Internal Combustion Engines
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1988
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Constantine Arcoumanis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 3 7 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 1 7 9 - 5
Internal Combustion Engines covers the trends in passenger car engine design and technology. This book is organized into seven chapters that focus on the importance of the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInternal Combustion Engines covers the trends in passenger car engine design and technology. This book is organized into seven chapters that focus on the importance of the in-cylinder fluid mechanics as the controlling parameter of combustion. After briefly dealing with a historical overview of the various phases of automotive industry, the book goes on discussing the underlying principles of operation of the gasoline, diesel, and turbocharged engines; the consequences in terms of performance, economy, and pollutant emission; and of the means available for further development and improvement. A chapter focuses on the automotive fuels of the various types of engines. Recent developments in both the experimental and computational fronts and the application of available research methods on engine design, as well as the trends in engine technology, are presented in the concluding chapters. This book is an ideal compact reference for automotive researchers and engineers and graduate engineering students.
Contributors
Preface
1 Introduction
I. The passenger car engine
II. The birth of the internal combustion engine
III. The concept of the passenger car engine
IV. The spread of the passenger car industry
V. The pressures on the engine
2 Gasoline Engines
I. Introduction
II. The induction system and mixture preparation
III. Combustion
IV. Air pollution by spark-ignition engine exhaust
V. Concepts for improved economy and pollution control
VI. Closure
3 Diesel Engines
I. Introduction
II. Cylinder gas motion
III. Fuel injection characteristics
IV. Vaporization and combustion of liquid droplets
V. Soot formation and exhaust smoke
VI. Cylinder pressure and dissociation effects
VII. Engine noise
VIII. Low heat loss engines
4 Turbocharged Engines
I. Introduction
II. Rotary compressors and turbomachines
III. Exhaust gas energy utilization
IV. Turbocharger matching and performance
V. Application to diesel engines
VI. Application to gasoline engines
VII. Summary
5 Automotive Fuels
I. Introduction
II. Motor gasoline
III. Diesel fuel
IV. Influence of fuel quality on emissions and fuel economy
V. Alternative fuels and future fuels
VI. Automotive fuels — current research challenges
VII. Concluding remarks
6 Recent Research Developments and their Application to Engine Design
I. Introduction
II. Visualization techniques
III. Quantitative measurements
IV. Advanced diagnostics
V. In-cylinder modeling
VI. Summary
7 Future Trends in Engine Technology
I. Introduction
II. Development trends in gasoline engines
III. Development trends in diesel engines
IV. New supercharging systems
V. Alternative materials
VI. Alternative energies and prime movers
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 28, 1988
- No. of pages (eBook): 408
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124313781
- eBook ISBN: 9780323151795
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