1. By: Nicolaus A. Otto Presented By: Harold Williams
The Otto Engine
By: Nicolaus A. Otto
Presented By: Harold Williams

2. The Man Behind the Machine
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

3. The Machine 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

4. The Otto Cycle 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

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