Rotary Engine (Large Print)

Synopsis

In these diagrams of a rotary engine there are four stages shown, each separated by a dashed line. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. In each diagram there are two ports to the left of the engine. The fuel port is to the top and the exhaust port to the bottom. In the centre of each diagram is the cylinder with a triangular rotor which has a small circular marker in one corner of the rotor. You will find this marker moves around in the different diagrams indicating the change of position of the rotor. In the very centre of each diagram is the driveshaft. To the lower right of each diagram is the spark plug. In the top left diagram the fuel intake stage is shown. The rotor rotates clockwise (with the top moving to the right). This movement sucks in the air and fuel mixture. In the top right of the page is the compression stage where the air and fuel mixture is squashed. In the bottom left of the page the compressed mixture is ignited by a spark from the spark plug. As the mixture burns it dramatically expands driving the rotor round. The final diagram in the bottom right of the page is where the rotor drives the expanded exhaust out. Note that all stages of the process actually take place simultaneously. This means that in this last diagram fuel will be sucked into the cylinder in the top left portion and compressed in the right portion at the same time as the exhaust is expelled in the bottom portion.

Copyright:

2012

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

1 Pages

Publisher:

RNIB Bookshare

Date of Addition:

07/22/16

Copyrighted By:

RNIB Bookshare

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

Yes

Categories:

Military, Nonfiction, Science, Technology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.