How Do Car Engines Work?
In short: How a four-stroke car engine turns fuel and air into motion: its parts, the intake, compression, power and exhaust strokes, the diesel variant, and the limits on efficiency.
A 1:52 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: US Navy, Naval Education and Training (NAVEDTRA 14264A, Construction Mechanic Basic, Chapter 3), “140620-N-ZZ182-6545.pdf”; Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Department of Automobile Engineering (lecture notes by Kamala Kanta Sahoo), “Automotive-Engine-by-Mr.-Kamala-Kanta-Sahoo.pdf”; U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Technologies Office, “Internal Combustion Engine Basics | Department of Energy”; U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center (Transportation Technologies Office), “Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do Gasoline Cars Work?”; NASA Glenn Research Center (Beginners Guide to Aeronautics), “Internal Combustion Engine - Otto Cycle | Glenn Research Center | NASA”; NASA Glenn Research Center, “Four Stroke Internal Combustion Engine”; Oak Ridge National Laboratory (presentation at the 17th DEER Conference, 2011, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy), “Defining engine efficiency limits”; U.S. Department of Energy (Quadrennial Technology Review 2015), “Chapter 8: Advancing Clean Transportation and Vehicle Systems and Technologies | Internal Combustion Engines”; MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), course 16.050 Thermal Energy, Fall 2002, lecture notes Part 2A: Gas Power and Propulsion Cycles, “75666f9248981634a704fdf257ef529a_07_part2a.pdf”; Alternative Fuels Data Center, U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office), “How Do Diesel Vehicles Work?”; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), AP-42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Vol. I, Section 3.3 (10/96), “AP-42, Vol. I, 3.3: Gasoline And Diesel Industrial Engines”; United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report | US EPA”.
Sources used in this film
- US Navy, Naval Education and Training (NAVEDTRA 14264A, Construction Mechanic Basic, Chapter 3) — 140620-N-ZZ182-6545.pdf · View →
- Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Department of Automobile Engineering (lecture notes by Kamala Kanta Sahoo) — Automotive-Engine-by-Mr.-Kamala-Kanta-Sahoo.pdf · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Technologies Office — Internal Combustion Engine Basics | Department of Energy · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center (Transportation Technologies Office) — Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do Gasoline Cars Work? · View →
- NASA Glenn Research Center (Beginners Guide to Aeronautics) — Internal Combustion Engine - Otto Cycle | Glenn Research Center | NASA · View →
- NASA Glenn Research Center — Four Stroke Internal Combustion Engine · View →
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (presentation at the 17th DEER Conference, 2011, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy) — Defining engine efficiency limits · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy (Quadrennial Technology Review 2015) — Chapter 8: Advancing Clean Transportation and Vehicle Systems and Technologies | Internal Combustion Engines · View →
- MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), course 16.050 Thermal Energy, Fall 2002, lecture notes Part 2A: Gas Power and Propulsion Cycles — 75666f9248981634a704fdf257ef529a_07_part2a.pdf · View →
- Alternative Fuels Data Center, U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office) — How Do Diesel Vehicles Work? · View →
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), AP-42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Vol. I, Section 3.3 (10/96) — AP-42, Vol. I, 3.3: Gasoline And Diesel Industrial Engines · View →
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report | US EPA · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: US Navy, Naval Education and Training (NAVEDTRA 14264A, Construction Mechanic Basic, Chapter 3): 140620-N-ZZ182-6545.pdf
- Also: Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Department of Automobile Engineering (lecture notes by Kamala Kanta Sahoo): Automotive-Engine-by-Mr.-Kamala-Kanta-Sahoo.pdf
- Also: Internal Combustion Engine Basics
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center (Transportation Technologies Office): Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do Gasoline Cars Work?
- Also: NASA Glenn Research Center (Beginners Guide to Aeronautics): Internal Combustion Engine - Otto Cycle | Glenn Research Center | NASA
- Also: NASA Glenn Research Center: Four Stroke Internal Combustion Engine
- Also: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (presentation at the 17th DEER Conference, 2011, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy): Defining engine efficiency limits
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy (Quadrennial Technology Review 2015): Chapter 8: Advancing Clean Transportation and Vehicle Systems and Technologies | Internal Combustion Engines
- Also: MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), course 16.050 Thermal Energy, Fall 2002, lecture notes Part : 75666f9248981634a704fdf257ef529a_07_part2a.pdf
- Also: Alternative Fuels Data Center, U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office): How Do Diesel Vehicles Work?
- Also: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), AP-42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Vol. I, Section 3.3 (10: AP-42, Vol. I, 3.3: Gasoline And Diesel Industrial Engines
- Also: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report | US EPA
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