Combustion systems of high-speed piston internal combustion engines: A. Kowalewicz, Elsevier, 1980(Polish Edition) 1984(English Translation)
✍ Scribed by H. Daneshyar
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-2180
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✦ Synopsis
This book is highly recommended to those interested in combustion processes in reciprocating internal combustion engines. It should be compulsory reading for those concerned with the design and development of the combustion chamber, the fuel system, inlet and outlet ports and ducts, and the ignition system.
The book covers many aspects of the design and development of combustion systems and includes a wealth of new material which has appeared in the literature during the last two decades including sources not normally referred to in Western literature. The material is presented within a framework that is sensible and helpful to the reader. Of the 11 chapters, one is devoted to fundamentals, five chapters are concerned with combustion chambers, two are devoted to fuel and ignition systems, one to inlet and exhaust ports, and one deals with the selection of combustion systems and future development work.
Chapter 1 provides a useful comparison between reciprocating internal combustion engines and other prime movers (i.e., gas turbines, Wankel, Stifling, steam engine). Some information is also provided on engines operating with unconventional fuels (e.g., methanol or various gases). It is difficult to disagree with the author's conclusion that "although the internal combustion reciprocating engine is already 100 years old no better prime mover has so far been invented for common use."
Chapter 2 gives detailed descriptions of the processes that are utilized for the formation and combustion of the mixture, as well as processes responsible for emissions. This chapter is divided into the following sections: mixture for-