Investigation of Vibration and Acoustic Analysis of Spark-Ignition Engine with Petrol and Compressed Natural Gas Using ADXL 335 Accelerometer and Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm

Vibrations in IC engines have a widespread effect on the operations of consumer and commercial vehicles, which not only affect the life and efficiency of the vehicle but also affect user comfort and nervous system of human body. This paper focuses on the comparative analysis of vibration and acoustic characteristics while utilizing fuels such as petrol and CNG. ADXL 335 3-axis accelerometer was employed to measure acceleration vs time data, which was then processed using MATLAB to obtain FFT and PSD plots. These plots thus obtained gave insights on dominating frequency as well as frequencies with maximum energy. Six different cases with different engine speeds and loading conditions are studied with analysis of all the different parameters such as sound pressure levels and mean and max cylinder pressure.