The diesel engine / / Michael Hilgers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910580134403321
• Autore: Hilgers Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Germany : , : Springer Vieweg, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783662651025; 9783662651018
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (85 pages)
• Collana: Commercial vehicle technology
• Disciplina: 629.224
• Soggetti: Trucks - Motors (Diesel); Diesel trucks; Machinery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Truck Engines and Passenger Car Diesel Engines in Comparison -- 2 Diesel Fuel and Air -- 2.1 Air -- 2.2 The Air-Fuel Equivalence Ratio λ -- 3 The Mechanics of the Engine -- 3.1 The Crank Assembly -- 3.1.1 The Piston -- 3.1.2 The Motion of the Piston -- 3.1.3 Blow-by Losses and Crankcase Ventilation -- 3.2 The Valve Train and the Gear Train -- 3.3 The Engine Brake -- 3.3.1 The Exhaust Flap Valve (Exhaust Brake) -- 3.3.2 The Decompression Brake -- 3.3.2.1 Decompression Through the Exhaust Valves -- 3.3.2.2 The Constant Throttle Valve -- 3.4 Lubrication -- 4 Integrating the Engine in the Vehicle -- 4.1 The Cooling System -- 4.2 The Engine Needs Fresh Air: The Air Intake -- 5 The Fuel System and Fuel Injection -- 6 The Exhaust System -- 6.1 Exhaust Gas Turbocharger -- 6.1.1 Turbocompounding -- 6.2 Exhaust Gas Treatment -- 6.2.1 Emissions -- 6.2.1.1 Formation of Exhaust Gas Constituents -- 6.2.1.2 Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) -- 6.2.1.3 Particulate Matter (PM) -- 6.2.2 Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides -- 6.2.2.1 Exhaust Gas Recirculation, EGR -- 6.2.2.2 Selective Catalytic Reduction, SCR -- 6.2.3 Reduction of Particulate Matter in Exhaust Gas -- 6.2.3.1 The Diesel Particulate Filter -- 6.2.4 Reduction of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Monoxide -- 6.2.5 Combined Systems -- 7 Thermodynamics -- 7.1 ; Some Thermodynamic Fundamentals -- 7.1.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics -- 7.1.2 The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 7.2 Ideal Gas -- 7.3 State Changes of Ideal Gases -- 7.3.1 State Change with Constant Volume-Isochoric State Change -- 7.3.2 State Change with Constant Pressure-Isobaric State Change -- 7.3.3 State Change with Constant Temperature-Isothermal State Change -- 7.3.4 State Change Without Change of Entropy-Isentropic State Change -- 7.4 Cyclic Processes -- 7.4.1 The Carnot Cycle.; 7.4.2 The Constant Volume Cycle (the Otto Cycle) -- 7.4.3 The Constant Pressure Cycle (the Diesel Cycle) -- 7.4.4 Comparison of Diesel and Gasoline Engines -- 7.4.5 The Seiliger Cycle -- 7.4.6 Approximating the Real Cycle -- Comprehension Questions -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- References -- Index.