汽车发动机工作原理（How car engines work）.doc

汽车发动机工作原理（How car engines work） How the car engine works Have you ever turned on the hood of a car and wondered what was inside? The car engine looks like a jumble of jumbled metals, pipes and wires. Daimler Chrysler 2003 jeep grand Cherokee engine Out of curiosity, you might wonder whats going on. Or, you might want to buy a new car, and youve heard of 3.0-liter v-6, dual overhead camshaft and regulated intake fuel injection. What do they mean? In this article, we will discuss the basic concepts of the engine and learn more about all the components of the engine, where it might go wrong, and how to improve engine performance. The purpose of a gasoline engine is to convert gasoline to sports so that the car can move. The simplest way to turn gasoline into motion is to burn gasoline in the engine. Therefore, the car engine is an internal combustion engine - combustion occurs internally. Two things to note: ? There are many different internal combustion engines. Diesel engines are one kind, and gas turbines are another. See article on the HEMI engine, rotor engine and two-stroke engine. Each engine has its own strengths and weaknesses. ? There is also an external combustion engine. The steam engine of an old train and steam steamer is an external combustion engine. In a steam engine, fuel (coal, wood, oil, etc.) burns outside the engine and produces steam, which is formed by the steam inside the engine. The internal combustion engine is much more efficient than the external combustion engine (less fuel per kilometer), and the internal combustion engine is much smaller than the equivalent power of an external combustion engine. Thats why ford and gm dont use steam engines. The internal structure of a typical car engine Almost all cars are now used? Compound internal combustion engine, because this engine has the following advantages: ? Relatively efficient (compared to external combustion engines) ? Relatively cheap (compared to gas turbines) ? Relatively easy to fuel