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Publication Date
2016-04-23
Availability
UM campus only
Embargo Period
2018-04-23
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical Engineering (Engineering)
Date of Defense
2016-03-31
First Committee Member
Dr. Michael R. Swain
Second Committee Member
Dr. Matthew N. Swain
Third Committee Member
Dr. Ryan Lee Karkkainen
Abstract
The thesis is an initial study of a unique 3 cylinder geometry for naturally aspired piston type internal combustion engines (ICE). The advantages of the configuration are the production of a very compact but not necessarily light engine, thermal efficiency improvements of 15% to 20%, and the ability to operate on low octane fuels without the reduction in expansion ratio that accompanies all other ICE when their compression ratios are reduced. An increase in efficiency produces an equivalent reduction in carbon dioxide production as the fuel normally needed to produce the power produced by the improvement in efficiency is never burned. Regulated emissions of unburnt hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide ( ) would be controlled as they are in conventional ICEs.
Keywords
internal combustion engines
Recommended Citation
Chen, Shanghua, "An Investigation of The New High Efficiency 3 Cylinders Internal Combustion Engine" (2016). Open Access Theses. 601.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/601