Diesel Engine Transient Operation: Principles of Operation and Simulation Analysis - Hardcover

Rakopoulos, Constantine D.; Giakoumis, Evangelos G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848823746 ISBN 13: 9781848823747

Publisher: Springer, 2009

Synopsis

Traditionally, the study of internal combustion engines operation has focused on the steady-state performance. However, the daily driving schedule of automotive and truck engines is inherently related to unsteady conditions. In fact, only a very small portion of a vehicle’s operating pattern is true steady-state, e. g. , when cruising on a motorway. Moreover, the most critical conditions encountered by industrial or marine engines are met during transients too. Unfortunately, the transient operation of turbocharged diesel engines has been associated with slow acceleration rate, hence poor driveability, and overshoot in particulate, gaseous and noise emissions. Despite the relatively large number of published papers, this very important subject has been treated in the past scarcely and only segmentally as regards reference books. Merely two chapters, one in the book Turbocharging the Internal Combustion Engine by N. Watson and M. S. Janota (McMillan Press, 1982) and another one written by D. E. Winterbone in the book The Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of Internal Combustion Engines, Vol. II edited by J. H. Horlock and D. E. Winterbone (Clarendon Press, 1986) are dedicated to transient operation. Both books, now out of print, were published a long time ago. Then, it seems reasonable to try to expand on these pioneering works, taking into account the recent technological advances and particularly the global concern about environmental pollution, which has intensified the research on transient (diesel) engine operation, typically through the Transient Cycles certification of new vehicles.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Diesel Engine Transient Operation provides an in-depth discussion of all the complex thermodynamic and dynamic phenomena that are experienced by a diesel engine during load increase, acceleration, cold starting or Transient Cycle. Beginning with the fundamental and most influential turbocharger lag problem, the analysis covers a range of topics, including heat transfer, combustion, air-supply and friction.
Diesel Engine Transient Operation presents the most important findings in the field, with special attention paid to the discussion of exhaust emission mechanisms and to the various methods of improving transient response. Moreover, the discussion of the main experimental techniques covers the measurement of exhaust emissions and particle size distribution, which has gained increasing interest in recent years due to stringent regulations imposed by the EU, USA, and Japan.

From the Inside Flap:

Table of Contents
1 Transient Operation Fundamentals
2 Thermodynamic Aspects of Transient Operation3 Dynamics
4 Experimental Measurements
5 Emissions
6 Methods of Improving Transient Response
7 Special Cases of Transient Operation
8 Second-law Analysis
9 Modeling
Appendix A - Exhaust Emission Regulations and TransientCycles
Appendix B - Fundamentals of Control Theory

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848823746
• ISBN 13: 9781848823747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410