1) The document discusses the Otto cycle and diesel cycle processes in an internal combustion engine. It provides equations to calculate important parameters like efficiency, temperatures, and pressures at different points in the cycles.
2) An example calculation is provided to determine the air standard thermal efficiency of a diesel engine given data on compression ratio, inlet temperature and pressure, and maximum cycle temperature.
3) The key processes in the Otto cycle are compression, constant volume combustion, expansion, and constant volume heat rejection. The diesel cycle involves compression, constant pressure combustion, expansion, and constant volume heat rejection.