Liquid piston engines / Aman Gupta, Shubham Sharma, and Sunny Narayan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gupta, Aman, 1985- author.

Sharma, Shubham, 1980- author.

Narayan, Sunny, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stirling engines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley ; Beverly, MA, USA : Scrivener Publishing LLC, [2017]

Summary:

The only book available on liquid piston engines, covering the design, application, maintenance, troubleshooting, and advances in the technology. Whether used in irrigation, cooling nuclear reactors, pumping wastewater, or any number of other uses, the liquid piston engine is a much more efficient, effective, and "greener" choice than many other choices available to industry. Especially if being used in conjunction with solar panels, the liquid piston engine can be extremely cost-effective and has very few, if any, downsides or unwanted side effects. As industries all over the world become more environmentally conscious, the liquid piston engine will continue growing in popularity as a better choice, and its low implementation and operational costs will be attractive to end-users in developing countries. This is the only comprehensive, up-to-date text available on liquid piston engines. The first part focuses on the identification, design, construction and testing of the liquid piston engine, a simple, yet elegant, device which has the ability to pump water but which can be manufactured easily without any special tooling or exotic materials and which can be powered from either combustion of organic matter or directly from solar heating. It has been tested, and the authors recommend how it might be improved upon. The underlying theory of the device is also presented and discussed. The second part deals with the performance, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the engine. This volume is the only one of its kind, a groundbreaking examination of a fascinating and environmentally friendly technology which is useful in many industrial applications. It is a must-have for any engineer, manager, or technician working with pumps or engines.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Abstract

List of Symbols

1 Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 Types of Stirling Engines

1.3 Stirling Engine Designs

1.4 Free-Piston Stirling Engines

1.5 Gamma Type Engine

References and Bibliography

2 Liquid Piston Engines

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Objectives

2.3 Brief Overview of Pumps and Heat Engines

2.4 Heat Engine

2.5 Clever Pumps

2.6 History and Development of Stirling Engines

2.7 Operation of a Stirling Engine

2.8 Working Gas

2.9 Pros and Cons of Stirling Engine

2.10 Low Temperature Difference Stirling Engine

2.11 Basic Principle of a Fluidyne

2.12 Detailed Working of a Fluidyne

2.13 Role of Evaporation

2.14 Regenerator

2.15 Pumping Setups

2.16 Tuning of Liquid Column

2.17 Motion Analysis

2.18 Losses

2.19 Factors Affecting Amplitude

2.20 Performance of Engine

2.21 Design

2.22 Assembly

2.23 Calculation

2.24 Experiments

2.25 Results

2.26 Comparison Within Existing Commercial Devices

2.27 Improvements

2.28 Future Scope

2.29 Conclusion

2.30 Numerical Analysis

3 Customer Satisfaction Issues

3.1 Durability Issues

3.2 Testing of Engines

3.3 Design of Systems

3.4 Systems Durability

4 Lubrication Dynamics

4.1 Background

4.2 Friction Features

4.3 Effects of Varying Speeds and Loads

4.4 Friction Reduction

4.5 Piston-Assembly Dynamics

4.6 Reynolds Equation for Lubrication Oil Pressure

4.7 Introduction

4.8 Background

4.9 Occurrence of Piston Slap Events

4.10 Literature Review

4.11 Piston Motion Simulation Using COMSOL

4.12 Force Analysis

4.13 Effects of Various Skirt Design Parameters

4.14 Numerical Model of Slapping Motion

4.15 Piston Side Thrust Force.

4.16 Frictional Forces

4.17 Determination of System Mobility

4.18 Conclusion

5 NVH Features of Engines

5.1 Background

5.2 Acoustics Overview of Internal Combustion Engine

5.3 Imperial Formulation to Determine Noise Emitted from Engine

5.4 Engine Noise Sources

5.5 Noise Source Identification Techniques

5.6 Summary

6 Diagnosis Methodology for Diesel Engines

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Power Spectral Density Function

6.3 Time Frequency Analysis

6.4 Wavelet Analysis

6.5 Conclusion

7 Sources of Noise in Diesel Engines

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Combustion Noise

7.3 Piston Assembly Noise

7.4 Valve Train Noise

7.5 Gear Train Noise

7.6 Crank Train and Engine Block Vibrations

7.7 Aerodynamic Noise

7.8 Bearing Noise

7.9 Timing Belt and Chain Noise

7.10 Summary

8 Combustion Based Noise

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Background of Combustion Process in Diesel Engines

8.3 Combustion Phase Analysis

8.4 Combustion Based Engine Noise

8.5 Factors Affecting Combustion Noise

8.6 In Cylinder Pressure Analysis

8.7 Effects of Heat Release Rate

8.8 Effects of Cyclic Variations

8.9 Resonance Phenomenon

8.10 In Cylinder Pressure Decomposition Method

8.11 Mathematical Model of Generation of Combustion Noise

8.12 Evaluation of Combustion Noise Methods

8.13 Summary

9 Effects of Turbo Charging in S.I. Engines

9.1 Abstract

9.2 Fundamentals

9.3 Turbochargers

9.4 Turbocharging in Diesel Engines

9.5 Turbocharging of Gasoline Engines

9.6 Turbocharging

9.7 Components of Turbocharged SI Engines

9.8 Intercooler

9.9 Designing of Turbocharger

9.10 Operational Problems in Turbocharging of SI Engines.

9.11 Methods to Reduce Knock in S.I Engines

9.12 Ignition Timing and Knock

9.13 Charge Air Cooling

9.14 Downsizing of SI Engines

9.15 Techniques Associated with Turbo Charging of SI Engines Boosting Systems

10 Emissions Control by Turbo Charged SI Engines

11 Scope of Turbo Charging in SI Engines

12 Summary

13 Conclusions and Future Work

13.1 Conclusions

13.2 Contributions

13.3 Future Recommendations

List of Important Terms

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119323280

1119323282

9781119323235

1119323231

9781119323273

1119323274

OCLC:

989519879