Cylinder Head

Introduction:

                Internal combustion engines are, simply said, air pumps. The more air you pump into an engine, the more air/fuel you can burn, and the more power you can make. Building horsepower is not quite as simple as that, but it's the basic concept. The cylinder head is the main component that flows air/fuel in and exhaust gases out.

Cylinder head:

Fig: Cylinder head

1. There are various types of cylinder heads and the valve arrangements.
2. The cylinder heads of T-type and F-type are used with inferior fuels having lower octane number because these heads run at cooler temperatures.
3. In modern automobile engines, cylinder heads of I-type and overhead type are commonly used.
4. The cylinder heads reduce cooling losses and the engine efficiency is also increased.