Technical Paper
Performance and Combustion Characteristics of a Glow-Ignition Two-Stroke Engine
2004-03-08
2004-01-1407
The performance and combustion characteristics of a miniature two-stroke, glow ignition engine are investigated. The objective of the work is to determine the effects of three independent variables, namely: the proportion of nitromethane in the fuel, glow plug rating (‘cold’, ‘medium’ and ‘hot’), and air/fuel ratio, in order to improve understanding of the engine performance and combustion processes. Analysis of the data has shown that all of the parameters varied have an important effect on the performance and combustion characteristics of the engine.
