Second Paper: Instantaneous Heat Transfer Rates to the Cylinder Head Surface of a Small Compression-Ignition Engine

Abstract

Measurements of instantaneous heat transfer rates from the working fluid to the cylinder head of a small open-chamber, four-stroke, compression-ignition engine have been made at five points on the surface, using a new form of thin-film thermocouple. These observations demonstrate that flux magnitude and the form of flux variation during the cycle depend greatly on local conditions. Some of the observed phenomena are explained qualitatively. Finally, some results are presented of an analysis of fluxes averaged over all five locations, in terms of the bulk mean properties of the working fluid. It is shown that some compensation for the non-steady nature of the situation may be given by adding to the usual type of quasi-steady relation a term involving the time derivative of the bulk mean temperature.