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Journal Article - Long-term historical trends in air pollutant emissions in (Source: Columbia Encyclopedia) Asia: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 3 The Two-Stroke Cycle Journal Article - A miniature Portable The two-stroke engine is simpler mechanically than the Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) for real-driving monitoring of four-stroke engine. The two-stroke engine delivers one motorcycles power stroke every two strokes instead of one every four; thus it develops more power with the same displacement, Whats the Difference or can be lighter and yet deliver the same power. For this Between Air Quality and reason it is used in lawn mowers, chain saws, small Air Quality Index? automobiles, motorcycles, and outboard marine engines. However, there are several disadvantages that restrict its Modeling Tools for Air use. Since there are twice as many power strokes during Pollution Analysis & the operation of a two-stroke engine as there are during Management the operation of a four-stroke engine, the engine tends to A number of tools have heat up more, and thus is likely to have a shorter life. been developed to analyze air pollution and estimate Also, in the two-stroke engine lubricating oil must be costs and benefits of an array of mixed with the fuel. This causes a very high level of management options. A number... hydrocarbons in its exhaust, unless the fuel-air mixture is computer calculated to maximize combustion. A highly Journal Article - Ozone a persistent efficient, pollution-free two-stroke automobile engine is currently being developed by Orbital challenge to food security in India: Current status and policy implications Engineering, under arrangements with all the U.S. auto makers. Journal Article - How can Indian The Four-Stroke Cycle power plants cost-effectively meet the new sulfur emission standards? Policy evaluation using marginal abatement cost-curves Journal Article - A framework for analyzing trade-offs in cost and emissions in power sector Journal Article - Implication of emission regulation on cost and tariffs of coal-based power plants in India: A system modelling approach WHAT'S NEW ON DAILY DOSE ► 2020 (55) ► 2019 (11) ► 2018 (44) ► 2017 (60) ► 2016 (303) ► 2015 (122) ► 2014 (170) In most engines a single cycle of operation (intake, compression, power, and exhaust) takes place ► 2013 (122) over four strokes of a piston, made in two engine revolutions. When an engine has more than one ► 2012 (110) cylinder the cycles are evenly staggered for smooth operation, but each cylinder will go through a ► 2011 (194) full cycle in any two engine revolutions. When the piston is at the top of the cylinder at the ► 2010 (133) beginning of the intake stroke, the intake valve opens and the descending piston draws in the air- fuel mixture. ▼ 2009 (192) ▼ December 2009 (21) At the bottom of the stroke the intake valve closes and the piston starts upward on the compression Climate Change Unexplained stroke, during which it squeezes the air-fuel mixture into a small space at the top of the cylinder. (Guardian) The ratio of the volume of the cylinder when the piston is at the bottom to the volume when the Air Pollution Alerts - December piston is at the top is called the compression ratio. The higher the compression ratio, the more 27th, 2009 powerful the engine and the higher its efficiency. However, in order to accommodate air pollution ATMoS-4.0: Simplified control devices, manufacturers have had to lower compression ratios. Atmospheric Transport Disper... Just before the piston reaches the top again, the spark plug fires, igniting the air-fuel mixture Delhi Experiences ~10,900 (alternatively, the heat of compression ignites the mixture). The mixture on burning becomes a hot, Premature Deaths Annuall... expanding gas forcing the piston down on its power stroke. Burning should be smooth and Air Pollution Alerts - December controlled. Faster, uncontrolled burning sometimes occurs when hot spots in the cylinder preignite 20th, 2009 the mixture; these explosions are called engine knock and cause loss of power. As the piston Copenhagen's Carbon Debt = reaches the bottom, the exhaust valve opens, allowing the piston to force the combustion products GHG's of 100,000 Ethiop... —mainly carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and unburned hydrocarbons—out of Space-Time Exposure Modelling the cylinder during the upward exhaust stroke. System in London Cooling and Lubrication of Engines Bye Bye Bajaj, Scooter In News.. China: Air Quality, Most small two-stroke engines are air-cooled. Air flows over cooling fins around the outside of the Energy & Transport cylinder and head, either by the natural motion of the vehicle or from a fan. Many aircraft four- Monitoring What We Want to stroke engines are also air-cooled; larger engines have the cylinders arranged radially so that all Manage & Mapping Urban ... cylinders are directly in the airstream. Most four-stroke engines, however, are water-cooled. A 2-Stroke vs. 4-Stroke Engines water jacket encloses the cylinders; a water pump forces water through the jacket, where it draws Air Pollution Alerts - December heat from the engine. Next, the water flows into a radiator where the heat is given off to the air; it 13th, 2009 then moves back into the jacket to repeat the cycle. During warm-up a thermostatic valve keeps Climate Change: What's the water from passing to the radiator until optimum operating temperatures are attained. Final Answer? Four-stroke engines are lubricated by oil from a separate oil reservoir, either in the crankcase, Beijing Cars = Four Million in December 2009 which is a pan attached to the underside of the engine, or in an external tank. In an automobile engine a gear pump delivers the oil at low pressure to the bearings. Some bearings may depend on A Climate Change Reading for oil splashed from the bottom of the crankcase by the turning crankshaft. In a two-stroke engine the Lay People (NPR) lubricating oil is mixed with the fuel. Air Pollution Alerts - December 6th, 2009 ******* Population, Energy, & Climate Change - An Interact... A case study from Dhaka, Bangladesh - Reducing Emissions from Baby-Taxis An Animated Journey Through Earth's Climate Histor... Emission factors for various vehicles SIM-air Paper No.28 - Measuring Autorickshaw Emiss... 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Submit FOLLOW ME @ Posts Comments Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger. HowStuffWorks / Science / Transportation / Engines & Equipment How Two-stroke Engines Work BY MARSHALL BRAIN Disadvantages of the Two-stroke PREV UP NEXT You can now see that two-stroke engines have two important advantages over four-stroke engines: They are simpler and lighter, and they produce about twice as much power. So why do cars and trucks use four-stroke engines? There are four main reasons: Two-stroke engines don't last nearly as long as four-stroke engines.