Me 401
Me 401
Me 401
Maglub sir:
1. Engine classification,operation and testing
2. Fuels
3. Fuel metering
4. Exhaust gas analysis and air pollution
5. Compressor and turbine
6. Lubrication and cooling
Zahurul sir:
1. Combustion-intro
2. Combustion-SI
3. Combustion-CI
4. Volumetric efficiency
5. Performance
Books:
Obert:
1. Ch 1: 1.8 (supercharging)
2. Ch 2: Testing: 2.1-2.24 (with example problems)
3. Ch 4: Combustion: 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 (Flames), 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14
4. Ch 5: Pressure and pressure measurement: 5.5-5.8 (mostly graphs)
5. Ch 6: Idealized cycles and processes: Figure 6.3, Figure 6.4
6. Ch 8: Fuels: 8.3, 8.4 (Octane and Cetane numbers), 8.11 (additives, figure 8.5), 8.12
(characteristics), 8.15 (vapor lock), 8.16, 8.19, 8.20, 8.22 (advantages of kerosene!)
7. Ch 9: Knock and engine variables: 9.1-9.4, 9.13-9.15
8. Ch 10: Exhaust gas analysis and air pollution: 10.8 (NOx emission control, HC control), 10.10
(device modifications, temperature, time, problems of catalysts)
9. Ch 11:Fuel metering SI: 11.12 (advantage of injection system over carburetors, functional
elements)
10. Ch 12: Fuel metering CI: 12.1-12.7 (most important common rail system), 12.9
Heywood:
1. Ch 1: Engine types and their operation: 1.2-1.4, 1.5 (graphs), 1.7 (graphs), 1.9
2. Ch 2: Engine design and operating parameters: 2.1-2.5,2.7-2.15
3. Ch 3: Thermochemistry of air-fuel mixtures: 3.1-3.5, 3.7.2 (graphs)
4. Ch 5: Ideal models of Engine cycles: 5.1, 5.2
5. Ch 6: Gas exchange processes: 6.1, 6.2.1, 6.3.2, 6.8.1
6. Ch 7: SI fuel metering and manifold phenomena: 7.2.1
7. Ch 8: Charge motion within the cylinder: 8.6
8. Ch 9: Combustion SI: 9.1, 9.2.2 (graphs), 9.2.3, 9.4.2 (factors), 9.5.2 (names), 9.6.1 (chart)
9. Ch 10: Combustion CI: 10.1, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.3.1 (figures, flames), 10.6.1, 10.6.4, 10.6.5,
10. Ch 11: Pollutant formation and control: 11.6
11. Ch 15: Engine operating characteristics: 15.1, 15.2, graphs (Important parameters, how a
parameter changes with respect to other parameter etc)
Topics from the term final questions of the previous years (not in order, the topics are to be
found in the indexes of the books!):
1. Thermal efficiencies
2. Indicator diagram
3. Imep effect on max cycle pressure and compression ratio
4. Flame, flame propagation, knocking, stages of combustion
5. CI engine flame
6. Diesel index
7. Jerk pump
8. Significance of vol. eff. parameters affecting the vol. eff.
9. Supercharging
10. Similitude
11. Thermal efficiency vs pressure ratio of gas turbine
12. Classification of engines
13. Speed and load control
14. Ideal gasoline
15. Octane and cetane rating
16. Straight run and cracked fuels
17. ASTM and EAD equipment
18. Pollutant formation
19. Catalytic converter
20. Common rail system
21. CI nozzles
22. Design of intake manifold
23. Difference between Otto and Diesel engines
24. Blowby, crevice volume
25. Methods to control thermal expansion
26. Morse test
27. Particulate emission levels
28. CO formation and emission
29. Indicated efficiency parameters affecting ind. eff.
30. New engines low speed and load why?
31. Fuel injection systems
32. Requirements of good fuel
33. Equivalence ratio
34. By-pass, full-flow of oil filtering
35. Knock
36. LHV, HHV
37. Air-fuel ratio
38. Methane-air combustion
39. SIT
40. Adiabatic flame temperature
41. Air-fuel ratio requirements idling, acceleration, fast motoring
42. Comparison SI, CI combustions
43. GDI
44. Ideal and actual Otto cycle