Diesel Power Plant

What Is Internal Combustion Engines?

The oil engines and gas engines are called
Internal Combustion Engines. In IC engines
fuels burn inside the engine and the products
of combustion form the working fluid that
generates mechanical power

CLASSIFICATION OF I.C. ENGINE

I.C. engine are classified as follows

Spark (S.I)
Ignition
system

Cycle
operation

2-Stroke
4-Stroke

Compression
(C.I)

Horizontal
Vertical

Petrol
V-Type

Fuel

Diesel
Gas

Radial
Inline

Cylinder
arrangement

Comparison Between S.I and C.I

Process

S.I mixture of gas and air

C.I takes in just air,
compresses it and then
injects fuel

Compression ratio

S.I ratio of 8:1 to 12:1

C.I ratio of 14:1 to as high as
25:1

S.I use Carburetion & C.I use

fuel injection

SPARK IGNITION (SI) ENGINE

2 Stroke
4 - Stroke

Engine starts the

combustion process in each
cycle using a spark plug.
The spark plug gives a highvoltage electrical discharge
between two electrodes
which ignites the air-fuel
mixture in the combustion
chamber surrounding the
plug.

4 Stroke Petrol Engine

1 Intake
2 Compression

3 Power
4 - Exhaust

2 Stroke Petrol Engine

Induction &
Compression

COMPRESSION IGNITION (CI) ENGINE

The combustion
process in a C.I.
engine starts
when the air-fuel
mixture selfignites due to high
temperature in
the combustion
chamber caused
by high
compression.

4 Stroke Diesel Engine

2 Stroke Diesel Engine

Diesel Power Plant

Diesel power plants produce power from a diesel engine. Diesel electric plants in the
range of 2 to 50 MW capacities are used as central stations for small electric supply
networks and used as a standby to hydro electric or thermal plants where continuous
power supply is needed. Diesel power plant is not economical compared to other power
plants.

The diesel power plants are cheaply used in the fields mentioned below.
Peak load plants
Mobile electric plants
Standby units
Emergency power plants
Starting stations of existing plants
Central power station etc.

General Layout Of Diesel Power

Plants
Engine

Exhaust
System

Lubricating
system

Air supply
system

Fuel
System

Governing system
Starting System
The function of a governing system is to
There are three commonly used starting systems,
maintain the speed of the engine
they are;
constant irrespective of load on the
Cooling of
Figure shows the arrangements
the engine
1) A petrol driven auxiliary engine,
plant. This is done by varying fuel supply
system
2) Use of electric motors,
and its auxiliaries in a diesel power
to theplant
engine according to load.
3)Use of compressed air from an air compressor

ADVANTAGE OF DIESEL POWER PLANT

1. Very simple design also simple installation.

2. Limited cooling water requirement.
3. Standby losses are less as compared to other Power plants.
4. Low fuel cost.
5. Quickly started and put on load.
6. Smaller storage is needed for the fuel.
7. Layout of power plant is quite simple.
8. There is no problem of ash handling.
9. Less supervision required.
10. For small capacity, diesel power plant is more efficient as
compared to steam power plant.
11. They can respond to varying loads without any difficulty.

DISADVANTAGE OF DIESEL POWER

PLANT

1. High Maintenance and operating cost.

2. Fuel cost is more, since in India diesel is costly.
3. The plant cost per kW is comparatively more.
4. The life of diesel power plant is small due to
high maintenance.
5. Noise is a serious problem in diesel power
plant.
6. Diesel power plant cannot be constructed for
large scale.

 1. Explain how 4-stroke diesel engine function.

2. Give an opinion according to Thermal
Power Plant compare to Diesel Power Plant
base on used of function.