Internal Combustion Engine

ME134-2_E01 Week 03

A five cylinder, 3.5liter SI engine operates on a four-stroke cycle at 2500rpm at this

condition, the mechanical efficiency of the engine is 62% and 1000J of indicated work are
produced in each cycle on each cylinder.
Calculate:
a. Indicated mean effective pressure in kPa
b. Break mean effective pressure in kPa
c. Friction mean effective pressure in kPa
d. Break power in kW and hp
e. Torque N-m

1000
𝐴. ) 𝐼𝑀𝐸𝑃 =
3.5 𝑥 10−3
= 285.7142 𝑘𝑃𝑎

𝐵. ) 𝐵𝑀𝐸𝑃 = 0.62 𝑥 285.7142

= 177.1428 𝑘𝑃𝑎

𝐶. ) 𝐹𝑀𝐸𝑃 = 285.7142 − 177.1428

= 108.571 𝑘𝑃𝑎

(177.1428 𝑥 103 )(3.5 𝑥 10−3 )(2500)(5)

𝐷. ) 𝐵. 𝑃. =
2(60)
= 64.5833 𝑘𝑊
= 86.6 𝐻𝑝

(64583.3)(60)
𝐸. ) 𝑇 =
2𝜋 (2500)
= 246.69 𝑁𝑚
A construction vehicle has a diesel engine with 8 cylinders of 5.375in bore and 8in stroke,
operating at four stroke cycle. It delivers 152-shaft horsepower at 1000rpm with a
mechanical efficiency of 0.60.
Calculate: (Show your solution)
a. Total engine displacement (in3)
b. Break mean effective pressure (psia)
c. Torque at 1000rpm (lbf-ft)
d. Indicated horsepower
e. Friction horsepower

𝜋(5.3752 )(8)(8)
𝐴. ) 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
4
= 1452.20 𝑖𝑛3

113.3464(2)(60)
𝐵. ) 𝐵𝑀𝐸𝑃 =
0.0237(1000)
= 5715.5947 𝑘𝑃𝑎
= 82.8978 𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑎

113.3464(1000)(60)
𝐶. ) 𝑇 =
2𝜋(1000)
= 1082.378 𝑁𝑚
= 798.321 𝑙𝑏𝑓 − 𝑓𝑡

152
𝐷. ) 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 =
0.60
= 253.33 𝐻𝑝

𝐸. ) 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 253.33 − 152

= 103.33 𝐻𝑝