Talk:Compression ratio

Should this information be in a seperate article, or in an article on internal combustion engines? I ask this for two reasons:

1. The term is also used in data compression, but more importantly...
2. It doesn't seem a topic that is self-contained enough to warrant a full-blown article.

Repy: I found it to be very helpful the way it is. 192.75.238.205 21:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC) JT

First sentence

I replaced this:

"The mixture of fuel and air is a single number that can be used to predict the performance of any internal-combustion engine."

with this:

"The compression ratio is a single number that can be used to predict the performance of any internal-combustion engine."

Since that is what the sentence is trying to say, and, also, wikipedia style says that the title should be the subject of the first sentence of an article.

-- human 16:03, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Natural gas

"I am a manufacture of high pressure cng (compressed natural gas) compressors and cng engines and vehicles and there is an error in your statement concerning the compression ratio natural gas engines can operate on. They in fact can operate in the diesel range above 14 to 1 without pre-detonation (knock)."

This comment was in the article itself, I am moving it here so someone can verify, etc., and perhaps turn it into a useful statement somewhere in the article.

-- human 16:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Clean up

I have removed the 'clean up' tag. Has anyone any objections to this? - Ballista 07:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Error in formula

The formula should be either

$\mbox{CR} = \frac { (\pi b^2 s) / 4 + V_c } {V_c}$ OR $\mbox{CR} = \frac { \pi (.5b)^2 s + V_c } {V_c}$

and not

$\mbox{CR} = \frac { (\pi (.5b)^2 s) / 4 + V_c } {V_c}$

-- ElroyH 18:25, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Error in formula... still.

The volume of a cylinder is the area of the top of the cylinder times the height of the cylinder if the circle on top is the same area as the circle on the bottom. That formula for the volume of a circle is (pi)*(radius^2). For a cylinder you just multiply the area by the height. (pi)*(radius^2)*(h). The bore size is the diameter, not the radius. The radius is half of the bore. Square it! To apply this to a internal combustion cylinder you must change the height to stroke length add the additional volume of the head's combustion area. So a formula should look like so:

{(pi)*[(.5*bore)^2]*stroke}+(volume of head)

Basically the only thing I am changing is that the bore is in diameter and not in radius. If you would half the bore and then square it you would get the correct answer you are looking for.

Gas

Which is gas with the best compression ration at room temperature ? (this is, uses less space to be stored).--Mac (talk) 17:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

relationship of CR vs power / torque developed

Is there any way of estimating how much of a power boost an increased compression ratio would give? In looking to buy a motorcycle I've noticed some engines have what appear to be distinctly lower CRs than I'm used to with cars (presumably built both for reliability where maintenance may be patchy and flexibility to use low-grade fuel, neither of which are necessary where I live) as well as low power outputs compared to what has been demonstrated as possible in harder-tuned models of the same displacement. Be nice to know how far it needs to be wound up to, say, reach the legal maximum power output for that class of bike / license, whether it would then be into the zone of potentially needing high-grade fuel (going up from ~7.5 to 10.5 or more). Or on the other hand, how much more power would be available by winding it up to just below where it would start to pink on regular gasoline (so as to get the best possible economy!). 193.63.174.10 (talk) 12:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

compression ratio vs overall pressure ratio

the entry comparing compression ratio to pressure ratio needs some help. the math relates CR = PR * T1 / T2, which is true, but doesn't help calculate PR, since T2 is unknown. the more relevant math would seem to be Adiabatic_process#Ideal_gas_.28reversible_case_only.29, which shows that P*V^gamma is constant, gamma is 1.4 for air (stated more explicitly in other spots, eg Heat_capacity_ratio). based on this,

$P_2 V_2^{\gamma} = P_1 V_1^{\gamma}$

$PR = {P_2 \over P_1} = ({V_1 \over V_2})^{\gamma} = (CR)^{\gamma}$

and then there's the table of CR vs PR. running this equation thru octave, i get different results than those in the table. here's the composite:

Compression ratio and overall pressure ratio are interrelated as follows:

Compression ratio	1:1	2:1	5:1	10:1	15:1	20:1	25:1	35:1
Pressure ratio	1:1	3:1	10:1	22:1	40:1	56:1	75:1	110:1
PR by math/octave	1.00:1	2.64:1	9.52:1	25.12:1	44.31:1	66.29:1	90.60:1	145.11:1

i'll call the provided numbers the 22:1 PR. not claiming that i'm right, just that this seems like a pretty straight-forward application of the theory, and that the numbers don't match the numbers given. where did the 22:1 PR numbers come from ? are they based on theory, in which case what was the gamma value used ? and if they're experimental, where's the reference ? going to mark this section as not verifiable ... i've googled for a few hours and haven't found anything matching the 22:1 PR

Nqzero (talk) 01:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

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if the person who made that table was using any gamma value at all, it was not constant. it goes from log₂3 (approximately 1.58) at CR=2:1 to log₃₅110 (approximately 1.32) at CR=35:1. it could be because the fluid in question is a mixture of gasoline and air, rather than just plain air; the gasoline may evaporate, which would absorb heat and cause the value to change. i don't know enough about that to say for sure though.
Qbert203 (talk) 05:50, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, agreed, the previous version was wrong. I've fixed it in the article. 173.168.102.141 (talk) 15:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

adding a fluid (water or fuel ) will reduce final pressure by evaporation .Wdl1961 (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Gasohol

Someone randomly put in that users of gasohol may notice higher knock resistance. Not only was this out of place, 10% ethanol gasoline, the type mentioned in the sentence comes in the same octane ratings as normal gasoline, typically 87,89,91. The ethanol is just added to gasoline that is not as high octane to start with. The presence of ethanol doesn't mean higher octane unless its lots of ethanol, or high grade gasoline to begin with.174.3.107.124 (talk) 05:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC)