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Improving The Performance of An Internal Combustion Engine. Applied To The Pistons

This document presents the outline for a research project aimed at improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine by modifying piston design. The research will be divided into three parts: describing how an internal combustion engine works; designing and manufacturing pistons with different shapes and materials; and testing the pistons in a laboratory engine to determine which improves efficiency. The abstract indicates that preliminary CAD modeling and engine testing has occurred. The goal is to increase engine performance by 4% by optimizing piston design and material selection.

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Improving The Performance of An Internal Combustion Engine. Applied To The Pistons

This document presents the outline for a research project aimed at improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine by modifying piston design. The research will be divided into three parts: describing how an internal combustion engine works; designing and manufacturing pistons with different shapes and materials; and testing the pistons in a laboratory engine to determine which improves efficiency. The abstract indicates that preliminary CAD modeling and engine testing has occurred. The goal is to increase engine performance by 4% by optimizing piston design and material selection.

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Skills for Developing a Project




IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE
OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE. APPLIED TO THE
PISTONS




Oscar Ferrer Ribas

Degree in Marine Engineering

1. Audience, style and tone.



a. The research is aimed to engineers and technical expert.
b. The style that is used is formal.
c. The tone is personal and didactic.




2. Abstract

In this study, will be held design and the best manufacturing process to
improve the performance of an internal combustion engine. A main
issue motivates this research: How to reduce the consumption in an
engine? Nowadays, is a serious problem especially for big companies.

In order to achieve our aim it is necessary to divide the project in three
different parts:

- Explanation and description of an internal combustion engine.
- Design and manufacturing process of the piston.
- Choice a kind of piston to improve the efficiency.

For this research, it has conducted a series of tests. First, it has used
CAD (Computer-Aided Design) to sketch the future piston. Moreover, it
has used a test engine employing different pistons and replacing them
on it to get the engine to be as efficient as possible.

Finally, and to conclude this paper, the findings extracted from the
research result that, the main aspects of a piston are de design but also
the material that it is made. It has achieved a performance increase of
4%. Thus, we can increase the efficiency of any internal combustion
engine.








3. Outline


1. The internal combustion engine

1.1. How it works
1.1.1. Engine cycles
1.1.2. Structure
1.1.3. Characteristics

1.2. What function does the piston.


2. Design of pistons

2.1. Manufacturing process
2.1.1. Shape
2.1.2. Materials


3. Testing the pistons in the laboratory engine.

3.1. Analysis of each piston
3.2. Choice the piston

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