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Internal Combustion Engines

3-1-8 units · Graduate

Fundamentals of how the design and operation of internal combustion engines affect their performance, efficiency, fuel requirements, and environmental impact. Study of fluid flow, thermodynamics, combustion, heat transfer and friction phenomena, and fuel properties, relevant to engine power, efficiency, and emissions. Examination of design features and operating characteristics of different types of internal combustion engines: spark-ignition, diesel, stratified-charge, and mixed-cycle engines. Engine Laboratory project. For graduate and senior undergraduate students.

Spring 2017

Topics

  • Introduction to SI and DI engines
  • Engine operating characteristics
  • Ideal cycle analysis
  • Disassembly and assembly of engines
  • Combustion and thermochemistry
  • Kinetics, equilibrium and dissociation
  • Gas properties and fuel - air cycle; cycle simulation
  • Mixture preparation in SI engines
  • Intake and exhaust processes
  • SI engine combustion
  • Covering Lectures 1 - 6
  • SI engine combustion (cont.); knock
  • SI engine emissions
  • Engine performance and emissions measurements
  • Engine performance and emissions measurements (cont.)
  • SI engine emissions (cont.)
  • SI engine emissions control
  • Emission measurements
  • Diesel engine characteristics
  • Diesel engine: injection, ignition and combustion
  • Diesel engine emissions and control
  • Engine heat transfer
  • Engine friction and tribology
  • Turbocharging
  • Hydrogen, fuel cell and battery
  • Bio fuels and hybrids

Readings

  • Heywood, J. B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 9780070286375.
    Required
  • LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction to SI and DI engines · READINGS: Chapter 1
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Engine operating characteristics · READINGS: Chapter 2.1 - 2.15
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: Ideal cycle analysis · READINGS: Chapter 5.1 - 5.4
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Combustion and thermochemistry · READINGS: Chapter 3.1 - 3.5
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Kinetics, equilibrium and dissociation · READINGS: Chapter 3.7
    Reading assignment
  • Chapter 4 Chapter 5.5 & 5.8
    Required
  • LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Mixture preparation in SI engines · READINGS: Chapter 6.1 - 6.7
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Intake and exhaust processes · READINGS: Chapter 7
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: SI engine combustion · READINGS: Chapter 9.1 - 9.5
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: SI engine combustion (cont.); knock · READINGS: Chapter 9.6
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: SI engine emissions · READINGS: Chapter 11.1 - 11.2.3; 11.3
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: SI engine emissions (cont.) · READINGS: Chapter 11.4 - 11.4.3
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: SI engine emissions control · READINGS: [No readings]
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Emission measurements · READINGS: [No readings]
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Diesel engine characteristics · READINGS: Chapter 10.1 - 10.4
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 16 · TOPICS: Diesel engine: injection, ignition and combustion · READINGS: Chapter 10.5 - 10.7
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: Diesel engine emissions and control · READINGS: Chapter 11.2.4 - 11.4.4
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Engine heat transfer · READINGS: Chapter 12
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 19 · TOPICS: Engine friction and tribology · READINGS: Chapter 13
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 20 · TOPICS: Turbocharging · READINGS: Chapter 6.8
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 21 · TOPICS: Hydrogen, fuel cell and battery · READINGS: [No readings]
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 22 · TOPICS: Bio fuels and hybrids · READINGS: [No readings]
    Reading assignment

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 2.006 G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-1-8 units

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