By: Nicolaus A. Otto Presented By: Harold Williams

• By: Nicolaus A. Otto

• Presented By: Harold Williams

Nicolaus was a German inventor

• Nicolaus was a German inventor

• Born in 1832 in Holzhausen an der Haide

• His design was the first 4 stroke ICE to have any kind of practicality

The Otto Engine is a single cylinder 4 stroke ICE.

• The Otto Engine is a single cylinder 4 stroke ICE.

• It is one of the first engines to use a spark plug which is used to ingnite compressed air/fuel

Any 4 stroke engine is an Otto Engine

• Any 4 stroke engine is an Otto Engine

• The 4 strokes are: Intake, Compression, Combustion/Power, Exhaust.

• The cycle is: 1-2: adiabatic compression 2-3: heat addition at constant volume 3-4: adiabatic expansion and rejection of heat at constant volume

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle#The_Otto_cycle

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle#The_Otto_cycle

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_engine

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Otto