The Otto Engine

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The Otto Engine Alexander Sitt 28 March 2009

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The Otto Engine

Alexander Sitt28 March 2009

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Background

• Nikolaus Otto, German engineer

• Born in Holzhausen an de Haide, 1832

• Developed the first functioning 4-stroke engine (Otto cycle)

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Engine• One of the first successful

gasoline powered engine, produced in 1876

• Uses a spark plug to ignite compressed fuel/air mixture

• Regulated by a centrifugal governor controlling intake of fuel

• Water jacket around cylinder for cooling

http://www.ohtm.org/eng_otto.html

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Otto Cycle (4-stroke)• Strokes:

– Intake of fuel/air mix (constant pressure)– Compression mix (adiabatic)– Power ignition (constant pressure)– Exhaust forced out (adiabatic)

http://www.btnturbopartner.com/images/pic_4stroke.gif

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Applications

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Questions

• Title: Otto Engine

• By: Alexander Sitt

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Works Cited

• http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/english/sites/ottomotor.php3?v=2

• http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blotto.htm

• http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/4127.aspx

• http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/otto.html