A Report on

Advance Ignition System For Internal Combustion Engine (A concept of multipoint spark ignition)

By

Govind Samleti

Contents
Abstract
Introduction Literature Review Design of project Results Conclusion

Abstract
The present concept is concerned with multipoint spark ignition

system for an IC engine.

It is been proposed to utilize multiple spark ignition with 4-cycle

engines having removable cylinder head.

The multiple spark ignition provides a spark of greater duration

and is believed to improve the efficiency of combustion.

Introduction
Combustion of air-fuel mixture inside the engine cylinder

controls engine power, efficiency & emission.

Theory of flame propagation. Effects of flame propagation- knocking, affects

performance and efficiency of engine.

To over come this multipoint spark ignition is provided.

Literature Review
John E. Dec[1] has shown that advance compression ignition engine can

deliver both high efficiency and very low NOx. But this is not applicable for various load conditions.
Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava, et al.[2] have presented a new method to

control the combustion by using laser pulse.

Mingfa Yao et al. reported results from the investigation of

Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion.

1. It improves efficiency of engine. 2. The chemical kinetics has a dominating role in HCCI combustion.

Karol Cupial and Arkadiusz have presented a 3D model of

combustion of multipoint spark ignition engine.

Model of engine
The 3D model was prepared having following

specification.
Engine cubic capacity- 1810 cm3

Number of cylinder 1
Bore 120 mm Stroke 160 mm

Connecting rod 275 mm

Compression ratio 8,5

Engine speed 1000 rpm

Ignition advance angle 12 CA The ignition system includes eight transistor with low

resistance coil per spark plug.

Results
The influence of spark plug number and location in the engine is shown

in Table 1. Table 1: Work parameters of engine for four plug configurations

Spark plugs configuration pi mean [MPa] i mean [%] Combustion duration

50%
34 24 18 17

90%
42 30 22 21

100%
57 71 39 30

1 spark plug (No 1) 1 spark plug (No 8) 3 spark plug (No 2, 4, 8) 8 spark plug (No 1-8)

0,609 0,677 0,698 0,672

27,54 30,69 32,04 32,26

Conclusion
The performance of engine for specific spark plug number and

location increase along with increase in number of active spark plugs.

The location of spark plugs is also very important. The worst conditions were obtained for one spark plug located in

position No 1 near intake valves.

The configuration with spark plug No 8, located by exhaust

valves, was considerably better.

Applying three centrally located spark plugs (No 2, 4, 8)

considerably improves the engine cycle.

Any questions?

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