Heat transfer from an internal combustion (Otto-cycle) engine on the surface of Mars

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Cooling Systems, Heat Transfer, Internal Combustion Engines, Mars Surface, Otto Cycle, Exhaust Gases, Forced Convection, Heat Exchangers, Liquid Cooling, Mars Atmosphere, Thermodynamic Cycles

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The cooling requirements for an average car sized engine (spark-ignition, V-6, four-stroke, naturally aspirated, about 200 kg, about 100 kW) were looked at for Mars. Several modes of cooling were considered, including forced convection, exhaust, radiation and closed loop systems. The primary goal was to determine the effect of the thinner Martian atmosphere on the cooling system. The results show that there was only a 6-percent difference in the cooling requirements. This difference was due mostly to the thinner atmosphere during forced convection and the heat capacity of the exhaust. A method using a single pass counter-flow heat exchanger is suggested to offset this difference in cooling requirements.

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