In: Mechanical Engineering
A four-cylinder four-stroke engine is operating at a bmep of 2 bar. The pressure at inlet valve closure is 0.37 bar, and the fmep is 0.8 bar. Assuming that the engine gross indicated efficiency is unchanged, verify that disablement of the valves on two cylinders would reduce the fuel consumption by about 13 per cent compared with about an 8 per cent fuel saving if the fuel was not supplied to two cylinders. Assume that the gross imep is proportional to the pressure at inlet valve closure, and that the gross indicated efficiency is constant. State any additional assumptions that you make. By means of p–V diagram sketches, explain why disabling only the inlet or exhaust valves would have a fuel economy benefit comparable to fuel disablement to two cylinders.