PRESENTATION ON SEMINAR TOPIC

“ SIX STROKE ENGINE”

SUBMITTED TO : SUBMITTED
BY:
MR. MUKESH KUMAR MOHIT
ARORA
(HOD ME)
(16EMCME031)
SIX STROKE ENGINE
CONTENT
▪ What is a six stroke engine???
▪ Different approaches in a six stroke engine.
▪ Working principle of a six stroke engine.
▪ Engine Modifications.
i. Fuel Tank.
ii. Material.
iii. Cam Shaft & Valve timing.
iv. Water Injector.
▪ Advantages.
▪ Drawbacks.
▪ Conclusions.
WHAT IS A SIX STROKE ENGINE???
▪ The SIX-STROKE engine is a type of internal combustion engine based on
conventional four stroke engines.

▪ It has some additional features to make it more energy efficient and to reduce
emissions.

▪ A six stroke engine has two power strokes as compared to one power stroke of
the conventional four stroke engine.
WORKING PRINCIPLE
▪ A six stroke engine describes a number of different approaches in the internal
combustion engine to capture the waste heat from the four stroke Otto cycle and
use it to power an additional power and exhaust stroke of the piston.

▪ Designs either use steam or air as the working fluid for the additional power
stroke.

▪ As well as extracting power, the additional stroke cools the engine and removes
the need for a cooling system making the engine lighter and giving 40%
increased efficiency over the Otto Cycle.

▪ In case of a 2 stroke or 4 stroke engine the cylinder head and cylinder walls
merely act as a parasite by absorbing useful heat energy. In case of a six stroke
engine this no longer happens because the cylinder head and cylinder walls act
as an integral part of the power generation cycle.
 FIRST STROKE

▪ Piston Moves from TDC to BDC and creates vacuum pressure in the cylinder. Due to
the vacuum pressure air fuel is sucked into the cylinder via the inlet port

. SECOND STROKE
▪ Piston Moves from BDC to TDC and compresses the mixture.
THIRD STROKE

▪ At the end of the compression stroke the fuel is ignited

and burnt. The pressure and temperature in the cylinder
increases rapidly. The increased temperature pushes the
piston downward
FOURTH STROKE

▪ The burnt product is pushed out from the exhaust valve by scavenging
.
FIFTH STROKE

▪ At the end of the exhaust stroke the cylinder temperature becomes

around 1000-1200 C.

▪ At this stage atomized water expansion is injected into the cylinder.

▪ The water turns into vapor increasing its volume around 1600 times. This causes the piston to move
from TDC to BDC.

SIXTH STROKE

▪ The Piston is again reciprocated back from BDC to TDC.

1st stroke 2 nd stroke 3 rd stroke
4th stroke 5 th stroke 6th stroke
ENGINE MODIFICATION
1. Fuel Tank:
The Fuel tank in a six stroke engine has to be divided into two parts. One part will contain fuel
and other part will contain water.

 The water used should be distilled and pure.

2. Materials Used For Engine Components:
 The engine components are subjected to thermal stresses developed due to injection of water
into the superheated cylinder. The rapid temperature changes can cause micro cracking or
fracture of the engine components due to continuous compression and expansion.
 For this purpose the engine components are manufactured using thermal resistant alloys like:
i. Silicon Carbide.
ii. Zirconia.
iii. Alumina-Tungsten Alloys.
3. Cam Shaft Design:
▪ In traditional four stroke engines the angular speed of the
camshaft is half of the crankshaft. The
Cam rotates ones for every two revolutions of the cam.
▪ In six stroke engine the camshaft has been designed to turn
one revolution for every three
revolution of the crankshaft.
▪ The camshaft of 6-stroke engine contains three cams.
i. Intake Cam.
ii. Exhaust Cam.
iii. Water Injector Cam.
 ANALYSIS AND TESTING
1. Pressure And Volume Diagram:
▪ Work obtained by six stroke is the sum of the both
combustion work and vaporization work. So that the break
mean effective pressure will increase.
2.Fuel Flow Rate:

▪ Amount of fuel supplied to the engine per unit time is the fuel flow rate. ▪ As the
diagram shows the fuel flow rate of 6-stroke engine is 50% lesser than the
conventional 4-stroke engine.
•Thermal Efficiency:

▪ The thermal efficiency of the engine is the power

produced by the engine to the power available from
fuel.
▪ The thermal efficiency of the four stroke engine lies
between 20-30%, where as ▪ The thermal efficiency of
six stroke engine lies between 40-50%.
ADVANTAGES OF SIX STROKE ENGINE
1. Due to an additional power stroke efficiency of the engine increased.

2. Better scavenging and more extraction of work .

3. Reduction in fuel consumption by at least 40%.

4. No cooling system required like heat exchanger in case of Crower six stroke engine.

5. Reduction in pollutants like NOx, CO ,CO2,photochemical smog etc, up to 55%.

6. Increase in indicated thermal efficiency.

7. Minimize necessity of heat exchanger e.g. radiator.

LIMITATIONS OF SIX STROKE ENGINE
1. Early engine starting problems.

2. Running Problems in cold regions.

3. Requirement Of neutral water.

4. Engine size increases due to additional components

5. Higher manufacturing costs.

CONCLUSION

Six stroke engine has many advantages like high thermal efficiency, low fuel consumption, high break mean
effective pressure, low emission. However drawbacks like initial starting problem, availability of water are
also associated. The starting problem can be eliminated by using heater or glow plug and coupling a dc
motor as prime mover to the engine. Nowadays research and experiments are going on to modify the
engine further and to make it suitable for practical purpose.