@vsu.edu.ph
Website: www.vsu.edu.ph

Lesson Assessment 4.1-4.2 (Deadline of submission on February 19 before midnight)

1. A two stroke cycle internal combustion engine has a mean effective pressure of 7.2 bar. The
diameter of the piston and stroke are 104 mm and 136 mm respectively. If the speed of the
engine is 1500 rpm, find the indicated power developed.
2. Using a rope brake it was found that the torque due to brake load is 200 N-m and the engine
makes 650 rpm. Determine the brake power developed by the engine if it is a four-stroke, four-
cylinder petrol engine.
3. A twin cylinder, two stroke cycle gasoline engine is fitted with a rope brake. The dead load on
the brake is 390 N and the spring balance reads 58 N. The diameter of the brake wheel used
is 540 mm and the rope diameter is 22 mm. If the engine runs at 500 rpm what will be the
brake power of the engine?
4. The following data were taken from the test of a four cylinder, two stroke gasoline engine:
Cylinder diameter, D = 150 mm
Stroke length, L = 315 mm
Gross mean effective pressure Gmep = 6.7 bar
Pumping mean effective pressure Pmep = 0.3 bar
Engine speed, N = 500 rpm
Net load on the brake F = 2430 N
Effective diameter of the brake Db = 1500 mm
Fuel used per hour mf = 0.0127 kg/s
Calorific value of fuel C.V. = 44300 kJ/kg
Number of cylinders, K=4
Number of cycles per revolution n=1
Determine the i. Indicated power, ii. Brake power, iii. Mechanical efficiency, iv. Indicated
thermal efficiency.
5. The following results were obtained from a test of a four-cylinder, four stroke engine 115 mm
bore and 200 mm stroke. The results were obtained at full throttle at a constant speed and with
fixed setting of fuel supply of 7.256 kg/hr.
B.P. with all cylinder working = 17.62 kW
B.P. with cylinder no. 1 cut out = 12.32 kW
B.P. with cylinder no. 2 cut out = 12.71 kW
B.P. with cylinder no. 3 cut out = 11.69 kW
B.P. with cylinder no. 4 cut out = 11.98, kW

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 DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, PHILIPPINES
Telefax: (053) 565-0600 local 1029
Email: coe@vsu.edu.ph
Website: www.vsu.edu.ph

If the calorific value of the fuel is 83600 kJ/kg and clearance volume is 0.0002 m3.
Calculate: i) Mechanical efficiency, ii) Indicated thermal efficiency, iii) Air standard efficiency.
6. During a 15 minutes test of an eight cylinder, four stroke engine the dynamometer scale beam
reading was 550 N and the engine consumed 10.12 kg of gasoline having a calorific value of
44120 kJ/kg. Air at 26℃ and 1 bar was supplied to the carburetor at the rate of 6.6 kg/min. The
engine is a four stroke cycle with eight cylinders, having 75 mm bore and 150 mm stroke,
compression ratio of 8 and is tested at 5000 rpm on a dynamometer which has a 500 mm arm.
Find the i) brake power delivered, ii) brake mean effective pressure, iii) brake specific fuel
consumption in kg/kW-hr, iv) brake specific air consumption in kg/kW-hr, v) brake thermal
efficiency, vi) volumetric efficiency, and viii) air-fuel ratio.
7. The following results were obtained from a trial of a four-stroke single cylinder oil engine.
Duration of trial is 30 min; oil consumption is 4000 cc; calorific value of the oil is 43 MJ/kg;
specific gravity of the fuel = 0.8; average area of the indicator diagram = 8.5 cm2; length of the
indicator diagram = 8.5 cm; spring constant = 5.5 bar/cm; brake load = 150 kg; spring balance
reading = 20 kg; effective brake wheel diameter = 1.5 m; speed = 200 rpm; cylinder diameter
= 30 cm; stroke = 45 cm; jacket cooling water = 10 kg/min; temperature rise is 36℃. Calculate
the i) Indicated power, ii) brake power, iii) mechanical efficiency, iv) brake specific fuel
consumption in kg/kW-hr, v) indicated thermal efficiency.

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