How Well Do You Know Diesel Combustion?
Gensen Huang
Created 6/21/2024

Put your knowledge to the test and see how many correct answers you can get out of 20 in this exciting diesel combustion quiz!
1. What are the three phases of diesel combustion?
Ignition delay, Rapid combustion, Diffusion combustion
Slow combustion, Rapid combustion, Post-combustion
Initial combustion, Midway combustion, End combustion
Start combustion, Peak combustion, End combustion
2. Which modern tool greatly increased the understanding of diesel combustion in the 1990s?
Microprocessors
Laser-sheet imaging
Ultrasound Imaging
Infrared spectroscopy
3. At what air-fuel ratio does diesel combustion peak torque typically occur?
4. What is the conceptual diesel combustion model primarily used to demonstrate?
Fuel injection mechanism
Exhaust gas temperature
Combustion phases
Engine emission control
5. What phenomenon can excessive fuel-rich regions in the combustion chamber lead to?
Higher power output
Lower fuel consumption
Excessive smoke emissions
Reduced engine noise
6. What is a 'Mexican hat' combustion bowl also known as?
Hesselman chamber
Re-entrant bowl
Vortex chamber
Swirl chamber
7. Which component greatly influences charge air motion and mixing rate in the combustion chamber?
Fuel injector
Intake valve size
Intake port design
Compression ratio
8. What is the typical air-fuel ratio at idle for turbocharged diesel engines?
9. What does the term 'combustion generated noise' refer to?
Noise from exhaust gases
Noise from fuel injection
Noise produced during combustion
Noise from engine cooling
10. Which of the following influences injected fuel’s atomization and spray penetration?
Fuel quality
Injector pressure
Combustion chamber temperature
Valve timing
11. What type of injector position do four-valve designs permit?
Horizontal
Inclined
Vertical
Rotating
12. Why is the overall air-fuel ratio in diesel engines considered lean?
Less air required
Fuel evaporates quickly
Excess air present
Incomplete combustion
13. Which is a key objective when designing a combustion bowl in a diesel engine?
Reducing engine size
Enhancing fuel injection speed
Adequate mixing of fuel and air
Lowering intake air temperature
14. Which component controls the dead space between the piston top land and the cylinder liner?
Valve size
Compression ratio
Injector position
Top piston ring position
15. What is one of the outcomes of proper turbulence in the air motion within the combustion bowl?
Increased exhaust gas temperature
Adequate mixing of fuel and air
Lower fuel pressure
Higher CO2 emissions
16. What technology was used before laser-sheet imaging to study diesel combustion?
Microcomputed tomography
High speed photography in 'transparent' engines
Thermal imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
17. Which bowl shape provides better soot oxidation at higher engine speeds?
Vortex bowl
Swirl bowl
Mexican hat bowl
Re-entrant bowl
18. Why is it important to avoid regions of the combustion chamber that can be fuel-rich?
To reduce engine vibration
To prevent excessive smoke emissions
To increase fuel density
To enhance engine starts
19. What is one effect of having a four-valve design for valve configuration?
Inclined injector position
Asymmetric fuel spray
Symmetric fuel spray arrangement
Reduced engine power
20. What does the 'conceptual diesel combustion model' help to illustrate?
Optimization of fuel injectors
Details of combustion phases
Engine cooling mechanisms
Fuel tank design