Thermodynamic modeling of spark-ignition engine: Effect of temperature dependent specific heats

E. Abu-Nada; I. Al-Hinti; A. Al-Sarkhi; B. Akash

doi:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.06.014

Thermodynamic modeling of spark-ignition engine: Effect of temperature dependent specific heats

E. Abu-Nada^*
, I. Al-Hinti
, A. Al-Sarkhi
, B. Akash

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents thermodynamics analysis of spark-ignition (SI) engine. A theoretical model of air-standard Otto cycle having temperature dependent specific heats has been implemented. It was compared to that which uses constant temperature specific heats. Wide range of engine parameters was studied. In most cases there were significant variations between the results obtained by using temperature dependent specific heats with those obtained at constant specific heats especially at high engine speeds. Therefore, it is more realistic to use temperature dependent specific heat. This should be considered in cycle analysis; especially that temperature variation in the actual cycles is quite large.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1264-1272
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	33
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.06.014
State	Published - Dec 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Otto cycle
SI engine
Temperature dependent specific heats

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Chemical Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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