Designing a Hardware and Software for the Performance Evaluation of Combustion Engine Equipped with Mechatronics System

Yurdagul E., ERDAL H., Baba F.

JOURNAL OF POLYTECHNIC-POLITEKNIK DERGISI, vol.8, no.1, pp.55-59, 2005 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF POLYTECHNIC-POLITEKNIK DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-59
  • Keywords: Motor performance, combustion engine, sensor
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, a hardware and software system were designed to measure and evaluate the performance of a 1.6 16 V Ford Zetec motor. The factors effecting motor performance such as amount and temperature of air taken into the cylinders, temperature of the cooling liquid, data of motor cycle and upper dead point, opening time of the valves, state of gas regulator and quantity of the oxygen in exhaust were measured and computerized. In order to determine the operational characteristics of these sensors a series of experiments were carried out. A software was developed by delphi programming in order to register and display the data coming from the sensors.