Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AMEE431 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | AMEE200,AMEE202 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Factors influencing performance: size of cylinder, speed, load, ignition timing, compression ratio, air-fuel ratio, fuel injection, engine cooling, supercharging
Real cycles and the air standard cycle: air standard cycles, fuel-air cycles, actual cycles and their losses
Properties of fuels and combustion process: fuels for SI engines, knock rating of SI engines, Octane number requirement, Diesel fuels, Cetane number requirement, combustion process and flame development
Alternative forms of IC engines: the Wankel rotary combustion engine, the variable compression ratio engine
Developments in IC engines: fuel injection, supercharging
Laboratory Work: Individual or small group experiments performed with the use of common vehicle engines and or single cylinder engines under certain loading conditions will be investigated. These results will be compared with engines manufacturer specifications and/or theoretical performance data. A selection from the following experiments is performed during the course:
Air and fuel consumption in ICE and estimation of the volumetric efficiency and air-fuel ratio.
Measurements of cylinder pressure history of ICE and construction of p-V and p-θ engine diagrams
Measurements of brake power and indicated power and estimation of the mechanical efficiency and thermal efficiency of an ICE
Cylinder pressure and torque measurements of an ICE and construction of performance graphs and consumption loop
Emissions measurements of a SI ICE engine
Emissions measurements of a Diesel ICE engine
Demonstration of dynamometer for ICE of light vehicles
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations, as well as demonstrations of ICE and ICE section models and components in the ICE Laboratory. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |