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The piston in the cylinder acts as a pump and the answer depends on the volume of the chamber into which the substance is compressed.
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How do you calculate compression ratio?
compression ratio = compressed size / uncompressed size the ratio should be between 1 and 0 (multiply with 100 to get the ratio in percent) a ratio greater than 1 means, the compressed size is actually greater than the uncompressed size a ratio just below 1 means bad compression the lower the ratio, the better the compression
What is the compression ratio for an engine if each cylinder has a maximum volume of 500 cubic centimeters and a minimum volume of 50 cubic centimeters?
Compression ratio is exclusive to each cylinder, though they will all have the same result if they are the same dimensionally ( and they always are) > Divide the total engine capacity by the number of cylinders, this gives the capacity or swept volume of each cylinder (bore * stroke) > So in a 2.0 (2000 cc) litre 4 cylinder engine, each cylinder has a 2000 / 4 = 500 cc swept volume (bore * stroke) > The combustion chamber is the volume remaining at top dead centre (TDC) > Compression ratio = volume at BDC (swept volume + volume at TDC) / volume at TDC
What ratio diameter to thickness of cylinder determines thin or thick cylinder?
If the ratio of thicness to dia of cylinder is 0.1 and less, it is thin. And if this ratio is more than 0.1 it is thick cylinder
What is the comparison of the volume of space between the piston's top surface and the top cylinder at BDC and TDC is called?
The answer is Compression Ratio. You should try reading the Study Unit it really helps!
How does compression ratio affect engine efficiency and performance?
Engine efficiency is increased though compression ratio by allowing a more thermodynamic energy to be converted into mechanical energy. Energy transfer is the key to efficiency.
Is the compression ratio of a piston inside its cylinder measured mechanically or atmospherically?
Mechanically To put it as simply as possible. The cubic inches of a cylinder and the amount of space your compressing it into is the compression ratio.
What is the compression ratio of and engine?
Compression ratio is the difference in the volume of a engine cylinder between when the cylinder is at it's largest volume, compared against when the cylinder is at it's smallest volume. Gasoline engines use 8:1 to 12:1 compression ratio. Diesel fuel engines use 14:1 to 25:1.
What is the highest compression ratio?
Compression ratio simply means the difference in size of the original vs compressed unit. Compression ratio is a commonly used term for internal combustion engine piston/cylinder compression and file compression. Ratios differ depending on the type of engine or the type of file being compressed. In file compression, 7zip has the highest compression ratio.
What is the pressure of gas in cylinder during combustion?
Depends on the car. If it is naturally aspirated (no turbo or supercharger), then it's easy. Cylinder pressure = 14.5 (1 bar) * Compression Ratio. If however, it's forced induction: Cylinder pressure = ( 14.5 (1 bar) + Boost psi ) * Compression Ratio. For instance, in a naturally aspirated car with a 10.0:1 Compression Ratio : 145 psi = 14.5 * 10 Or in a turbo car with the unreasonably high 10.0 compression ratio with 10 psi boost : 245 psi= ( 14.5 + 10 ) * 10
What is the cut off ratio of a diesel engine?
The thermodynamic cycle which powers a diesel engine has four steps: 1. Adiabatic compression (compression with no heat transfer into or out of the reaction cylinder). 2. Heating at constant pressure. In a diesel engine, the heat generated by the compression step is so great that fuel spontaneously combusts as it's injected into the cylinder; however, this combustion is not instantaneous, so the gases inside the cylinder heat up and expand at constant pressure as the fuel burns. 3. Adiabatic expansion (this is the part where the cylinder is doing work on whatever the engine is hooked up to). 4. Cooling at constant pressure (the exhaust is expelled from the cylinder). The compression ratio is the ratio between the initial volume and the volume at the end of Step 1. The cutoff ratio is the ratio of the volume at the end of Step 1 (BEFORE the fuel is injected and burned) to the volume at the end of Step 2 (AFTER the fuel is injected and burned). The expansion ratio is the ratio of the volume at the end of Step 2 to to volume at the end of Step 3. In case this clarifies, (compression ratio) = (cutoff ratio) * (expansion ratio).
How do you change the head gaskets 1972 vw bug and can I remove the shins to increase compression?
There are no gasketsused between the cylinder head and the cylinder, but there can be shims used to control compression ratio. The shims are used when the head has been flycut (machined) when it is being rebuilt. You can have the heads flycut to raise compression ratio if desired. Be careful with the air cooled engines because too high a compression ratio can be disasterous! A competent VW machine shop can give you more details
What is the compression psi of a compression ratio of 16.2?
There is no direct connection between compression ratio and pressure. Ratio is a mathematical calculation of the cylinder volume from bottom center to top center. Actual cylinder pressure will depend on the volumetric efficiency of the engine. Factors the affect volumetric efficiency include rpm, intake design, throttle plate size, amount of restriction in the exhaust, size of the valves, shape of piston and combustion chamber.
Compression ratio of the internal combustion engine is defined as?
The compression ratio of an internal-combustion engine, or an IC engine as it is more commonly called, is the ratio of the volume the highest capacity of the combustion chamber to its lowest capacity. In the IC engine, the piston makes a stroke, resulting in the compression of the air in the combustion chamber - the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber when the piston is at the bottom of its stroke, and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at the top of its stroke, is the compression ratio.
What is the compression ratio of a 2001 dodge 5.2l?
the 2001 dodge ram 1500 5.2L (318CID) IS 99.3 mm bore, 84.1 mm stroke, 9.1 compression ratio, overhead valve and two valves per cylinder
What is the deffintion of compression ratio?
Compression is squeezing something so that it occupies a smaller space. Ratio is the proportion between two quantities or numerical values. Click the link for a detailed explanation. Explanation below! ++++ Therefore a Compression Ratio is the ratio between original and compressed volumes of, normally, a gas, such as the fuel-air mixture in a vehicle engine cylinder. If the starting volume in the cylinder is 100cc and the piston then rises and compresses the gas to 10cc then the compression ratio is 100:10, which we then simplify to 10:1. (Read the colon as the word "to".)
How do you increase the compression ratio of a 1996 Chevy caprice 9c1 police package car?
Change the pistons, or change the cylinder heads, or mill down the cylinder heads.
What is a critical compression ratio?
The lowest compression ratio of a compression-ignition engine that allows a specific fuel to be ignited by compression ignition.
