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TYPES OF SCAVENGING
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base of the flow of air:

● Cross flow scavenging

● Schnuerle scavenging or Reverse or Loop scavenging
● Uniflow scavenging CROSS FLOW SCAVENGING
Cross Flow Scavenging
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The cross-flow type scavenging has an inlet port
and the exhaust port that are located on the
opposite sides to each other. The deflector piston
(hump-shaped piston head) is used in this type of
scavenging. When the charge enters into the engine
from the intake port, due to the hump shape of a
piston, this incoming charge moves upwards and
pushes the upper burnt gases to the downside and
then these gases goes outwards through the
exhaust port. Therefore, the hump on the piston
assists in the engine’s scavenging operation. This
method of scavenging performs well during the low
speed of the engine while bad scavenging obtains
at the high speed of the engine or at full throttle
time.
Schnuerle scavenging
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In this scavenging method, the intake port and
exhaust ports are located at the same side in
the engine. In this method, the size of the
intake port is a large size to enter a large
volume of charge inside the cylinder, and the
size of the exhaust port is small (increases
velocity) to flow out burnt gases quickly. When
the fresh charge enters from the intake port,
the fresh charge has a swirling motion (as like
a loop) hence this fresh charge moves upwards
and pushes back the burnt gases. Hence in
such a way, these burnt gases flows out of the
cylinder. This method of scavenging performs
well during the high speed of the engine or at
full throttle time while bad scavenging obtains
at the low speed of the engine.
Uniflow or Cross Flow Scavenging
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In this scavenging method, the one or two intake
ports are located at the sides of the cylinder and
the exhaust port is located at the cylinder head.
When the charge enters from both side intake
ports, the charge flows upwards and after the
combustion, the burnt gases go out of the
cylinder from the exhaust valve which is located
at the top of the cylinder. Less air loss occurs and
has lower fuel consumption hence gives better
engine efficiency as compared to other methods.
Good scavenging obtains during the low speed
and the high speed using the uniflow scavenging
method. The uniflow scavenging commonly is
used in large-sized two strokes engines such as
in two-stroke ic engines of big marine ships.