Name: Notes IC Engines and Gas Turbines ICEG
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Author: Purna Chandra Routray

Significance of Fuel-Air & Actual cycles of I.C. engines. Comparison with Air Standard
Cycles

Thermodynamic Analysis Of Cycles And 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)

Fuel Air Actual Cycles

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)

Fuels

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

Carburetion

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

Ignition

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

Combustion

Thermodynamics Cycles of supercharging. Effect of
supercharging

Super Charging

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

Testing And Performances

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

Cooling Lubricating Systems

Introduction, Open and closed cycle gas turbines, Analysis of practical
gas turbine cycle.

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

of Biju Patnaik University of Technology Rourkela Odisha