- Docente: Nicolò Cavina
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0938)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the Course is to introduce and discuss the main aspects related to an internal combustion engine test cell, in order to allow the students to become familiar with such environment and its applications
Course contents
Engine and dynamometer installation. The main types of dynamometers and the corresponding criteria for choosing the right one.
Sensors and instrumentation to be used in a test cell environment. Exhaust gas emissions measurement and control.
Signal acquisition systems and signal post-processing systems. Data analysis and interpretation.
The class lectures will offer an introduction to several
experimental test sessions that will be carried out
in the engine test cell. During such experimental
activity, both nominal and faulty conditions will be tested on the
engine, in order to analyze both the engine control
system, as well as the main diagnostic functions implemented
in the Engine Control Unit.
Readings/Bibliography
- "Introduction to Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engine Systems", L. Guzzella, C.H. Onder, Springer, 2004.
- “Engine Testing", M. Plynt, A. Martyr, Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
- "Appunti di Sperimentazione sui Motori a Combustione Interna", G.L. Berta, A. Vacca, Atti del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale - Università degli Studi di Parma, 2001.
Teaching methods
The theoretical aspects of engine testing are introduced during class lectures, while the experimental activity in the test cell should provide hands-on applications of engine-brake control and measurement systems.
Assessment methods
Oral examination at the end of the Course. The student should also produce a report about the analysis of experimental data acquired during test cell activity.
Teaching tools
A personal computer will be used to show some PowerPoint presentations, and to introduce data acquisition and data post-processing systems.
Office hours
See the website of Nicolò Cavina