632-0423/02 – Combustion engines and alternative fuels (SMAP)
Gurantor department | Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Juránek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Tomčík, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2011/2012 |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will be able to characterise basic of the structure and functioning of combustion engines and electric motor drive and hybrid drives. Students will also be able described of diagnostic method engine and engine control units.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Compulsory literature:
[1] Duffy, James E.: Auto engines technology : principles, diagnosis and service of engines and related systéme, Goodheart-Willcox Tinley Park USA, 1997
Recommended literature:
[1] Blair, Gordon P.: Design and simulation of four-stroke engines, Society of Automotive Engineers Warrendale USA, 1999
[2] Hendershot, J. R.: Design of brushless permanent-magnet motors, Magna Physics Hillsboro USA, 1994
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tests
E-learning
not
Other requirements
not
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1st Lecture:
History, principles, distribution and function of combustion engines.
Idealized cycles - the process and procedure for calculating the cylinder volume, power and compression ratio.
practice:
Safety in Laboratories ÚPTAP.
Calculation of selected variables of theoretical engine.
2nd Lecture:
Timing Systems of combustion engine.
practice:
Measurement of circular timing diagram for teaching combustion engine.
3rd Lecture:
Analysis of sensors, actuators and passive components of modern combustion engine.
practice:
Sample functions of sensors on the 1.4 DOHC engine.
4th Lecture:
The electronic controls and diagnostics of combustion engines - a theory, principle, equipment, methods.
practice:
Completion and commissioning of an experimental model of the engine. Diagnostics 1.4 DOHC Hyundai, VW 1,9 TDI, SKODA 1.8 T.
5th Lecture:
Ignition of combustion engine
practice:
Example of measuring ignition timing.
6th Lecture:
Injection of the combustion engine
practice:
Testing of Hyundai's 1.4 DOHC engine.
7th Lecture:
Measurement of parameters of combustion engine - dynamometer distribution, the dynamometer ÚPTAP, types of tests.
practice:
Measurement engine to obtain input data for the essay.
8th Lecture:
Calibration of sensors on the dynamometer ÚPTAP, data processing and evaluation.
practice:
Measurement engine to obtain input data for the essay.
9th Lecture:
Alternative fuels for combustion engine - CNG, LPG, electricity, hydrogen, biofuels.
practice:
Measuring power consumption at different engine operating conditions.
10th Lecture:
Combustion engine emissions, environmental impact. Production of CO, HC and NOx.
Ecology of drives (emissions, catalytic converters, particulate filters).
practice:
Practical demonstration measuring of CO, HC and NOx emission analyzer.
11th Lecture:
Electric traction engine as alternative drives for cars. practice:
Sample of the electric drives on the electric kart and EV StudentCar.
12th Lecture:
Saving energy - batteries, Battery management system, the fuel cell.
practice:
Sample functions of the Battery management system on the electric kart and EV StudentCar.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction