Internal Combustion Engine
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Internal Combustion Engine Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Internal Combustion Engine (subject code 3171923) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 5 units, covering 42 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3171923)Unit 1 Introduction
- Comparison of SI and CI Engines
- Difference in thermodynamic and operating variables
- comparison of performance characteristics
- comparison of initial and maintenance costs application of SI and CI engine
Unit 2 Fuels and its supply system for SI and CI engine
- Important qualities of IC engine fuels
- rating of fuels
- mixture requirement for different loads and speeds
- simple carburetor and its working
- types of carburetors
- types of injection systems in CI engine
- fuel pumps and injectors
- types of nozzles
- spray formation
Unit 3 Combustion in SI and CI Engines
- Combustion equations
- calculations of air requirement in I C Engine
- stoichiometric air fuel ratio
- proximate and ultimate analysis
- enthalpy of formation
- adiabatic flame temperature
- Stages of combustion in SI engines
- abnormal combustion and knocking in SI engines
- factors affecting knocking
- effects of knocking
- control of knocking
- combustion chambers for SI engines
- Stages of combustion in CI engines
- detonation in C.I. engines
- factors affecting detonation
- controlling detonation
- combustion chamber for SI and CI engine
Unit 4 Engine lubrication
- Types of lubricants and their properties
- SAE rating of lubricants
- Types of lubrication systems Engine Cooling: Necessity of engine cooling
- disadvantages of overcooling
- Cooling systems and their comparison: Air cooling
- Liquid cooling Supercharging/Turbo-charging: Objectives
- Methods and Types
- Different arrangements of turbochargers and superchargers
Unit 5 Rating, Testing and Performance
- Measurements of speed
- air flow
- fuel consumption
- Subject Code: 3171923 w.e.f
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