PowerThe most common performance rating that has been applied toautomobiles is a power rating of the engine. It normally is given in kilowatts or,formerly, in horsepower (note: 3/4 kilowatt = 1 horsepower). Power is the rate atwhich the engine is doing useful work. It varies with engine speed and throttleangle. Power may be measured at the drive wheels or at the engine output shaft.It is more convenient and useful to the designer of an electronic engine controlsystem to know the output power of only the engine. This permits realisticcomparisons of engine data as engine controls are varied. To make suchmeasurements, an engine dynamometer is used. This dynamometer is similar tothe one in Figure 5.1 except that the engine output shaft drives thedynamometer directly instead of coupling the output through wheels androllers.The power delivered by the engine to the dynamometer is called the brakepower and is designated Pb. The brake power of an engine is always less than thetotal amount of power that is actually developed in the engine. This developedpower is called the indicated power of the engine and is denoted Pi. Theindicated power differs from the brake power by the loss of power in the enginedue to friction between cylinders and pistons, and other friction losses. That is,Pb = Pi – friction and other losses
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