Internal combustion engines, applied thermosciences / Colin R. Ferguson

engineering bookfair2015

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Engine Cycles --
Operational Parameters --
Engine Configurations --
Engine Examples --
Alternative Power Plants --
Sources of Additional Information --
Homework --
Gas Cycles --
Constant Volume Heat Addition --
Constant Pressure Heat Addition --
Dual Cycle --
Miller Cycle --
Finite Heat Release --
Ideal Four-Stroke Process and Residual Fraction --
Discussion of Gas Cycle Models --
Homework --
Fuel, Air, and Combustion Thermodynamics --
Ideal Gas Equations of State --
Liquids and Liquid-Vapor-Gas Mixtures --
Stoichiometry and Low Temperature Combustion Modeling --
General Chemical Equilibrium --
Chemical Equilibrium Using Equilibrium Constants --
Combustion and the First Law --
Isentropic Processes --
Homework --
Fuel-Air Cycles --
Comparison of First and Second Law Efficiency --
Otto Cycle --
Four-Stroke Otto Cycle --
Fuel-Injected Limited-Pressure Cycle --
Comparison of Fuel-Air Cycle with Actual Spark Ignition Cycles --
Comparison of Fuel-Air Cycle with Actual Compression Ignition Cycles --
Homework --
Engine Testing and Control --
Dynamometers --
Fuel and Air Flow Measurement --
Exhaust Gas Analysis --
Residual Fraction --
Pressure-Volume Measurement and Combustion Analysis --
Vehicle Emissions Testing --
Engine Sensors and Actuators in Vehicles --
Engine Control Systems --
Effect of Ambient Pressure and Temperature --
Friction --
Friction Mean Effective Pressure --
Measurements of the Friction Mean Effective Pressure --
Friction Coefficient --
Journal Bearings --
Piston and Ring Friction --
Valve Train Friction.