UNIT 3 Combustion and Combustion Chambers 3.

COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS

COMBUSTION
Syllabus
Introduction to combustion in SI and diesel engines and stages of combustion.
Dependence of ignition timing on load and speed. Knock in SI and CI engines.
PART –A
1. What do understand by ignition delay? (Dec2014)
2. How does ignition timing vary with speed? (Dec2013)
3. What are the different types of air motions created in a CI engine? (May 2012)
4. Write the various methods used for reducing the diesel knock. (May 2012)
5. How do you differentiate normal combustion and abnormal combustion?
(Dec2011)
6. What is knocking? List the reasons for it? (May 2011)(Dec2011)
7. What is meant by delay period in CI engines? Write down the factors that
affects it. (Dec 2010) (May 2011)
8. What is the difference between pre-ignition and auto-ignition? (May 2011)
9. What do you mean by octane number and cetane number in fuels? (May 2011)
10. Compare knock in SI and CI engines. (Dec2010)
11. What do you understand by ignition delay? Discuss any one cause.
(May 2006) (May 2010)
12. List out the various factors that influence the flame speed. (May 2010)
13. Mention the stages of combustion in SI engines. (May 2010)
14. What is meant by ignition lag and delay period? (May 2010)
15. Define detonation. (Dec 2009)
16. What does the cetane number of diesel fuel indicate? (May 2009)
17. “Auto-ignition is the cause of detonation”. Justify the statement. (May 2009)
18. What do you mean by pre-ignition? (May 2009)
19. How does turbulence aid combustion? (May 2009)
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20. State the causes of misfiring in diesel engines. (May 2009)
21. What is meant by a homogeneous combustion in SI engines? (Dec2008)
22. When will the knock occur in an SI Engine? How to control it? (Dec2008)
23. What is the physical significance of cetane number of diesel? (Dec2008)
24. What are the importance of swirl and squish in diesel engines? (Dec2008)
25. Define ignition quality of diesel. How to rate it? (May 2008)
26. What is the effect of squish motion in diesel combustion? (May 2008)
27. List out the effects of detonation. (May 2007)
28. What is the necessity for excess air in diesel engines? (Dec 2006)
29. Define the term “squish” and “swirl”. (Dec 2006)
30. What are the advantages of lean burn engines? (Dec2006)
31. What is HUCR? (Dec2006)
32. What do you mean by pre-flame reactions in combustion process?
(Dec2006)
33. What is flammability limit? (Dec2006)
34. Distinguish between lower calorific value and higher calorific value.
(Dec 2006)
35. What is the significance of octane number? (Dec2006)
36. What is the difference between detonation and knocking? (Dec2005)
PART-B
37. What is abnormal combustion in in SI engine? With an aid of a neat sketch,
explain the phenomenon of combustion and knocking in SI engines.
(Dec 2005) (Dec 2006) (Dec 2008) (May 2009) (May 2010) (Dec 2010)
(Dec2011) (May 2012) (Dec 2013)
38. Compare abnormal combustion in SI and CI engine.
(Dec2008) (Dec 2013)
39. Explain the stages of combustion CI engine with a P-θ diagram and also list the
parameters affecting the ignition delay period.
(May 2009) (May 2010) (Dec 2010) (May 2011) (Dec 2011) (Dec 2013)
40. Explain the concept of knock in petrol and diesel engines. (Dec 2011)
41. Discuss how the ignition timing depends on load and speed. (May 2011)
42. Briefly discuss about the factors which are affecting the combustion in diesel
engines. (May 2010)
43. Explain the phenomenon of auto ignition. Explain how auto ignition is
responsible for knocking in petrol engines. (May 2009)
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44. Explain the mechanism of air motion in diesel engines and also explain the
mixing, preparation and reactions in diesel engines. (Dec 2008)
45. Explain the progressive flame propagation and combustion in Homogeneous
charge SI engine. (Dec 2008)
46. Explain in detail about the Homogeneous and heterogeneous parts of
combustion in diesel engines. (May 2008)
47. Explain the parameters which influence the knocking in petrol engines and
methods to avoid it. (Dec 2006)
48. “Factors which tend to reduce detonation in SI engines increase knocking in CI
engines”. Discuss. (Dec 2006)
49. Explain the phenomenon of pre-ignition. How does pre-ignition lead to
detonation and vice versa? (Dec 2006)
50. Explain the effect of engine design and operating variables on flame velocity.
(Dec 2006)
51. Discuss the effects of dissociation on temperature and power. (Dec 2006)
52. What is detonation? Explain the effects of engine variables on detonation.
Discuss the effects of detonation on engine performance. (Dec 2006)
53. What are the causes of knock in C.I engines? [May 2006]
54. Explain the different parameters affecting the knock and suggest possible
methods to reduce the same. (May 2006)
55. What is the basic principle of orbital combustion system? (May 2005)

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
Syllabus
Combustion chambers for SI and CI engines. Direct and indirect injection combustion
chambers for CI engines. Importance of Swirl, squish and turbulence. Factors
controlling combustion chamber design.
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PART – A
56. List any four requirements of a good combustion chamber. (Dec 2013)
57. Define swirl and squish in combustion chamber. (May 2007)(May 2010)
(Dec2011) (May 2012)
58. Brief about the different types of combustion chambers. (Dec2011)
59. State two main considerations in the design of combustion chambers.
(May 2010)
60. State the types of combustion chambers used in diesel engines. (May 2009)
61. What are the disadvantages of indirect injection combustion chambers?
(Dec2008)
62. What are the special features of M- combustion chambers?
(May 2007)(May 2008)
63. Why are hemi-spherical combustion chambers preferred? (May 2006)

PART – B
64. Discuss different factors controlling combustion chamber design.
(Dec2011) (Dec2013)
65. Write a short note on different types of SI engine combustion chambers and in
particular the shock absorber combustion chamber.
(Dec 2005) (May 2006) (Dec 2008)(May 2010)(Dec2013)
66. Describe the M – combustion system and discuss the relative merits with
respect to direct injection chamber. (May 2009) (May 2012)
67. Discuss in detail the importance of swirl, squish and turbulence effect in
combustion process and factors controlling combustion chamber design.
(Dec 2011)
68. What do you understand by direct and indirect combustion chambers? Explain
them with neat sketch. (May 2010) (May 2011)
69. What are the general principles of SI engine combustion chamber design?
(May 2011)
70. Explain the constructional features and functional aspects, merits and demerits
of toroidal, micromixing and square bowl type combustion chambers.
(May 2007) (May 2008) (Dec 2008)
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71. How will you define delay period in diesel engines? What is the effect of it?
How can it be controlled to optimum for best performance of the engine?
(May 2007)
72. Discuss different types of open combustion chambers in diesel engine with neat
sketch. (Dec 2006)