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WorksheetsOtto Cycle Engine Quiz
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Improving the efficiency of an air-standard Otto Cycle engine depends chiefly on
increasing the compression ratio
increasing the temperature and pressure
decreasing density
increasing specific
Increasing the piston diameter or piston stroke of Otto cycle engine will
decrease the efficiency of the engine
increase the efficiency of the engine
increase the work
decrease the work
The work output per cycle also depends strongly on the compression ratio as well as the
bore of the engine
isentropic compression
isentropic expansion
volumetric displacement of the engine
The mean effective pressure of Otto cycle can be increased by increasing the heat transfer into the engine per cycle or by
decreasing volumetric expansion
increasing the volumetric efficiency
increasing pressure ratio
decreasing pressure ratio
________ the engine in Otto cycle can increase the power of the cycle but not to increase efficiency.
Discharging
Charging
Supercharging
Scavenging
A _________ is used in aircraft engines and some automotive engine. In this method, a turbine driven by the exhaust gases is used to provide power to compressor or blower at the inlet.
discharging
turbocharging
supercharging
scavenging
The practical disadvantage of supercharging is that the pressure P3 will be greater in the supercharge engine, resulting in
chocking
knocking
tricking
blocking
Most supercharged of turbo-charged engines use fuel injection of gasoline directly to
heat exchanger
furnace
recuperator
combustion chamber
A diesel cycle has two isentropic, one constant pressure and one.
constant temperature
constant volume process
constant density
none of these
The ideal cycles are
externally reversible
internally reversible
externally irreversible
internally irreversible
The thermal efficiency of an ideal cycle is less than that of a totally reversible cycle operating between
temperature decrease
temperature limits
temperature increase
none of these
The only devices where the changes in kinetic energy are significant are the
compressor
pumps
nozzles and diffusers
none of these
The T-s diagram is useful in the analysis of
actual power cycles
ideal power cycles
combined power cycles
none of these
Equations pertaining to steady flow systems should be used in the analysis of
Carnot cycle
Otto cycle
Brayton cycle
Rankine cycle
Equations pertaining to closed systems should be used in the analysis of
Otto cycle
Brayton cycle
Absorption system
Stirling cycle
The Carnot cycle is a function of the
absolute temperature
limit temperature
critical temperature
sink and source temperature
Thermal efficiency of Carnot cycle increases with _______ at which heat is added to the system or with a decrease in the average temperature at which heat is rejected from the system.
a constant average temperature
an increase in average temperature
a decrease in average temperature
none of these
Spark-ignition automobile engines, diesel engines, and the conventional gas turbines are devices which operates on____________, They are also internal combustion engines.
steam cycles
gas cycles
heat cycles
none of these
Another assumption which is often utilized to simplify the analysis of air standard assumptions is that air has ________ whose value are determined at room temperature (25° C).
variable specific heat
all of these
thermal specific heat
constant specific heat
A cycle for which the air-standard assumptions are applicable is frequently referred as
gas standard cycle
adiabatic cycle
reversible cycle
air standard cycle
_________basically a piston-cylinder device.
centrifugal engine
steam engine
moving engine
reciprocating engine
_________is the position of the piston when it forms the smallest volume in the cylinder.
Middle dead center
Top dead center
Bottom dead center
Approach dead center
________ is the position of the piston when it forms the largest volume in the cylinder.
Middle dead center
Top dead center
Bottom dead center
Approach dead center
The distance between TDC and BDC in which the piston can travel is the
right extreme position
displacement stroke
stroke of the engine
swept stroke
The diameter of the piston is called
engine diameter
stroke
bore
projected diameter
The air or air-fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinder through the
intake valve
exhaust valve
intake pump
jet pump
The combustion products are expelled from the cylinder through the
intake valve
exhaust manifold
exhaust valve
none of these
The minimum volume formed in the cylinder when the piston is at TDC is called the
compression volume
expansion volume
volume change
clearance volume
The volume displaced by the piston as it moves between TDC and BDC is called
free mixture volume
clearance volume
piston discharge
displacement volume
The ratio of the maximum volume formed in the cylinder to the minimum volume is called the _______ of the engine.
expansion ratio
cut-off ratio
intake volume ratio
compression ratio
Compression ratio is a
pressure ratio
temperature ratio
entropy ratio
volume ratio
_______is the fictitious pressure which, if it acted on the piston during the entire power stroke, would produce the same amount of work as that produced during the actual cycle.
Indicated pressure
Brake mean effective pressure
Critical pressure
Mean effective pressure
Reciprocating engines are classified as a
spark-ignition engines or compression ignition engines
spark-ignition engines
compression ignition engines
heat engines
In spark-ignition engine, the combustion of the air-fuel mixture is initiated by a
carburetor
injector
feed pump
spark plug
In compression-engine, the combustion of air-fuel mixture is self-ignited as a result of compressing the mixture above its
self-developed temperature
mixing temperature
self-feed temperature
self-ignition temperature
_________ the piston executes four complete strokes (two mechanical cycles) within the cylinder, and crankshaft completes 2 revolutions for each thermodynamic cycle.
one stroke internal combustion engine
two stroke internal combustion engine
three stroke internal combustion engine
Four stroke internal combustion engine
Initially, both the intake and the exhaust valves are closed, and the piston is at its
top position
lowest position
mean position
central position
During compression stroke, the piston moves ______, compressing the air-fuel mixture.
downward
sideward
centrifugally
upward
Shortly before the piston reaches its highest position, the spark plugs fires ________ of the system.
decreasing the temperature and density
increasing the volume and temperature
increasing the pressure and temperature
decreasing pressure and entropy
In 4 stroke cycle, the useful output is done during the
exhaust stroke
expansion or compression stroke
intake stroke
heat stroke
The pressure in the cylinder is ______________ during the exhaust stroke and slightly below during intake stroke.
slightly above
slightly below
is atmospheric
approaches infinity
Two stroke engine performs intake, compression, expansion and exhaust stroke in ________ only.
one revolution
four revolutions
six revolutions
two revolutions
Two stroke engines are generally ______________, then four-stroke engines because of isentropic expulsion of the exhaust gases and partial expulsion of fresh air-fuel mixture with the exhaust gases.
less efficient
more efficient
generally more efficient
critically efficient
Two stroke engine are relatively _________ and have high power-to-weight and power-to-volume ratios, which make them suitable for applications requiring small size and weight such as for motorcycles, chain saws, and lawn mowers.
high speed
high discharge
simple and inexpensive
simple and expensive
Two stroke engines has _____________ compared to four stroke engines.
less power
more power
less efficient
more efficient
The thermal efficiency of an ideal Otto Cycle depends ________ of the working fluid.
the pressure ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio
the temperature ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio
the moles ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio
the compression ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio
The thermal efficiency of Otto cycle increases as the compression ratio.
increases
decrease
remains constant
none of these
Typical compression ratio of Otto cycle is
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
The premature ignition of the fuel is called
super ignition
auto ignition
ignition delay
pre-ignition
Auto ignition in spark-ignition engine can __________ to the engine.
explodes
cause drastic change
cause damage
cause separation
___________ has been added to gasoline because it is the cheapest method of raising the octane rating.
Tetraethyl lead
unleaded
super leaded
blaze
Is a measure of the engine knock resistance of a fuel.
Urchin
Anti-knock rating
Octane rating
say bolt rating
Leaded gasoline engine has
best effect
produce double effect
undesirable side effect
none of these
Most cars have been designed to use unleaded gasoline and the compression ratio had to be lowered to avoid
infinite revolution
zagging knock
super knock
engine knock
The thermal efficiency of car engines has been decreased somewhat as a result
increased compression ratio
decreased compression ratio
dead weight ratio
zero clearance
The second parameter affecting the thermal efficiency of an ideal Otto cycle is the
density
air condition
specific heat ratio
compression ratio
Using monatomic gas, the thermal efficiency of Otto cycle
increases
decreases
remains constant
none of these
The thermal efficiency of actual spark-ignition engines range from about
25 to 30 %
30 to 35%
35% to 40%
40 to 50%
The diesel engine is the ideal for CI (compression ignition) in
reciprocating engine
combustion engine
external engine
two-way engine
Invented diesel engine is _________ in the 1890.
Rudolph Hitler
Ronnie Diesel
Rodel Diesel
Rudolph Diesel
If the density of air increases if its ___________ will increase.
temperature
specific volume
entropy
pressure
The difference between enthalpy and wo flow is
internal work
internal energy
specific heat
kinetic energy
At critical point of T-s diagram in Rankine Cycle the, what s the relation of saturated cycle enthalpy of liquid and vapor?
hr = hg
h > hg
hg > hr
hg is slightly greater than hr
At one point of a pipe, x = volume flow of liquid, y = specific volume of liquid. The mass flow of liquid is
x/y
xy
y/x
yx
The fuel used in diesel is __________ than in the fuel used in gasoline engine.
less expensive
more expensive
P10 more
none of these
The fuel injection process in diesel engines starts when the piston _________ and continues during the first part of power stroke.
And of BDC
before TDC
approaches BDOC
approaches TDC
In diesel engine, combustion process during combustion occurs during
isothermal process
constant pressure process
isentropic process
adiabatic
The Otto and Diesel cycle differs during
expansion process
intake process
exhaust process
combustion process
A measure of performance for any power cycle is its
Back work ratio
thermal efficiency
auto ignition efficiency
none of these
Is the ratio of cylinder volumes after and before the combustion process.
expansion ratio
back work ratio
cut-off ratio
compression ratio
The thermal efficiency of Otto cycle is always _________ the thermal efficiency of Diesel cycle when both cycle operates in the same compression ratio.
greater than
less than
equal
none of these
If the cutoff ratio decreases, the efficiency of Diesel cycle
increases
decreases
remains constant
none of these
If the cutoff ratio is unity, the diesel and Otto Cycle are
performs different field
separately exited
fixed
identical
The diesel engines also burn the fuel more completely since they usually operate __________ than spark ignition engines.
higher revolutions per minute
medium speed
lower revolutions per minute
none of these
Thermal efficiencies of diesel engines range from about
30 to 45%
65 to 89%
50 to 55%
35 to 40%
The _________ of diesel engines make them the clear choice in applications requiring relatively large amounts of power, such as locomotive engines, emergency power generation units, large ships, and heavy trucks.
higher efficiency and lower fuel costs
high power
low efficiency
high work of compression
A diesel engine can be built as much as At 122 rpm.
20,500 hp
27,456 hp
25,200 hp
34,345 hp
A better approach would be to model the combustion process in both gasoline and diesel engines as a combination of two heat transfer Process. This process is known as
gas cycle
Otto cycle
Diesel cycle
Dual cycle
In dual cycle, the heat is added during constant volume and _________ process
constant temperature
constant pressure
constant volume
constant pressure and temperature
_____________ is the process during which heat is transferred to a thermal energy storage device.
adiabatic
regeneration
reciprocation
introspection
The regenerator is a device that borrows ________ from the working fluid during one part of the cycle and pays it back during another part of the cycle.
Heat
Energy
Work
none of these
In Stirling cycle, regeneration process works during _________ process.
constant volume
constant pressure
constant heat addition
none of these
In Ericsson cycle, the regeneration process occurs during _________ process.
constant volume
constant temperature
constant pressure
none of these
Invented Stirling engine is _________, it is very heavy and complicated.
Robert Deniro
Robert Boyle
Robet Sreri
Robert Stirling
Both the Stirling and Ericsson cycles are totally reversible as is the
Carnot cycle
Otto cycle
Diesel cycle
Gas turbine cycle
_________ have the same efficiency when operating the same temperature limits.
Stirling and gas turbine cycles
Carnot and Otto cycles
Stirling, Ericsson and Carnot cycles
none of these
Both the Stirling and Ericsson cycles are
internal combustion engines
external combustion engines
Otto engine
Stirling engine
Are two gases commonly employed in Stirling and Ericsson cycles.
Hydrogen and Helium
Water and Brine
Salt and water
Oxygen and Nitrogen
Advantage of Stirling and Ericsson cycle:
can used variety of fuels as a source of energy
there is more time for combustion
they operate on closed cycles.
All of these
In Stirling cycle, Regeneration can
decrease efficiency
increase efficiency
limit efficiency
control efficiency
Brayton cycle is invented by
George Bragat
George Smith
George Turbine
George. Brayton
Gas turbines usually operates on an
closed cycle
open cycle
controllable cycle
none of these
In gas turbine, the gas is expanded to the
vacuum pressure
negative pressure
gage pressure
atmospheric pressure
Brayton cycle is made up of __________ Internally reversible process.
one
two
three
four
