| 2. Characteristics of the Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) |
2.1 Classification of the thermal engines
2.2 Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engines (ICE)
2.3 Parts of the ICEs
2.4 Nomenclature and basic parameters |
| 4. The Real Cycle |
4.1 The mixture of real gas
4.2 Evolution of the adiabatic coefficient
4.3 Pumping Loss
4.4 Combustion Loss
4.5 Expansion Loss
4.6 Quality Factor of the Cycle |
| 6. Scavenging in 2 Stroke Engines |
6.1 Ideal Scavenging
6.2 Scavenging proccess
6.3 Admision systems
6.4 Acoustic wave enhancement |
| 8. Combustion in Spark Ignition Engines (SIE) |
8.1 Stoichiometry of SIE
8.2 Characteristic Curves
8.3 The Carburettor
8.4 Injection System
8.5 Closed loop (lambda control)
8.6 Combustion phases in SI
8.7 Abnormal Combustion: knock
8.8 Abnormal Combustion: superficial ignition
8.9 Combustion chambers
8.10 Influential factors in SI combustion |
| 10. Thermal turbomachinery |
10.1 Brayton Cycle
10.2 Parts of the Gas Turbine
10.3 Compressors
10.4 Combustion Chamber
10.5 Turbine
10.6 Architecture |
| 12. Pollution Emissions |
12.1 SI Emissions
12.2 Diesel Emissiones
12.3 Regulations (EURO)
12.4 Catalytic converter
12.5 EGR systems
12.6 Lambda |
