Engine Technology and Emission Control (5 cr)
Code: 5011119-3005
General information
Enrollment
04.10.2022 - 27.02.2023
Timing
26.02.2023 - 20.04.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Green Traffic Expert in Higher Education Administration
Teachers
- Markku Ikonen
- Marjo Kumpula
Scheduling groups
- Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Tutkinto-opiskelija ilmoittaudu joka tapauksessa, toteutus ei ole vain avoimen opiskelijoille) (Size: 20. Open UAS: 20.)
Groups
-
AVOKULJK23Green Traffic
Small groups
- For Open UAS students only
Objective
The student is able to:
- recognize the main components of the internal combustion engine and understand their functioning
- calculate the most important numerical values related to the combustion engine and interpret their meaning
- determine the air supply need of the internal combustion engine and understand the air-fuel ratio
- name different exhaust emission components and know their origin, negative effects and ways to decrease them
Content
ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
- different types of combustion engines
- otto and diesel cycles
- 2 and 4 cycle engines
- cylinder dimensions, stroke-to-bore ratio, mean piston speed
- mean effective pressure
- torque, power and efficiency
- specific fuel consumption
- air-fuel ratio, lambda value
- engine aspiration
EMISSION CONTROL
- fuels - combustion - exhaust gases
- classification of emissions
- effects and harms of different emission components
- transportation originated emissions compared to others
- gasoline engine emissions and their reduction
- diesel engine emissions and their reduction
- measuring methods and legislation of light and heavy-duty vehicles
- the greenhouse effect and climate change
Evaluation scale
H-5