paring and contrasting te fourstroke petrol engine and the fourstroke diesel engine Rio Piel cuicso lene ‘Similarities ™ ‘Come rr ee tooth consist of four strokes in a complete combustion cycle the crankshaft makes two revolutions in a combustion cycle ‘both are internal combustion encines the conversion of eneray is as follows chemical energy —» heat energy — kinetic eneray ‘= energy to move the components in the engine 's obtained from the expansion of exhaust gases which results fram the cornbustion | of fuel 7 Differences 5 a gs — r = ies a petrol |-—{__ combustion tvel__|-+| clesel small and light | size of engina —|-+| big and heavy thin wall of cylinder || thick engine is less noisy noise produced | | engine is noisy a mixture of petrol and air is conly air is sucked into the cylinder sited into the cylinder through |< substance in cylinder >| through the inlet valve the inlet valve engine power and low power and less efficient — f-—] | 5 efficient pow én ries high power end more efficient inlight vehicles such as cars |e application LJ in heavy vehicles such es lorries spark plug produces sparks to ‘ high tomporature due to the ignite the fuel ignition of fuel +| compression of air ignites the _ _ fuel volume of the mixture of patrol é s sacl oic ie sapnpisesed®S __| ratioof compression |__| volume of air is compressed to in eytinder one-fifieerth of its original volun one-fifth of ts original volume En re Diesel engines are more fuetefficiant and travel The main components of @ tourstroke more Kilometres for a givan quantity of fuel engine are similar to that of @ fourstioke dies? comperad to patrol engines. engine excopt thet it uses a spark plug while ® diesel engine uses a fuel injector. patrolComparing and contrasting the four-stroke petrol engine with the two-stroke petrol engine both use petrol as the combustion fuel both are internal combustion engines * both use spark plugs to ignite the fuel + the convarsion of energy is as follows: chemical energy —» heat energy —> kinetic eneray of fuel + the energy used to move the components in the engine is obtained from the expansion of exhaust gases as a result of the combustion oe Differences Be cylinder consists of inlet oodevieusi pore 1 _ basic components eylinder consists of inlet and exhaust valves, the mixture of petrol and air enters the cylinder through the inlet port before entering the combustion chamber through the transfer port; exhaust gases exit through the exhaust port flow of fuel into the exhaust gases {cylinder and exit of F*) ‘the mixture of petrol and air enters the combustion space directly from the inlet valve; exhaust gases exit through the exhaust valve incomplete, done in two strokes |s—| combustion of fuel [4] complete, done in four strokes number of revolutions. ane [| _ of crankshaft oe low power and less efficient | engine power and +! high power and more efficient efficiency in motorcycles and lawn mowers application | +| in ears consumes more fuel | fuel usage +} consumes less fuel simple and less complex engine [4] bulky and complex