Shortround6
Major General
From my understanding, some of the limits and/or differences between supercharger presure and compression are;
1. The engines power is usually limited by detonation (or engine strength). Detonation is delayed by using higher octane ( or if over 100, performance number) fuels. Detonation limits vary widely from engine to engine, by this I mean from air cooled to liquied cooled and even from one type of aircooled or liquid cooled engine to another.
2. Three general factors the affect detonation (aside from individual engine characteristics) are the pressure of the intake mixture or air, the temperature of the intake charge and the compression ratio of the engine. Lowering the compresion ratio will allow a higher boost pressure to be used at the same temperature which means more power because a higher pressure means more air/fuel is being burned.
3. A higher compresion ratio means a higher thermal efficency which means more economic operation or better fuel milage. While it does increase power to the propellor it usually limits the amount of boost to an extent that a lower compression, high boost engine will deliver more peak power.
4. lowering the intake charge temperature with inter/after coolers will allow either higher boost or higher compression to be used but does not change the the point about a lower compresion higher boost engine making more power than a high compression lower boost engine.
1. The engines power is usually limited by detonation (or engine strength). Detonation is delayed by using higher octane ( or if over 100, performance number) fuels. Detonation limits vary widely from engine to engine, by this I mean from air cooled to liquied cooled and even from one type of aircooled or liquid cooled engine to another.
2. Three general factors the affect detonation (aside from individual engine characteristics) are the pressure of the intake mixture or air, the temperature of the intake charge and the compression ratio of the engine. Lowering the compresion ratio will allow a higher boost pressure to be used at the same temperature which means more power because a higher pressure means more air/fuel is being burned.
3. A higher compresion ratio means a higher thermal efficency which means more economic operation or better fuel milage. While it does increase power to the propellor it usually limits the amount of boost to an extent that a lower compression, high boost engine will deliver more peak power.
4. lowering the intake charge temperature with inter/after coolers will allow either higher boost or higher compression to be used but does not change the the point about a lower compresion higher boost engine making more power than a high compression lower boost engine.