Cycle Circus
This cycle is known as the most efficient reversible cycle.
What is the Carnot Cycle?
The engine that runs on petrol is called this.
What is a Spark Ignition (SI) engine?
The “fuel-air” party starts in this engine part.
What is the combustion chamber?
A mechanical engineer’s favorite exercise machine (hint: involves pistons).
What is a treadmill with a crankshaft? 😆
A hybrid engine combines these two power sources.
What are IC engine and electric motor?
In the Carnot cycle, efficiency depends on these two temperature limits.
What are T₁ (hot) and T₂ (cold)?
The engine that runs on diesel is called this.
What is a Compression Ignition (CI) engine?
MPFI stands for this.
What is Multi Point Fuel Injection?
The 2-stroke engine’s favorite song lyric: “___ goes up, power goes down!”
What is Piston? 😂
The electric motor in a hybrid car gets power from this.
What is a battery?
If T₁ = 600 K and T₂ = 300 K, find Carnot efficiency.
50%
In a 4-stroke engine, the power stroke happens once every how many revolutions?
What is two revolutions?
CRDI technology is mainly used in which type of engine?
What is a diesel engine?
If Carnot efficiency were a student, what would it say about others?
“You’ll never reach my level!” 😎
Plug-in hybrids can do this special action to recharge.
What is charging from an external source?
This cycle powers your car’s petrol engine.
What is the Otto Cycle?
This stroke pushes out exhaust gases — also known as the engine’s “breathing out.”
What is the Exhaust Stroke?
The first car with a hybrid engine came from this company.
What is Toyota (Prius)?
What does a mechanical engineer call a romantic date?
A perfect cycle ❤️
This technology allows engines to stop at traffic signals to save fuel.
What is start-stop system?
This cycle has constant-pressure heat addition and is used in diesel engines.
What is the Diesel Cycle?
A 2-stroke engine completes a cycle in how many strokes?
Two strokes
The device that mixes air and fuel in older engines.
What is a carburetor?
Why did the diesel engine break up with petrol engine?
It needed more compression! 💪
This hybrid system is nicknamed “the green machine.”
What is a mild hybrid or eco-hybrid?