What are limitations of internal combustion engines

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Sep 23, 2020

 

Every coin has two faces. So, the internal combustion engine has both merits and demerits. Some of the limitations of the internal combustion engine are mentioned below: -

  1. Only fine quality gaseous and liquid fuel can be used as fuel.
  2. Most of the fuel used in these engines are very costly.
  3. In comparison with an external combustion engine, the emission is generally high.
  4. It cannot be used for large scale power generation.
  5. Due to the detonation of fuel, a lot of noise is generated.

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