Notes for IC Engines and Gas Turbines - ICEG by Purna Chandra Routray

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)

Fuels of SI and CI engine, Fuel additives, Properties, potential and advantages of alternative liquid and gaseous fuels for SI and CI engines (biofuels, LPG and CNG)

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

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

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

Thermodynamics Cycles of supercharging. Effect of supercharging

Power, fuel & air measurement methods, Performance characteristic curves of SI & CI engines, variables affecting performance and methods to improve engine performance.

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.

Analysis of Turbo Jet, Turbo Prop, Turbo fan & Ram jet engines.