ME4227 Part 2 Example Paper 2

(Lecturer: Zhang Huangwei, huangwei.zhang@nus.edu.sg)

Instructions:
• On the first page of the answer sheets, please include the following statement and then sign
your name with it:
“I declared that the answers in this document were achieved by myself independently. I
understand that the score will be given as zero for this paper if any hints of plagiarism are
found.”
• Deadline for submission: 20th April 2022. Late submission will not be considered. Please
submit the softcopy by email.
• Need to work on all three questions.
• Each question accounts for 10 Points, and the full score is 30 for this example paper.

1. What is the required fuel injection duration in crank angle degrees in order to produce 50
kW in a single cylinder diesel engine operating at 1500 rpm with a bsfc (brake-specific fuel
consumption) of 0.22 kg/kWh? The injector orifice area is 1.43 mm2, the injector discharge
coefficient Cd = 0.7. The injector pressure is 550 bar, and the average cylinder pressure
during injection is 50 bar. Assume a fuel density of 840 kg/m 3.

2. If the diesel injector in Q1 has a nozzle diameter of 0.30 mm and length of 1.0 mm, what
is the fuel spray angle? Assume the average cylinder gas temperature during injection is
750 K.

3. A large-bore two-stroke stationary engine uses an ammonia injection system to remove

NO from the exhaust. The engine has a displacement of 300 L and speed of 400 rpm. It is
fueled with methane directly injected into the cylinder, and operates with a delivery ratio
(equivalent to volume efficiency in two-stroke engines) of 0.92. If 0.10% of the nitrogen
entering the engine has reacted to form NO during the combustion process, what is the
mass flow of ammonia needed to reduce the NO to N2?

---END---
Reference books: Ferguson, C. R., & Kirkpatrick, A. T. (2015). Internal combustion engines:
applied thermosciences. John Wiley & Sons.