Combustion in Piston Engines
Subtitle: Technology, Evolution, Diagnosis and Control
By: by Antoni K. Oppenheim
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783642057540; 9783662062975
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Engineering
Description: Upon a synthesis of the technology of Combustion in Piston Engines, its past, present and future, the book provides a recipe for its advancement. Engines of the future are visualized as featuring distributed combustion (vid. photograph on the front cover) executed by means of PJI&I (Pulse Jet Injection and Ignition) actuators, modulated by MECC (Micro-Electronically Controlled Combustion) systems in response to signals provided by pressure sensors. To assist in the development of such engines, the book provides the method of pressure diagnostics - an analytical technique for interpreting the signal provided by a pressure sensor to assess the effectiveness with which fuel is utilized in an engine cylinder, and to monitor the operation of MECC in optimizing the performance of a PJI&I system. It is on this basis that a demonstration is produced of a representative car engine, for which, by the use of these systems, the formation of pollutants can be reduced by orders of magnitude, while the consumption of fuel is halved.
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Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Perspective; title: Prospective; title: Diagnosis; title: Procedure; title: Prognosis; title: Evolution of the Correlation Function; title: Evolution of the Life Function.