Advanced Engine Technology List of Chapters: Preface 3 Engine Balance and Vibration • The concept of balance and vibration Acknowledgements • Multi-cylinder crankshaft balancing of rotating masses 1 Valves and Camshafts • Primary and secondary piston movement • Engine valve timing diagrams • Balancing of the reciprocating parts of a • Valve operating conditions single cylinder engine • Mechanism of valve head corrosion • Primary and secondary piston movement • Identification of the causes of valve failure • Offset vee six and vee eight crankshaft • Hydraulic operated tappets big-end journals • Cams and camshafts • Torsional vibration • Cam design • Valve actuating mechanism 4 Combustion Chamber Design considerations and Engine Performance • Introduction to combustion chamber 2 Camshaft Chain Belt and Gear Train design Drives • Spark ignition combustion process • Camshaft timed drives • Detonation • Camshaft pulley, sprocket and gear wheel • Lean or fast burn combustion chamber attachments technology • Camshaft chain drive arrangements • A comparison of the breathing ability of • Chain tensioners and vibration damper various valve arrangements strips • General relationships between valve • Camshaft toothed-belt drive configurations and breathing capacity arrangements • Fundamentals of the combustion process • Belt tensioners in diesel engines • Camshaft gear train drive arrangement • Compression ignition combustion • Valve and camshaft timing process • Diesel knock • Open, semi-open and divided combustion chambers for diesel engines • Comparison of spark-ignition and compression ignition engine load outputs, fuel consumption and exhaust compositions Advanced Engine Technology 5 Induction and Exhaust Systems 7 Carburetted Fuel Systems • Induction manifold requirements • Pollution derived from products of • Cylinder pressure under different operating combustion conditions • Carburation • Manifold branch flow paths • Induction valve overlap between cylinders 8 Petrol Injection Systems • Flow variation and mixture distribution in • An introduction to fuel injection manifold passages • K-jetronic fuel injection system (Bosch) • Induction ram cylinder charging • ‘L’-jetronic fuel injection system (Bosch) • In-line four-cylinder engine induction • Mono-jetronic fuel injection system manifolds (Bosch) • In-line six-cylinder engine induction • KE-jetronic fuel injection system (Bosch) manifolds • LH-jetronic fuel injection system (Bosch) • Vee four-cylinder engine induction manifolds with single and twin-barrel 9 Ignition Systems carburettors • Electronic ignition • Vee six-cylinder engine induction • Semiconductor junction diodes manifolds • N-P-N junction transistor • Vee eight-cylinder engine induction • Inductive semiconductor ignition with manifolds induction-type pulse generator (Bosch) • Other approaches to cylinder charging • Inductive semiconductor ignition with • Tuned induction manifold systems Hall-type generator (Bosch) • Exhaust gas extraction • Inductive semiconductor ignition with • Exhaust manifold configurations optical trigger circuit (Lumenition) • Capacitor discharge ignition system 6 Supercharging Systems (Bosch) • The fundamentals of supercharging • Electronic spark advance • Sliding vane supercharger • Comparison of ignition systems • Semi-articulating sliding vane • Ballast resistor ignition system supercharger (Shorrock) • Ignition system circuit: tests and • Roots rotating-lobe supercharger inspection • Sprintex screw supercharger (compressor) • Spark-plugs • G-Lader oscillating spiral displacer supercharger 10 Engine Testing Equipment • Turbochargers • Fault finding equipment • Boost pressure control • Vacuum gauge test • Turbocharged engine systems • Mechanical fuel pump testing • Turbocharger fault diagnosis • Cylinder power balance • Intercooling • Cylinder compression test • Intercooling systems • Cylinder leakage test • Turbocompound engine (Scania) • Ignition timing • Comprex pressure wave supercharger • Exhaust gas CO and HC analyser • Oscilloscope engine analyser • Distributor dwell-angle Advanced Engine Technology 11 Diesel In-line Fuel Injection Pump 13 Emission Control Systems • Crankcase emission • Introduction to in-line fuel injection pumps • Fuel evaporation control • Delivery valve characteristics • Air intake temperature control • Fuel injection analysis • Exhaust gas recycling • In-line injection pump testing • Air injected exhaust systems • Injection pump governing • Combustion of air-fuel mixtures • Manifold pressure compensator (boost • Three-way catalytic converter exhaust control) treatment • Fuel injectors • Air-fuel ratio control • Diesel engine particulate traps 12 Diesel Rotary and Unit Injector Fuel Injection Pump Systems 14 Cooling and Lubrication Systems • Distributor fuel injection rotary pump • Heat transference via the liquid cooling (Bosch Type-VE) process • Governing • Liquid cooling systems • Distributor fuel injection rotary pump (CAV • Fundamentals of radiator design Type-DPC) • Thermostats • Injection timing • Fan blade drive and shutter control • Governing • Heater and ventilation system • Cummins diesel engine fuel injection • Lubricating oil heat-exchanger (oil-cooler) system • Centrifugal oil filters • Detroit diesel combined injection pump and injector unit 15 Alternative Power Sources • Unit injector electronically controlled fuel • Wankel rotary engine injection system (Lucas CAV) • The Stirling engine • Unit injector electronically controlled fuel • The gas turbine engine injection system (Cummins Celect) • Diesel engine cold starting Index.