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1. What is Lean Burn Engine | Working , Advantages and Disadvantages
1.1. Advantages of lean burn engine Automobile Engineering (207)
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Lean-burn means pretty much what it says. It is a lean amount of fuel supplied to and
burned in an engine’s combustion chamber. Normal air-to-fuel ratio is on the order of Industrial Engineering (102)

15:1 (15 parts air to 1 part fuel). True lean-burn can go as high as 23:1. Interview Guide (23)

Machine Design (103)

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Lean-burn engines (both gasoline and diesel) enjoy higher fuel economy and cleaner
Theory Of Machine (36)
emissions than conventionally tuned engines. By nature they use less fuel and emit
Thermal Engineering (129)
fewer unburned hydrocarbons and greenhouse gases while producing equivalent power
of a like-sized “normal” combustion engine. They achieve leanburn status by employing
higher combustion chamber compression ratios (higher cylinder pressure), significant air
intake swirl and precise lean-metered direct fuel injection.

lean burn engine

A lean burn mode is a way to reduce throttling losses.

An engine in a typical vehicle is sized for providing the power desired for
acceleration, but must operate well below that point in normal steady-speed
operation. Ordinarily, the power is cut by partially closing a throttle.

However, the extra work done in pumping air through the throttle reduces
efficiency.

If the fuel/air ratio is reduced, then lower power can be achieved with the throttle
closer to fully open, and the efficiency during normal driving (below the maximum
torque capability of the engine) can be higher.

The engines designed for lean burning can employ higher compression ratios and
thus provide better performance, efficient fuel use and low exhaust hydrocarbon
emissions than those found in conventional petrol engines.

Ultra lean mixtures with very high air-fuel ratios can only be achieved by direct
injection engines.

The main drawback of lean burning is that a complex catalytic converter system is
required to reduce NOx emissions.

Lean burn engines do not work well with modern 3-way catalytic converter which
requires a pollutant balance at the exhaust port so they can carry out oxidation and
reduction reactions so most modern engines run at or near the stoichiometric point.

Alternatively, ultra-lean ratios can reduce NOx emissions

Advantages of lean burn engine

Higher fuel economy

Emit fewer unburned hydrocarbons and greenhouse gases

A lean burn mode is a way to reduce throttling losses

Disadvantages of lean burn engine

Lean burning is that a complex catalytic converter system is required to reduce
NOx emissions.

High relatively cost

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