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• Book Title: The internal combustion engine
• Author: D R Pye
• ISBN: MW 000120213
• Publisher: Oxford
• Year Published: 1931
• Our Price: £49.50 GBP ($75.74 USD)
• Description: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, first edition 1931: blue cloth hardcover: no dust jacket: approximately 6 by 9.5 inches tall: 249 pages including index: black and white graphs, formulae and tables throughout. Synopsis: Designed to set down the principles underlying the design and operation of the internal combustion engine,and written for both student and engineer; this volume includes the following : -- Lists of tables, diagrams, units and symbols used. Part One, Introductory: the efficiency of heat engines. The working substance. The idea of a perfect gas. The pound -molecule or mol. The specific heats of a gas. Internal energy --Joule's law. The representation of pressure volume changes. The variation of the specific heats of gases. Part Two, Engine cycles : the ideal air cycle. The approximation of ideal cycles to real conditions. The value to be taken for 'n' in PVn = C. the calculation of cycle temperatures. Three cycles compared: petrol engines 5:1; gas engines7:1; compression engines12:1. Part Three , Fuels and their combustion: chemical equations and heats of reaction. Gaseous fuels. Liquid fuels. The constitution of petrol and benzol. The sources of petrol and benzol. Synthetic petrol. The alcohols as fuels. Calorific value and latent heats. Combustible mixtures. Calculation of products of combustion, allowing for dissociation. The total energy of a combustible mixture. Closed vessel experiments. Volumetric heats. Experimental values for the volumetric heats of gases. Part Four, Detonation: the nature of detonation. Difference from pre-ignition. Preliminary facts about fuels and dopes. Detonation as a physical and chemical problem. Callendar's and Egerton's researches. Some further facts about fuels and dopes. Part Five, Combustion in the engine cylinder: Carburetter and heavy oil engines compared. The combustion process in a homogeneous fuel-air mix. Ignition and ignition timing. The influence of temperature on combustion. The influence of compression ratio on combustion. The influence of temperature on combustion. The process of compression -- ignition. Part Six, Thermal efficiency: fuel consumption per horsepower and thermal efficiency. Thermal efficiency and mixture strength. The limits of thermal efficiency. Thermal efficiency at reduced loads. Stratified charge operation. Thermal efficiency obtainable with hydrogen as fuel. Generalised efficiency referred to fuel or air gas engine/ petrol engine. Thermal efficiency as affected by size and speed/ type of fuel/ detonation/ the compression ignition engine. The useful limits of compression ratio in diesel engines. Part Seven, The testing of engines: The aims of practical testing. The use of the indicator. Power at full throttle. The speed- torque relationship. Volumetric efficiency. Fuel consumption measurements. Testing for H U.C.R. Detonation and the Octane Number scale. Combustion chamber efficiency. Analysis of mechanical and pumping losses. Analysis of heat losses Condition: very clean and good overall
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: No
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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