ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND COMBUSTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain theoretical and practical limits of maximum engine performance Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze engine combustion phenomena from a fundamental thermo-chemical perspective, including effects of mixture preparation strategy, in-cylinder gas composition, and in-cylinder charge motion Audience: Graduate 3. Identify coupling between a single control input and the remainder of the engine system Audience: Graduate 4. Compare and contrast mixture preparation strategies and alternative energy conversion strategies Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain theoretical and practical limits of maximum engine performance Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze engine combustion phenomena from a fundamental thermo-chemical perspective, including effects of mixture preparation strategy, in-cylinder gas composition, and in-cylinder charge motion Audience: Graduate 3. Identify coupling between a single control input and the remainder of the engine system Audience: Graduate 4. Compare and contrast mixture preparation strategies and alternative energy conversion strategies Audience: Graduate