Engine Technology and Emission Control (5 cr)
Code: 5011119-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2019 - 31.01.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 13.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Automotive and Transportation Engineering
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Fundamental technology related to the Internal Combustion Engine and creation and cleaning of exhaust emissions
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
Materials
in Optima
Teaching methods
Interactive classroom learning and calculation ecxercise sessions
Exam schedules
First partial exam in end-February or early March, the second in end-April.
Retake possibilities flexibly according to the needs.
Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development
Versatile
Completion alternatives
Will be determined according to the needs
Student workload
Calculation of key figures of the Internal Combustion Engine
27 h/ECTS
Evaluation methods and criteria
Two partial exams and accepted engine key figure calculation task.
Failed (0)
Result of either of the two partial exams below the acceptance level or sum of the two exams below the passing level
Further information
markku.ikonen@turkuamk.fi