Academic Year/course:
2017/18
434 - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
29728 - Thermal Machines and Engines
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
29728 - Thermal Machines and Engines
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
434 - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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5.3. Syllabus
- Introduction to thermal engines and machinery
- Thermodynamic cycles in internal combustion (IC) engines
- Systems and components in IC engines. Design and performance parameters.
- Applications and performance maps for SI engines
- Compressible flow. Nozzles and diffusers. Jet propulsion. Rotodynamic machinery. Euler equation. Velocity diagrams.
- Impulse and reaction turbines. Losses in turbines.
- Compressors: types, characteristics and selection criteria.
- Application of thermal engines and machinery to power generation
- Combined heat and power (cogeneration)
- Selection and optimization of thermal engines and machinery in power generation systems