Course: Drive units I

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Course title Drive units I
Course code KVM/POJ1*
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Páv Karel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Brabec Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Dittrich Aleš, Ing. Ph.D., Ing.Paed.IGIP
  • Popelka Josef, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The focus of the course is to gain an overview of the power units used in passenger cars and to become familiar with their functional principles. In addition to electric motors, significant attention is still paid to piston internal combustion engines (PIEs), because thanks to their complexity, it is possible to introduce students to applied thermodynamics, thermochemistry and machine design. The theoretical knowledge gained is subsequently used to create a mathematical description of the working cycle of a piston internal combustion engine. In the course of the exercises, students also become familiar with control systems for controlling a test stand usable for testing internal combustion engines and electric motors with automated data collection and subsequent analysis of the measured data. The course content consists of the following thematic units: 1. Division and overview of power units. 2. Characteristics of power units. 3. Electric motors - basic overview. 4. Calorific value of fuels and fuel mixtures for PIEs. 5. PIE working cycles. 6. Cylinder charge replacement, PSM turbocharging. 7. Fuel mixture combustion process in PSM. 8. Emissions in PSM exhaust gases. 9. Mathematical modeling of PSM working cycle. 10. Wankel, Stirling engine, combustion turbines, E-mobility.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Laboratory work
Learning outcomes
The focus of the course is to gain an overview of the power units used in passenger cars and to become familiar with their functional principles. In addition to electric motors, significant attention is still paid to piston internal combustion engines (PIEs), because thanks to their complexity, it is possible to introduce students to applied thermodynamics, thermochemistry and machine design. The theoretical knowledge gained is subsequently used to create a mathematical description of the working cycle of a piston internal combustion engine. In the course of the exercises, students also become familiar with control systems for controlling a test stand usable for testing internal combustion engines and electric motors with automated data collection and subsequent analysis of the measured data. The course content consists of the following thematic units: 1. Division and overview of power units. 2. Characteristics of power units. 3. Electric motors - basic overview. 4. Calorific value of fuels and fuel mixtures for PIEs. 5. PIE working cycles. 6. Cylinder charge replacement, PSM turbocharging. 7. Fuel mixture combustion process in PSM. 8. Emissions in PSM exhaust gases. 9. Mathematical modeling of PSM working cycle. 10. Wankel, Stirling engine, combustion turbines, E-mobility.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Subjects in basic studies (mathematics, chemistry, thermodynamics, kinematics and machine parts).

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written assignment

Credit: min. 80% attendance, successful completion of tests. Exam: oral or written - demonstration of knowledge of the discussed areas, the condition for participation in the exam is to obtain a credit.
Recommended literature
  • BARTONÍČEK, L. Přeplňování pístových spalovacích motorů. Liberec: TUL, 2004. ISBN 80-7083-800-0.
  • BARTONÍČEK,L.:. Konstrukce pístových spalovacích motorů, VŠST Liberec 1992..
  • BEROUN, S. a C. SCHOLZ. Základy teorie vozidel a pístových spalovacích motorů. TUL, Liberec, 2001.
  • BEROUN, S. a K. PÁV. Vybrané statě z vozidlových spalovacích motorů.. TUL, Liberec, 2013.
  • BEROUN, S., P, BRABEC a K. PÁV. Sbírka příkladů ke studiu předmětů zaměřených na pístové spalovací motory. TUL, Liberec, 2016.
  • Heywood, J., B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1998. ISBN 85-15251.
  • HOAG, K.L. Vehicular Engine Design. Springer-Verlag. Wien, Austria, 2006. ISBN 3-211-21130-6.
  • ISERMANN, R. Engine Modelling and Control. Heidelberg: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-39933-6.
  • MACEK, J. Spalovací motory I.. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 80-01-02085-1.
  • MERKER, G.P., Ch. SCHWARZ and R. TEICHMANN. Combustion Engines Development - Mixture Formation, Combustion, Emissions and Simulation. Berlín, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-02951-6.
  • ROUBÍČEK, O. Elektrické motory a pohony. Praha: BEN, 2004. ISBN 80-7300-092-X.


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