EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014
AE 401
AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Instruction 4 Periods per week
Duration of University Examination 3 Hours
University Examination 75 Marks
Sessional 25 Marks
UNIT-I
Introduction: Vehicle population assessment in metropolitan cities and contribution to pollution, effects on human health and environment, global warming, types of emission, transient operational effects on pollution.
UNIT-II
Pollutant Formation in Si Engines: Pollutant formation in SI Engines, mechanism of HC and CO formation in four stroke and two stroke SI engines, NOx formation in SI engines, effects of design and operating variables on emission formation, control of evaporative emission. Two stroke engine pollution.
UNIT-III
Pollutant Formation in CI Engines: Pollutant formation in CI engines, smoke and particulate emissions in CI engines, effects of design and operating variables on CI engine emissions. Nox formation an.d control.-Noise pollution from automobiles, measurement and standards.
UN1T-IV
Control of Emissions from SI and CI Engines: Design of engine, optimum selection of operating variables for control of emissions, EGR, Thermal reactors, secondary air injection, catalytic converters, catalysts, fuel modifications, fiiel cells, Two stroke engine pollution control.
UNIT-V
Measurement Techniques Emission Standards And Test Procedure:
Orsat Apparatus, NDIR, FID, Chemiluminescent analyzers, Gas Chromatograph, smoke meters, emission standards, driving cycles - USA, Japan, Euro and India. Test procedures - ECE, FTP Tests. SHED Test - chassis dynamometers, dilution tunnels.
Suggested Reading :
- 1.Paul Degobert, Automobiles and Pollution, SAE International ISBN-1-56091-563-3, 1991.
- 2.Ganesan, V- Internal Combustion Engines- Tata McGraw-Hill Co - 2003.
- 3.SAE Transactions-Vehicle Emission - 1982 (3 volumes).
- 4.Obert.E.F.- Internal Combustion Engines, 1988.
- 5.Marco Nute- Emissions from two stroke engines, SAE Publication-1998.