Lab Report 02

IC Engine Lab

Submitted to
Dr. Syed Amjad Ahmad

Submitted by
Waqas Ibrahim

Roll no.
18-MCE-49

Section:
“B”

NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research,

Faisalabad
Mechanical Engineering Department
2022
 Experiment No. 2
Objective
To calculate the break power of 4-stroke petrol engine and plot break power and torque
against engine speed

Apparatus
• Dynamometer couple with 4-stroke petrol engine
• Tachometer
• Torque meter

Theory
Four stroke engine
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in
which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A
stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either direction

Tachometer
A tachometer (revolution-counter, tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an
instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or
other machine. The device usually displays the revolutions per minute (RPM)
on a calibrated analogue dial, but digital displays are increasingly common.
Throttle
A throttle is the mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by
constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or
decreased by the restriction of inlet gases (by the use of a throttle),
but usually decreased. The term throttle has come to refer,
informally, to any mechanism by which the power or speed of an
engine is regulated, such as a car's accelerator pedal. What is often
termed a throttle (in an aviation context) is also called a thrust lever,
particularly for jet engine powered aircraft.

Dynamometer
A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for simultaneously
measuring the torque and rotational speed (RPM) of
an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its
instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by
the dynamometer itself as kW.

Indicated power
Indicated power is the theoretical maximum output power of the engine. The indicated power is
the total power available from the expansion of the gases in the cylinders without taking into
account any friction loss, heat loss or entropy within the system.

Break power
The brake power of an IC Engine is the power available at the crankshaft. The brake power of an
I.C. engine is, usually, measured by means of a brake mechanism.
Procedure
• First of all check the apparatus required to perform the experiment
• Turn on the dynamometer, set the speed at 2800 rpm and torque is noted at
torque meter
• Gradually load increased and rpm, torque is calculated
• Calculated break power

Observation and Calculation

Sr.No Engine speed RPM Torque Brake power