MEL 721 NEXT GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE PRIME MOVERS P

MEL 721 : (NEXT GENERATION) AUTOMOTIVE PRIME MOVERS P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department We learn Engines for Next Generation Automobiles Only….

Course Overview • This graduate level course analyzes the current and future technologies for automotive prime movers. • The primary focus of the course is on the teaching of thermodynamic and environmental principles of prime movers. • The course provides information that will enable the engineering analysis of • Current Internal Combustion Engines • Future Internal Combustion Engines • Electric Prime Movers • Hydraulic Prime Movers • Hybrid Prime Mover Systems

Course Objectives • Students successfully completing MEL 721 will get to know: • Present status of prime movers in automobile industry. • Near future and long term developments in Internal Combustion Engines as automotive prime movers. • Design and development of Electric prime mover. • Detailed analysis of Hybrid Electric and Hybrid Hydraulic Systems. • Performance of automotive prime movers in urban, extraurban and highway traffic conditions.

Course Contents • UNIT- I: Current Status & Overview of Next Generation Prime Movers. • UNIT- II: Analysis of Advanced Spark Ignition Engines. • UNIT –III: Analysis of Advanced Compressions Ignition Engines. • UNIT –IV: Electric Prime Movers for Automobiles. • UNIT –V: Hybrid Electric Prime Movers. • UNIT –VI: Hybrid Hydraulic Prime Movers.

Books & References • • Internal Combustion Engines by C R Ferguson & A T Kirkpatrick, John Wiley. Vehicle Propulsion Systems: Introduction to Modeling and Optimization by L. Guzzella and A. Sciarretta, Springer. • Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles by M Ehsani et. Al. CRC.