Advanced Internal Combustion Engine
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Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Internal Combustion Engine (subject code 3712111) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 10 units, covering 78 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 (3712111)Unit 1 Engine Design and Operating Parameters
- Engine operating cycles
- spark ignition engine operation
- compression ignition engine operation
- geometrical properties of reciprocating engine
- brake torque and power
- mechanical efficiency
- mean effective pressure
- specific fuel consumption
- air/fuel and fuel/air ratio
- specific emission and emission index
- engine design and performance data
Unit 2 Reactive Systems
- Stoichiometric equation for fuel air reaction
- equivalence ratio
- enthalpy of formation
- first law analysis for steady state reacting system
- enthalpy of combustion
- internal energy of combustion and heating values
- adiabatic combustion temperature
- chemically reacting gas mixture
Unit 3 Ideal Models of Engine Cycles
- Ideal models of engine processes
- thermodynamic relations for engine processes
- constant volume cycle
- constant pressure cycle
- basics of simulation in SI and CI Engine cycles
- real engine cycles
Unit 4 Gas Exchange Processes
- Flow through valves
- phase of the flow
- scavenging in two stroke cycle engines
- flow in intake manifolds
- analysis of suction and exhaust processes
- fuel injection systems
Unit 5 Combustion
- Combustion in SI engine with homogeneous air –fuel mixture
- ignition and flame development
- flame propagation and termination in SI engines
- octane number
- combustion in CI engines
- ignition delay
- cetane number
- cold weather problems
- fuel spray structure
- spray penetration and evaporation
Unit 6 Emission from IC Engines and its Control
- Formation of nitrogen oxides
- carbon monoxide
- hydrocarbon emission in petrol and diesel engines
- SI and CI engine particulates
- soot formation and control
- exhaust gas temperature
- catalytic convertor
- Indian emission standards for SI and CI engines
Unit 7 Alternate Fuels for IC Engines
- Fuels and their properties : hydrogen
- bio gas, alcohols
- producer gas, LPG, CNG, non edible vegetable oils
- nonedible wild oil, NH3 as substitute fuel for SI and CI engine
- fuel additives
- pros and cons of alternate fuels
- biodiesel processing and production
- fuels rating
- coal gasification & liquefaction
Unit 8 Heat Transfer, Friction and Lubrication in IC Engines
- Convective and radiative heat transfer
- thermal loading on components
- friction fundamentals
- engine friction components
- lubricant requirement
- lubrication system
Unit 9 Measurements and Testing of IC Engines
- Measurement of friction power
- indicated power
- brake power
- fuel consumption
- air consumption
- endurance test of IC engines as per Indian standards
Unit 10 Recent Developments in IC Engines
- PIV in turbulence measurement
- optical methods for flame velocity measurement
- new materials for engine components
- improved two stroke engines
- hybrid engines and vehicles
- lean burn engines
- stratified charge engines
- HCCI engines
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