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| MAK7402 | Combustion Models for Spark-Ignition Engines | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Olkan ÇUVALCI | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Providing the detailed knowledge about the flame propagation and combustion processes in spark-ignition engines. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn knowledge about basic processes taking place in engine cylinder during combustion. | 5 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | learn major combustion models and differences between them. | 1,3,5 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | simulate mathematically the combustion process and several engine processes using a method given in literature. | 1,3,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | develop a computer code for a proposed combustion model. | 3,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | perform numerical applications using developed computer code. | 2,11 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| General knowledge about cycle and combustion processes of spark-ignition engines. Investigation of the events (fluid motions, thermodynamic events, heat transfer, chemical reactions, flame propagation, etc.) taking place within combustion chamber. Investigation of the composition and thermodynamic properties of gases during combustion. Knowledge about heat transfer during combustion. Detailed investigation of flame propagation process. Dimensional combustion models. Quasi-dimensional combustion models. Investigation of governing equations and their solution techniques of quasi-dimensional and dimensional combustion models existing in literature.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General knowledge about cycles of spark-ignition engines | | | Week 2 | Investigation of combustion process: initiation period of combustion | | | Week 3 | Investigation of combustion process: development priod of combustion | | | Week 4 | Investigation of combustion process: termination period of combustion | | | Week 5 | Events occuring throughout combustion: fluid motions | | | Week 6 | Events occuring throughout combustion: flame propagation | | | Week 7 | Events occuring throughout combustion: heat transfer | | | Week 8 | Events occuring throughout combustion: chemical reactions | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Mathematical models of combustion: dimensional models (1D,2D,3D) | | | Week 11 | Mathematical models of combustion: dimensional models (1D,2D,3D) | | | Week 12 | Mathematical models of combustion:Zero Dimensional Models (Thermodynamic Models) | | | Week 13 | Mathematical models of combustion:Quasi-Dimensional Models | | | Week 14 | General knowledge about governing equations of mathematical combustion models and their solution techniques: governing equations of dimensional models | | | Week 15 | General knowledge about governing equations of mathematical combustion models and their solution techniques: governing equations of quasi-dimensional models | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Bayraktar, H. Benzin-Etanol Karışımlarının Benzin Motorlarında Yanma ve Motor Çevrimi Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Teorik Olarak İncelenmesi, Doktora Tezi, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enst., 1997. | | | 2 | Heywood, JB. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Singapore, 1989. | | | 3 | Ramos, JI. Internal Combustion Engine Modeling, Hemisphere Publishing Co., Newyork, 1989. | | | |
| 1 | Fenton, J., Gasoline Engine Analysis, Mechanical Engineering Publications LTD, London, 1986. | | | 2 | Ferguson, CR. Internal Combustion Engines-Applied Thermo sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 1986. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 8/04/2011 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4
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4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 24/05/2011 | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Ödev | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Diğer 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Diğer 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Total work load | | | 44 |
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