FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION*

AICE

UNIT-1
1. What are the different air fuel mixtures on which an engine is operated?
Explain the following

(i) Rich mixture

(ii) Stoichiometric mixture

(iii) Lean mixture

2. How the power and efficiency of the SI engine vary with air-fuel ratio for
different load and speed condition. Explain with the graph the requirements
of a petrol engine from no load to full load
3. What are the stages of combustion in SI engines and elaborating the flame
front propagation?
4. Explain the flame propagation and also the factors which affecting the flame
speed
5. What is meant by abnormal combustion and knock in SI engines. Discuss
the various effects on engine.

 Density factors

 Time factors

 Composition factors

6. Discuss the requirement of SI engine combustion chambers and draw the

sketches of various types of combustion chambers and explain it.
7. What is the necessity for gasoline injection? Explain with suitable sketch.
Port injection and throttle body injection system? Describe D- MPFI and L-
MPFI injection system?
8. Explain the concept of gasoline direct injection system with neat sketch?
 UNIT-2
1. Bring out clearly the process of combustion in CI engines and also explain
the various stages of Combustion
2. Explain the schematic representation of the disintegration of jet in CI
engines
3. Explain with figures various types of DIRECT INJECTION combustion
chambers used in CI engines
4. Explain with figures various types of IDI combustion chambers used in CI
engines

a. Swirl chamber – in which compression swirl is generation.

b. Precombustion chamber – in which combustion swirl is induced.

c. Air cell chamber – in which both compression and combustion swirl are induced
5. Explain turbo charging in an ic engines
6. What is meant by air motion and spray penetration in CI engine

UNIT-3
1. Describe in detail the causes of hydrocarbon emissions from SI engines
i. Incomplete combustion.
ii. Crevice volume and flow in crevices.
iii. Leakage past the exhaust valve.
iv. Valve over lap.
v. Deposits on walls.
vi. Oil on combustion chamber walls.
2. What is selective catalytic reducer (SCR)? How it’s helpful in reducing
emissions
3. Explain the internationally accepted methods of measuring the following
invisible emission - Carbon monoxide (NDIR instrument)
4. Describe in detail the causes of NOx emissions in an I.C engines Explain
the zeldovich mechanism for the nitrogen oxide
 5. Explain with the sketch the principle of BOSCH and HATRIDGE smoke
meter
6. Explain the internationally accepted methods of measuring the following
invisible measurements

i Oxides of nitrogen (chemiluminescence principle)

ii Unburned hydrocarbon
7. Explain in detail about particulate emission.
8. What is thermal convertor, how does it reduces HC and CO emissions
9. What is E G R and explain with a sketch that how it reduces NOx emissions
10. What is crankcase blow by, explain the PCV systems
11.Explain the exhaust emissions with different air-fuel ratio and equivalence
ratio with a neat graph
12.How the exhaust emissions can be measured by using driving cycle

UNIT-4
1. Explain with a neat sketch the surface-ignition alcohol engine.
2. What are the modification required and performance characteristics of
alcohol as a fuel
3. Give a brief account of LPG being used as an alternate fuel in SI engine?
4. Compare the properties of alcohol, hydrogen and CNG
5. Explain the performance and emissions characteristics of hydrogen as a fuel
6. What are the engine modification required for biodiesel as a fuel
7. What are the methods which is available for storing the hydrogen
8. Explain the performance and emission characteristics of CNG as a fuel

UNIT-5
1. Explain the concept of HCCI. Describe the various control mechanism of
HCCI Explain the merits and demerits of
2. Explain the concept of CRDI with neat sketch
3. Write a short notes about on board diagnostics (OBD)
4. Explain the principle involved in hybrid vehicle
5. Explain the construction and working principle of air assisted combustion
system in an ic engine.
6. Explain working principle of variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) with
neat sketch
7. Explain the concept of NOx absorber also enumerate its detailed operating
characteristics with neat sketch

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