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Engine system and performance

By Prof. Pranab K. Mondal   |   IIT Guwahati
Learners enrolled: 574   |  Exam registration: 21
ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course deals with the internal combustion engine system and performance. Different components I C engine constituting together to form the engine system and functionalities of the components will bediscussed. Also, this course will introduce the reader with the engine’s performance measuringparameters and basic principle of measurement techniques of those parameters. Thus, this course would provide an understanding on several aspects of engine system with a focus on the analysisandperformance measurement aspects.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate students of Mechanical/power engg/Chemical engg/electrical engg. (5th semester onwards) and postgraduate students specializing in the thermal engg; automobile engg; industrypersonnel associated with power plant and automobile industries;faculty members associated with Mechanical/electricalengg/Chemical engg/ power engg.

PREREQUISITES: Basic UG-level Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Basic FluidMechanics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Power plant, Automobile industries
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Elective
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Propulsion
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 20 Jan 2025
End Date : 11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 14 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 03 May 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1:  Engine system: Concept of Engine system, Classification of engines, Engine nomenclature: different parts, Basic cycles, and their analysis.

Week 2: Engine system: Description of engine components, Engine Hardware: Design, Constructional features, Shapes, and Material of different parts.

Week 3: Engine system: Concept of hybrid engines and working principle, Different types of hybrid designs/arrangements

Week 4: Engine system:
Energy transfer mechanism, description and components involved, Numerical problems

Week 5: Engine system: Modern engine management system: Introduction to Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and its description, Types of control system

Week 6: Engine System : Electronic Control unit (ECU) – Introduction to electronic devices and circuits, Digital circuits, Common types of sensors used in ECU, Actuators for engine control

Week 7: Engine system: Electronic Control unit (ECU) – Functional Layout, Electronic Ignition System, Electronic Fuel-Injection System: Injection schemes, An overview of injection duration calculation, Modes for fuel control, Integrated engine control system

Week 8: Engine performance: Introduction, Engine performance parameters and their measurement, Numerical problems on performance measuring parameters

Week 9: Engine performance: SI engine performance curves, performance characteristics, analytical method of performance estimation. CI engine performance, variables affecting CI engine performance 

Week 10: Engine performance: Superchargers, Performance map of superchargers, Introduction to Turbo-charger, Phenomenon of Turbo-lag in turbochargers, Numerical problem

Week 11: Engine performance: Engine heat balance, Measurement of heat losses in engines, Numerical problem.

Week 12: Engine performance: Speed control of I C engines, Mechanical governor, and Electronic governor, Trend of recent technologies to achieve better performance and reduce pollution.

Books and references

[1] Heywood J. B, “Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals”,McGraw Hill Book Co. NY, 1989
[2] Heisler H, “Advanced Engine Technology”, Edward Arnold, 1995
[3] Fundamentals of Internal Combustion Engines, Paul W Gill, James
[4] H. Smith and Eugene J. Ziurys, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 3rd.Edition, 1973.
[5] Internal combustion engines, Colin R. Ferguson and Allan T.Kirkpatrick, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons (ASIA) Pte Ltd., 2004.
[6] Introduction to internal combustion engines, Richard Stone, 2ndedn., The Macmillan Press Ltd., London, 1992.

Instructor bio

Prof. Pranab K. Mondal

IIT Guwahati
Prof. Pranab K. Mondal is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati since May 2015. He received his undergraduate and postgraduate degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2015. He worked as a Research Associate at IIT Khargpur for nearly one year before joining IIT Guwahati. He has taught several courses, including Fluid Mechanics, Applied Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Microfluidics, Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics to both undergraduate and post graduate students at IIT Guwahati. Among his principal research interest, encompassing the broad area of Microfluidics has covered various facets of microscale multiphase transport, electrokinetics, microscale transport of heat and experimental microfluidics. He is currently working on droplet-based microfluidics, magnetofluidics, experimental investigations of capillary filling of bio-fluids. He has co-authored more than 140 referred journal and conference publications. He is a regular reviewer of many reputed international journals and also associated with several sponsored projects pertaining to microscale phenomena.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: May 3, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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