Internal combustion engines [electronic resource] : a detailed introduction to the thermodynamics of spark and compression ignition engines, their design and development / Rowland S. Benson and N.D. Whitehouse.
Internal Combustion of Engines: A Detailed Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Spark and Compression Ignition Engines, Their Design and Development focuses on the design, development, and operations of spark and compression ignition engines. The book first describes internal combustion engines, in...
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Internal Combustion Engines; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Subject Index; Chapter 1. Description of Internal Combustion Engines; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; 1.3 INDIRECT OR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; 1.4 ROTARY ENGINES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Basic Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics; Notation; 2.1 STATE EQUATION; 2.2 THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; 2.3 THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; 2.4 HOMENTROPIC FLOW; 2.5 GAS MIXTURES; 2.6 INTERNAL ENERGY AND ENTHALPY DIAGRAMS; 2.7 DISSOCIATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Air Standard Cycles.
- Notation3.1 AIR STANDARD CYCLE EFFICIENCIES; 3.2 LIMITATIONS; Chapter 4. Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines; Notation; 4.1 DESCRIPTION OF COMBUSTION PROCESS; 4.2 MODELS FOR COMPRESSION IGNITION COMBUSTION CALCULATIONS; 4.3 COMBUSTION-GENERATED EMISSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Combustion in SparkIgnition Engines; Notation; 5.1 DEFINITIONS OF CONTROLLED, UNCONTROLLED, NORMAL AND ABNORMAL COMBUSTION; 5.2 NORMAL COMBUSTION; 5.3 ABNORMAL COMBUSTION-ENGINE KNOCK; 5.4 UNCONTROLLED COMBUSTION, PRE-IGNITION AND RUNNING-ON; 5.5 CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMIC MODELS FOR NORMAL COMBUSTION.
- 5.6 COMBUSTION-GENERATED EMISSIONSREFERENCES; Chapter 6. Heat Transfer in Engines; Notation; 6.1 BASIC PRINCIPLES; 6.2 HEAT TRANSFER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES-A SURVEY; 6.3 HEAT TRANSFER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES-SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 6.4 INSTANTANEOUS HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; 6.5 NUMERICAL VALUES; REFERENCES; Appendix I: Experimental Methods; Notation; I.l PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING; 1.2 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING; 1.3 COMBUSTION PHOTOGRAPHY AND FLAME SPEED DETECTION; 1.4 SPECTROGRAPHIC METHODS; 1.5 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; REFERENCES.