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MTF 242 Internal combustion engine, advanced course lp3 VT23 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences

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Aim of course

The course aims at providing deepened knowledge of internal combustion engines. This course will be a continuation of the ICE introduction in the Introduction to Propulsion course and will include laboratory (engine dismantling and engine dyno-lab) and simulation assignments (heat-release and 0D gas-exchange). The principles that govern engine design and operation are complemented and more thoroughly discussed as fundamental ICE knowledge but also for state-of-the-art and future applications.

The course provides the student with sufficient knowledge to take active part in ICE design and development work within the automotive industry. 

The course is primarily related to three global sustainability goals, namely:

     #3, good health and well-being, e.g. exhaust emissions

    #7, affordable and clean energy, e.g. efficiency and CO2

    #13, climate action, e.g. efficiency and CO2, renewable fuels.

 

Course responsible

Lecturer/Examiner: Lucien Koopmans, Comb. & Propulsion Systems, 031-7721387,lucien.koopmans@chalmers.se

Lecturer: Petter Dahlander, Comb. & Propulsion Systems, 031-7725038, Dallas@chalmers.se

Lecturer: Jonas Sjöblom, Comb. & Propulsion Systems, 031-7721389, jonas.sjoblom@chalmers.se

Course assistant: Victor Berg, Comb. & Propulsion Systems, 031-7721387, victor.berg@chalmers.se

Schedule

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Literature

John B. Heywood: Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, Second edition 2018

Exercises; Assignments; Hand-outs and lecture notes

Examination

Midterm (DUGGA) about: refresh session, thermodynamics, gas-exchange, modelling, 0D tutorials.

Examination at the end of the course, time and place see Student portal. The examination consists of two parts, a theoretical and, for those who did not pass the midterm, a re-midterm.

Only students who have handed in the assignments and who have completed the laboratory work may be examined.

 

Contents

Lectures and exercises
Engine disassembly laboratory

Engine dynamometer laboratory

Heat-release assignment from measured (engine lab) pressure trace

Gas-exchange assignment using 0D simulation code.

Assignment presentation

 

Assignment 1 must be handed in no later than xxxxx.

Assignment 2 must be handed in no later than xxxxx.

Draft versions of the oral presentations must be handed no later than xx

 

Learning goals

  • Overall objectives:

    After the course the student should be able to

    • Describe and explain the major phenomena going on in an internal combustion engine such as gas exchange, mixture preparation, combustion and emissions formation/reduction.
    • Describe different ICE strategies for emissions and efficiency optimization.
    • How engine experiments and simulation can be used in the ICE development process.

    Detailed objectives: Mechanical design:

    • To learn and be able to use the jargon, i.e. basic terminology, and be able to explain the meaning of important concepts.
    • Be able to describe the working process of an (arbitrary)
    • Be able to use various operating parameters.
    • Experience various design aspects of different engines

    Engine thermodynamics

    • Be able to describe an arbitrary engine ideal cycle in the p-V-diagram.
    • Be able to derive the efficiency of an ideal (Otto)
    • (Through application of the first law of thermodynamics) derive an expression for the heat release in a
    • Be able to discuss a suitable engine size for a given
    • Explain the differences between an ideal cycle and a real

    Gas exchange:

    • Be able to describe the intake and outlet processes and to understand and discuss what influences the efficiency of
    • Be able to describe the gas exchange of a 2-stroke engine and to describe its efficiency.
    • Describe the parts and function of a super-/turbocharging

    Mixture preparation:

    • Be able to describe fuel-delivery strategies
    • Be able to explain the consequences of alternative renewable fuels
    • Be able to describe the fuel-air mixing process using fuel-spray/jet terminology

    Combustion:

    • Be able to use basic combustion terminology to describe the combustion process in a cylinder, both in an SI / Otto and a CI / Diesel
    • Be able to use the knowledge about combustion to design a combustion chamber (piston-cylinder geometry).

    Emissions:

    • Be able to explain the connection between the character of combustion and the formation / reduction of
    • Be able to describe commonly used aftertreatment techniques /

    Engine development/analysis:

    • Be able to describe and experience how engine experiments and measurements are performed.
    • Be able to describe and experience how engine simulations are performed.
    • Be able to use ICE experimental and simulation data to explain phenomena.

    Engine management

    • Learn about
    • Engine electronic design, structures, and components (also including sensors)
    • Software structures
    • Functions (e.g. lambda control, throttle valve control, knocking control, OBD).

     

 

 

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