Syllabus - Alternative Fuels & Pollution Control (AU703 (A))

Automobile Engineering

Alternative Fuels & Pollution Control (AU703 (A))

VII

Unit-I

Introduction about the alternate fuels and renewable sources of energy in automobile field -availabilities, Storage, Handling and Safety aspects- Costs and other factors.

Unit-II

Alternate Fuels: Alcohols-CNG-LPG vegetable oils- Hydrogen and Biogas properties performance and Emission characteristics. Solid fuels coal and wood Ash fusibility test; Modification requited use of Alternate fuels in SI and CI engines- Combustion equation; conversion of gravimetric to volumetric analysis flue gas analysis.

Unit-III

Renewable sources of energies Introduction about the solar energy collectors- Concentrating, Flat plate collectors- application wind energy-Bio energy, Geo thermal energy- Chemical energy: Fuel cells, Batteries; Hydrogen energies- Energy conservations in sterling and heat pumps.

Unit-IV

Pollutants: Sources from SI and CI Engines, Two Stroke (SI and CI) engine pollution formation; Indian Emission Standards for SI and CI engines; European Emission Standards Comparison with alternate fuel emissions.

Unit-V

Pollution control Techniques and Test procedures: Optimization of operating factor- EGRFumigation- Air injection-PCV system (opens Closed) Catalytic Converters-Catalyst use of unleaded petrol. Gas Analyzers-Different Smoke meters-Different test methods; Electric Vehicles Simple layout-Traction batteries-Re charging methods-rating pollution factors, Fuel Cells.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Ganesan V., Internal Combustion Engines.

  • Held P.M., High speed Combustion Engines

  • Rai,GD Non Conventional sources of Energy

  • Obert E.F., Internal Combustion Engines.

  • SAE Transaction-Vehicle emission.

  • John. H. Jhonson, Diesel Particulate Emissions Landmark Research