A cylinder's compression ratio is computed by comparing the cylinder's volume, or its displacement, with the total volume of the cylinder and its combustion chamber.

The compression ratio is 10 to 1.

This method of computing compression ratio cannot be used accurately for engines that have pistons with either domed or irregularly shaped heads.

By varying the formula, this curve may be moved forward or backward along the coordinates to produce any desired compression strength / density ratio.

Note that this pressure increase is more than a simple 10: 1 compression ratio would indicate ; this is because the gas is not only compressed, but the work done to compress the gas has also heated the gas and the hotter gas will have a greater pressure even if the volume had not changed.

The compression ratio of an internal-combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity.

When the piston has moved up to the top of its stroke inside the cylinder, and the remaining volume inside the head or combustion chamber has been reduced to 100 cc, then the compression ratio would be proportionally described as 1000: 100, or with fractional reduction, a 10: 1 compression ratio.

A high compression ratio is desirable because it allows an engine to extract more mechanical energy from a given mass of air-fuel mixture due to its higher thermal efficiency.

Due to engine knocking ( detonation ), the compression ratio in a gasoline or petrol-powered engine will usually not be much higher than 10: 1, although some production automotive engines built for high-performance from 1955 – 1972 had compression ratios as high as 13. 0: 1, which could run safely on the high-octane leaded gasoline then available.

Mazda is in 2012 releasing new petrol engines under the brand name SkyActiv with 14: 1 compression ratio, to be used in all Mazda vehicles by 2015.

The appropriate compression ratio depends on the design of the cylinder head.

There is, however, no formula to calculate compression ratio based on cylinder pressure.

If the nominal compression ratio of an engine is given, the pre-ignition cylinder pressure can be estimated using the following relationship:

where is the cylinder pressure at bottom dead center which is usually at 1 atm, is the compression ratio, and is the specific heat ratio for the working fluid, which is about 1. 4 for air, and 1. 3 for methane-air mixture.

For example, if an engine running on gasoline has a compression ratio of 10: 1, the cylinder pressure at top dead center is

Generally, cylinder pressure for common automotive designs should at least equal 10 bar, or, roughly estimated in pounds per square inch ( psi ) as between 15 and 20 times the compression ratio, or in this case between 150 psi and 200 psi, depending on cam timing.

Because cylinder bore diameter, piston stroke length and combustion chamber volume are almost always constant, the compression ratio for a given engine is almost always constant, until engine wear takes its toll.

This engine, designed by Saab Automobile, uses a technique that dynamically alters the volume of the combustion chamber ( V < sub > c </ sub >), which, via the above equation, changes the compression ratio ( CR ).

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Let's now look at a common example of adiabatic compression-the compression stroke in a gasoline engine.

This is why a high compression engine requires fuels specially formulated to not self-ignite ( which would cause engine knocking when operated under these conditions of temperature and pressure ), or that a supercharger and intercooler to provide a lower temperature at the same pressure would be advantageous.

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This is the minimum volume of the space at the end of the compression stroke, i. e. when the piston reaches top dead center ( TDC ).

Direct fuel injection which can inject fuel only at the time of fuel ignition ( similar to a diesel engine ) is another recent development which also allows for higher compression ratios on gasoline engines.

The Atkinson cycle engine was one of the first attempts at variable compression.

Since the compression ratio is the ratio between dynamic and static volumes of the combustion chamber the Atkinson cycle's method of increasing the length of the powerstroke compared to the intake stroke ultimately altered the compression ratio at different stages of the cycle.

The calculated compression ratio, as given above, presumes that the cylinder is sealed at the bottom of the stroke, and that the volume compressed is the actual volume.

Intake port tuning and scavenging may allow a greater mass of charge ( at a higher than atmospheric pressure ) to be trapped in the cylinder than the static volume would suggest ( This " corrected " compression ratio is commonly called the " dynamic compression ratio ".

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However, a Diesel engine will be more efficient overall since it will have the ability to operate at higher compression ratios.

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A diesel engine operates under even more extreme conditions, with compression ratios of 20: 1 or more being typical, in order to provide a very high gas temperature which ensures immediate ignition of injected fuel.

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This occurs because internal combustion engines are heat engines, and higher efficiency is created because higher compression ratios permit the same combustion temperature to be reached with less fuel, while giving a longer expansion cycle, creating more mechanical power output and lowering the exhaust temperature.

Recently, with the addition of variable valve timing and knock sensors to delay ignition timing, it is possible to manufacture gasoline engines with compression ratios of over 11: 1 that can use 87 ( MON + RON )/ 2 ( octane rating ) fuel.

Motorcycle racing engines can use compression ratios as high as 14: 1, and it is not uncommon to find motorcycles with compression ratios above 12. 0: 1 designed for 86 or 87 octane fuel.

Measuring the compression pressure of an engine, with a pressure gauge connected to the spark plug opening, gives an indication of the engine's state and quality.

This ratio is higher with more conservative ( i. e., earlier, soon after BDC ) intake cam timing, and lower with more radical ( i. e., later, long after BDC ) intake cam timing, but always lower than the static or " nominal " compression ratio.

An engine with high static compression ratio and late intake valve closure will have a DCR similar to an engine with lower compression but earlier intake valve closure.