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WORK
AND POWER
CONSIDERATION
Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology
DEFINITION OF WORK
• IF FORCE APPLIED TO AN OBJECT AND THE
OBJECT MOVES, WORK IS DONE
UTILISATION OF WORK
• WORK PRODUCED BY AN ENGINE IS USED TO
TURN PROPELLER
POWER
• DEFINE AS TIME-RATE OF DOING WORK
• UNIT OF POWER
HORSE POWER
• FIRST USED BY JAMES WATT TO COMPARE THE
PERFORMANCE OF HIS STEAM ENGINE WITH A
TYPICAL ENGLISH DRAY HORSE
FRICTION HORSEPOWER
• POWER REQUIRED TO
OVERCOME THE
FRICTION AND
ENERGY LOSSES
• MEASURED BY
DRIVING AN ENGINE
WITH CALIBRATED
MOTOR
POWER LOST IN THE ENGINE
TO RUN ACCESSORIES
AND GEARS
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PISTON DISPLACEMENT
• VOLUME OF AIR DISPLACE BY A PISTON AS IT
MOVES FROM BDC TO TDC
• FORMULA = A X L X N
• N = NUMBER CYLINDERS
ENGINE EFFICIENCY
• ENERGY IS THE CAPACITY TO WORK AND CANNOT
BE CREATED OR DESTROYED
ENGINE EFFICIENCY
• ENGINE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, FUEL TYPE,
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS PLAYS A
PARTS IN HOW EFFICIENTLY AN ENGINE CONVERT
FUEL’S POTENTIAL ENERGY
• HORSEPOWER X 33,000
F X BTU X K
VOLUMETERIC EFFICIENCY
• RATIO OF VOLUME OF FUEL
AND AIR ENGINE TAKES INTO
THE CYLINDER TO THE TOTAL
PISTON DISPLACEMENT
• DENSITY VARIES WITH
CHANGE OF ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITION TDC
• VE ON TURBOCHARGED
BDC
ENGINE CAN EXCEED 100 %
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INCOMPLETE SCAVENGING
INCREASE IN ALTITUTE
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MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY
• RATIO OF BRAKE HORSEPOWER TO INDICATED
HORSEPOWER
COMPRESSION RATIO
IGNITION TIMING
ENGINE SPEED
ALTITUTE
FUEL/AIR RATIO
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MANIFOLD PRESSURE
• CHANGE OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AFFECT THE
AMOUNT OF POWER AN ENGINE CAN PRODUCE
FOR A GIVEN RPM
DETONATION
• DETONATION IS UNCONTROL EXPLOSIVE
IGNITION IN THE CYLINDER
DETONATION
HIGH TEM. AND PRESSURE COMBINE WITH HIGH
TURBULENCE GENERATED, CAUSE “HAMMERING”
OR “SCRUBBING” ACTION ON PISTON AND
CYLINDER THAT CAN BURN A HOLE COMPLETELY
THROUGH PISTON AND CYLINDER IN SECONDS
DETONATION
• CAUSING CONDITIONS:
– USING LOWER GRADE FUEL THAN
RECOMMENDED & ALLOWING ENGINE TO
OVERHEAT
– WRONG IGNITION TIMING
PRE-IGNITION
• PRE-IGNITION TAKES PLACE WHEN FUEL/AIR
MIXTURE IGNITES TOO SOON
PRE-IGNITION
WHEN ENGINE CONTINUES RUNNING AFTER
IGNITION IS TURN OFF, PREIGNITION MAY BE THE
CAUSE
COMPRESSON RATIO
• DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF CYLINDER VOLUME
WHEN THE PISTON AT THE BOTTOM OF ITS
STROKE TO THE VOLUME WITH THE PISTON AT
THE TOP OF ITS STROKE
A CYLINDER
COMPRESSION RATIO
LOW SD/DEC 2008 PISTON 1-8 37
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COMPRESSION RATIO
• DETERMINES THE AMOUNT OF HEAT ENERGY
THAT IS CONVERT TO USEFUL WORK
COMPRESSION RATIO
ONLY CAN BE INCREASE BY ALTERING THE
ENGINE DESIGN, SUCH AS
COMPRESSION RATIO
• CHARACTERISTIC OF AVAILABLE FUEL
DETERMINES THE PRACTICAL LIMITS OF
COMPRESSION RATIO THAT CAN BE USED IN
ENGINE DESIGN
COMPRESSION RATIO
TURBO CHARGE ENGINE, THE DEGREE OF
TURBOCHARGING LIMITS THE ENGINE’S
COMPREESION RATIO DUE TO INCREASE
OPERATING TEMPERATURE
IGNITION TIMING
• CHANGE IN ENGINE IGNITION WILL ALSO EFFECT
THE ENGINE POWER
IGNITION TIMING
LATE IGNITION CAUSES GAS PRESSURE ON
PISTON HEAD DOES NOT BUILD UP TO EXPECTED
LEVEL DUE TO INCREASE VOLUME
ENGINE SPEED
• STATED IN SIMPLE TERM, THE FASTER AN ENGINE
RUNS, THE MORE POWER IT PRODUCES
• BUT THERE IS A LIMITATION TO ITS MAX. SPEED
• LIMITATIONS SUCH AS:
– IGNITION TIMING
– VALVE TIMING
– THE INERTIAL OF RAPIDLY MOVING PISTONS
• CAUSES VALVES “FLOAT”
• OVERSTRESS CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL
– PROPELLER TIP SPEED
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ENGINE MOST
EFFICIENT SPEED
REQUIRES 0.51
BSFC
A TYPICAL CHART OF
BSFC
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ALTITUTE
ALTITUTE
EVEN THOUGH THE ACTUAL ALTITUTE DOES NOT
CHANGE, BUT DENSITY ALTITUTE CAN CHANGE
CONSTANTLY DUE TO CHANGE IN AIR
TEMPERATURE THUS DENSITY
FUEL/AIR RATIO
• STOICHIOMETRIC MIXTURE IS A PERFECTLY
BALANCED FUEL/AIR MIXTURE OF 15 PARTS OF
AIR TO 1 PART OF FUEL
CONTROL OF MIXTURE
CONTROL OF MIXTURE
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
• CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF POWER AVAILABLE
TO THE FUEL COMSUME, AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE IS
FAIRY INEFFICIENT MACHINE
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FULL THROTTLE
ON
1 = CRUISE DYNAMOMETER
POWER
SETTING
2 = BSFC
3 = ENGINE WITH
PRODUCE 118 PROPELLER
BHP LOAD
COMSUMPTION
IS .51 X 118 =
60.18 LBS/HR