Study Guide

Objective

- name the main components of the internal combustion engine and understand their functioning
- determine the most important 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
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Content

1. combustion engine applications and classifications
2. operating principle of the combustion engine
3. cylinder dimensions, stroke-to-bore ratio, mean piston speed
4. otto and diesel cycles
5. 2 and 4 cycle engines
6. engine torque, power and efficiency
7. mean effective cylinder pressure
8. brake specific fuel consumption
9. air requirement for combustion, lambda value
10. fuels ? combustion ? combustion products
11. classification of emissions, influences and harms
12. gasoline and diesel emissions and emission control
13. emission testing and legislation
14. greenhouse emissions and climate change
15. vehicle energy consumption, influence of driving style

Evaluation scale

H-5