IC ENGINES

FOUR-STROKE S-I ENGINE

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
Four-stroke S-I Engine
Principle Of Operation
Four stroke engine
Four-stroke S-I Engine Principle Of Operation
Four-stroke S-I Engine Principle Of Operation
Valve Position in 4 stroke engine
Stroke

Valve Position
Suction Stroke

Suction valve open
Exhaust valve closed

Compression Stroke

Both valves closed

Expansion Stroke

Both valves closed

Exhaust Stroke

Exhaust valve open
Suction valve closed

P-V diagram for ideal Otto cycle
Actual indicator diagram for 4
stroke SI Engine
Valve Timing Diagram of 4 stroke SI Engine
Typical valve timings for four-stroke SI
engines
Four-stroke CI Engine-Principle Of
Operation
Four-stroke CI Engine-Principle Of
Operation
Ideal P-V diagram
2 stroke engine

Operation of two-stroke engine
Intake & Compression stroke Power & Exhaust/Transfer Stroke
2 stroke engine
Ideal And Actual Indicator Diagrams
for a 2 Stroke SI Engine
Scavenging process:

At the end of the expansion stroke, the combustion
chambers of a two-stroke engine is left full of products of
combustion. This is because, unlike four-stroke engines,
there is no exhaust stroke available to clear the cylinder
of burnt gases. The process of clearing the cylinder of
burned gases and filling it with fresh mixture (or air}-the
combined intake and exhaust process is called scavenging
process. This must be completed in a very short
duration available between the end of the expansion
stroke and start of the charging process.
Comparison of four-stroke and two-stroke cycle engines