Name Student LD. Seat No,_ King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi ‘Mid-term exam of 2™ semester Academic year: 2014 MEE 341 Internal Combustion Engines Mechanical Engineering Department Date: 26 February, 2015 Time: 9:00 - 12:00 (3hr) Note: 1. There are totally 4 main questions. 2. Itis the closed book examination and no other document is allowed. 3. The calculator approved by the university is allowed. 4, Students should use pens to write answers. Dr. Yossapong Laoonual Dr. Amornrat Kaewpradap Summary of scores (for markers) oo Question No 1 2 3 | 4 | Total (20) 20) (20) (20) (80) a MarkName Student ILD. Seat No., 1. The diagram below shows the energy split in a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine. It is shown that 25% of available energy from combustion can be actually applied to moving the car, Assumed that the engine has 2% energy losses from the potential chemical energy of gasoline during the combustion. Typical Eneray Split in Gasoline Internal Combustion Engines him Photo source: hpi: greenearcongress.cony2008N2!doeenfnds_12_ Determine: (a) Combustion efficiency (?). (b) Brake thermal efficiency (%). (©) Indicated thermal efficiency (%). (@ Mechanical efficiency (%). (20 marks]Name Student LD._ eat Ni 2. A fourcylinder, 0.6 L engine operates on a fourstroke cycle used for the Formula Student competition. The compression ratio is 12.2:1, and the bore and stroke are related as S = 0.75B. Cateutate: (a) Clearance volume of one cyiinder in ern? (b) Bore and stroke in cm (©) Average piston speed in m/min at engine speed 3200 rpm when crank angle = 90° after TDC (@) Engine speed in rpm at the average piston speed of 914.4 nmin rounded to the nearest 500 rpm Note: According to the Formula SAE Rules for Noise measurement, the noise test speed "for @ given engine will be the engine speed that corresponds to an average piston speed of 914.4 m/min for automotive oF motoreycle engines) [20 marks]Name Student LD. Seat No. 2. ContinueName ____ Student LD, Seat No, 3. An advanced spark ignition engine is to be fuelled by the flexible fuel below. Write down the chemical equation for stoichiometric combustion with air (21% ©, and 79% N, by mole), and calculate the stoichiometric mass air/fuel ratio (2) 100% gasoline (C,H) (b) Gasohol £85 (15% gasoline and 85% ethanol by volume) (©) Fuel blends of Gasohol £10 in half and Gasohol E85 in another half Note: The density of ethanol and gasoline are 741 and 791 kg/m’ respectively [20 marks]Name Student LD. Seat No., 3. Continue ....Name Student LD. Seat No. 4. Fuelair eycle and analysis (20 marks} (@) Following this P-v diagram, derive why the thermal efficiency of ideal Otto cycles in 5 =1-— spackignition engines, en ontg = 1 — EaName Student 1.D. Seat No. (&) Determine the efficiency of an Ott cycle having a compression ratio of 10 ,if Cv increase by 2%.