By: Dustin C. Francisco (9-Savanna) 1
By: Dustin C. Francisco (9-Savanna) 1
By: Dustin C. Francisco (9-Savanna) 1
Intake
-mixture of gases fill up the combustion
chambers
-piston moves down
Compression
-mixture of gases is compressed Thermal Efficiency
-piston moves up -performance measure of an engine
Combustion/Power -there is no 100% efficient engine
-mixture of gases ignited by spark plug -Qc (energy removed by heat/energy in cold
-piston moves down reservoir)
Exhaust -Qh (energy added by heat/energy in hot reservoir)
-exhaust gases expel through exhaust valve -Tc (absolute temperature in cold reservoir)
-piston moves up -Th (absolute temperature in hot reservoir)
Work
-W = Qh – Qc
Efficiency
-E = W (or Qh – Qc) / Qh x 100%
Qh
-Qh = W + Qc
Qc
-Qc = W - Qh
By: Dustin C. Francisco (9-Savanna) 2
Carnot Engine Efficiency Formula
-by Sadi Carnot
-maximum efficiency of an engine
-never 100% though
-equation: Ecarnot = 1 – Tc / Th x 100%
The temperatures should be on the Kelvin scale.
273.15 + the temperature in Celsius = Kelvin