2K6ME 504 THERMAL ENGINEERING

Module I (14 hours)
Internal combustion engines – classification – four stroke and two stroke engines – spark ignition and compression ignition engines – valve timing diagram – thermodynamic analysis of air standard cycles – Otto, diesel and duel combustion cycles – engine testing – performance and characteristics of constant speed and variable speed engines – heat balance test – Morse test – retardation test – actual engine cycles – effect of dissociation – variable specific heats and heat losses – scavenging – objectives – effects and methods
Module II (13 hours)
Systems and components of IC engines – fuel systems – ignition systems – cooling – starting – lubrication – governing of IC engines – supercharging of SI and CI engines – turbocharging – exhaust emissions of IC engines – alternate potential engines – free piston engine – Wankel engine and stratified charged engine – automotive transmission system and its components
Module III (12 hours)
Combustion in IC engines – flame propagation – normal and abnormal combustion -detonation – pre ignition – after burning – HUCR – fuel rating – additives in petrol -combustion chambers of SI engines – combustion in CI engines – phase of normal combustion – diesel knock – effect of engine variables on diesel knock – cetane number – additives in diesel – combustion chambers of CI engines
Module IV (13 hours)
Gas turbine plants – open and closed cycles – thermodynamic cycles – regeneration – reheating – intercooling – efficiency and performance of gas turbines – rotary compressors – analysis – centrifugal and axial flow compressors – combustion chambers of gas turbines – cylindrical – annular and industrial type combustion chamber design – combustion intensity – combustion efficiency – pressure loss combustion process and stability loop – axial flow turbines – elementary and vortex theories – design of nozzles and blades for turbines – limiting factors in turbine design  

Text Book and References
1. Rogowsky, “Elements of Internal Combustion Engines”, Tata McGraw Hill
2. Gill, Smith & Ziurys, “Fundamentals of Internal Combustion Engines”, Oxford and IBH
3. Maleev, “Internal Combustion Engine Theory and Design” McGraw Hill
4. Judge, “Modern Petrol Engines,” Chapman & Hall
5. Benson & Whitehouse, “Internal Combustion Engines” Vol. I & II, Pergamon press
6. Mathur & Mehta, “Thermodynamics and Heat Power Engineering”, Vol. I & II
7. Cohen & Rogers, “Gas Turbine Theory,” Longmans