ASSOSA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Course Number MEng 4407 By Siraj.M

Course Title I.C Engines and Reciprocating Machines
Degree Program BSc in Mechanical Engineering
Contact Hours Lecture Tutorial Practice or Home study
Laboratory
2 2 1 5
Course  To teach students the fundamentals, operations, and performance of internal
Objectives: combustion engines and their different types
 To introduce students different types CI engines and their working principles
 To provide students with the theoretical and experimental ability to operate,
analyze, and design internal combustion engines.
 To teach students the fuel metering systems and assembling and dismantling
internal combustion engines
Course Engine types and classification; Thermodynamic cycles; Performance equation and
Description: engine characteristics; Fuels; Combustion; Combustion chamber design; Mixture
formation; Main components; Forces and turning effort; Valve timing and gear;
Cooling and lubrication systems
Course Outline: 1.Introduction
Heat Engine, Brief Historical Development of IC Engines, Engine Components and
Basic Engine Nomenclature, IC Engine Classification, Four stroke Cycle SI engines
four stroke CI engines, and two stroke Engines
2.Thermodynamics of IC engines
Introduction, Air standard cycle, Fuel-air cycle, Actual Cycles
3.Performance equations and engine characteristics
Measurement and testing, Performance parameters, Efficiencies, engine performance
characteristics
4.Fuel for IC engines
Introduction, fuels for SI engine, Diesel Fuels, Alternative fuels and Additives
5.Combustion and Combustion Chamber Design
Introduction, Homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture, Combustion in SI engine,
Combustion chamber for SI engine, Combustion in CI engine and Combustion
chamber for CI engines
6.Valve gear and valve timing
Introduction, Valve gear, valve operating system, valve timing
7. Fueling system of SI and CI engines
Carburetion, fuel injection system, Electronic fuel injection System
8. Ignition Systems
Energy requirement, Ignition fundamentals, Ignition system, Requirements of
ignition system Types of Ignition system (battery, Magneto, modern ignition system)
Injection systems (Reciprocating individual pump and, Rotary distributing pump)
Firing order, Ignition timing and engine variables, ignition timing and exhaust
emissions
9. Emission control systems
 10. Engine Friction and Lubrication System
11. Engine Cooling system
12. Turbo charging and Supercharging
Introduction, turbo charging and supercharging in SI engines, turbo charging and
supercharging in CI engines,
13.Two-stroke engine
Introduction, types of two stroke engines. scavenging process, advantages and
disadvantages of two stroke engine, Reciprocating Compressors
Pre-requisites: Thermodynamics II, Fluid Mechanics I, Machine element I &II
Teaching &  Lectures (32hrs)
Learning  Tutorials on lectures, (48hr)
Methods  Home Study: including Project, Field Visit, and Personal
study and Assignments (55hrs)
Assessment/ Assessment/ evaluation & Grading system
evaluation &  Assignments, Lab exercise 20%;
Grading Systems  Project 30%;
 Final examination 50%
Attendance Attendance Requirement:
Requirement:  Minimum of 80% attendance during lecture hours;
 100% attendance during practical work sessions, except for some
 unprecedented mishaps; and

Literature: 1. Obert: Internal Combustion Engines

2. Hey Wood: Internal combustion Engines
3.C. R. Ferguson and A. T. Kirkpatrick, “Internal Combustion Engines, Applied
Thermo science”, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 2001
4. V. Ganesan, Internal Combustion Engines, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1994, New Delhi
5. J. B. Heywood, “Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals”, international
Edition, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1988