Notes for IC Engines and Gas Turbines - ICEG by Manas Kumar Samantaray

Classification, Engine nomenclature, engine operating and performance parameters, Valve timing diagram of SI & CI Engines, Comparison of SI and CI engine

Significance of Fuel-Air & Actual cycles of I.C. engines. Comparison with Air Standard Cycles. Analysis of Fuel-Air & Actual cycles (Effect of chemical equilibrium and variable specific heats. Effect of air fuel ratio and exhaust gas dilution. Time Loss Factor, Heat Loss Factor, Exhaust Blow down, Loss Due to Gas Exchange Processes, Volumetric Efficiency, Loss due to Rubbing Friction)

Factors Affecting Carburetion, Principle of Carburetion, Simple Carburetor and its drawbacks, Calculation of the Air–Fuel Ratio, Modern Carburetors

Functional Requirements of an Injection System, Classification of Injection Systems, Fuel Feed Pump, Injection Pump, Injection Pump Governor, Mechanical Governor,Pneumatic Governor, Fuel Injector, Nozzle, Injection in SI Engine, Electronic Injection Systems, Multi-Point Fuel Injection (MPFI) System, Functional Divisions of MPFI System, Injection Timing, Group Gasoline Injection System, Electronic Diesel Injection System

Energy requirement for ignition, requirements of an ignition system, conventional ignition systems, modern ignition systems (TCI and CDI), firing order, Ignition timing, Spark advance mechanism

Thermodynamics Cycles of supercharging. Effect of supercharging, Efficiency of supercharged engines. Methods of super charging, supercharging and scavenging of 2stroke engines

Stages of combustion in SI and CI engines, effects of engine variables on flame propagation and ignition delay, Abnormal combustion, Preignition & Detonation, Theory of Detonation. Effect of engine variables on Detonation, control of Detonation. Diesel Knock & methods to control diesel knock, Requirements of combustion chambers. Features of different types of combustion chambers system for S.I. engine. (I-head, F-head combustion chambers), C.I. engine combustion chambers -Open and divided type, Air swirl turbulence-M. type combustion chamber. Comparison of various types of combustion chambers

Air cooling & water cooling systems, Effect of cooling on power output & efficiency, Properties of lubricants and different types of lubricating system

Introduction, Open and closed cycle gas turbines, Analysis of practical gas turbine cycle, Engine Emission and control, Air Craft Propulsion, Axial Flow & Centrifugal Compressor