Common questions

What is inside a throttle body?

What is inside a throttle body?

In a traditional spark ignition gasoline engine, the throttle body is the part of the air intake system that controls the amount of air that flows into an engine’s combustion chamber. It consists of a housing unit that contains a throttle plate (butterfly valve) that rotates on a shaft.

Where is the throttle body in the engine?

A throttle body is a butterfly valve located between the air intake filter and the intake manifold. It regulates how much air can go into the engine, based on driver input through the gas pedal.

What are the basics of a throttling valve?

THE BASICS OF THROTTLING VALVES THROTTLING VALVES Valves that are utilized as fluid control devices are typically “throttling valves”. Such valves experience internal velocity and internal pressure gradients (both positive and negative) that conclude with a permanent pressure loss (∆P) from the inlet pipe-to-outlet pipe connections.

What does the throttle do in a fuel injected engine?

In fuel injected engines, the throttle body is the part of the air intake system that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine, in response to driver accelerator pedal input in the main.

Are there any engines that do not use a throttle?

Some modern internal combustion engines (such as some BMW engines) do not use a traditional throttle, instead relying on their variable intake valve timing system to regulate the airflow into the cylinders, although the end result is the same, albeit with less pumping losses.

What does throttle valve mean?

1. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: throttle valve any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine 2. (Anatomy) an informal or dialect word for throat 4. to suppress: to throttle the press. 5. (Mechanical Engineering) to control or restrict (a flow of fluid) by means of a throttle valve

What is the difference between valve and throttle?

As nouns the difference between valve and throttle is that valve is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe while throttle is a valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine. As verbs the difference between valve and throttle

How does a throttle valve work?

The groove throttle valve is throttling the flow by a groove on the valve poppet. The oil fluid flows into internal holes through the groove, then flows out from the left holes. To turn the valve poppet is able to change the groove gap area and throttle the oil by the area dimension.

Why do you use throttle valve in steam engines?

The engineer uses the throttle to regulate the amount of steam being sent to the pistons . A throttle lever in the cab opens and closes the throttle valve in the steam dome. Steam passes to the piston valves which control admission of steam to the cylinders. Once in the piston, the steam expands, pushing it in the opposite direction.

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Ruth Doyle