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Heat Engines

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of this course the student should be able to • Demonstrate knowledge of heat engines including types of internal and external combustion engines. • Demonstrate knowledge of Stirling engines and its types. • Acquire the fundamentals of heat engines including their different types and their operating performance. • Apply the related knowledge in various engineering applications. • Solve problems about the ideal Stirling cycle. • Share ideas and work in a team in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Course Goals
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

MEP412s

Description

  • English Description

    Thermodynamic Cycles and Heat Engines, Stirling Engine as an Example of a Heat Engine, Ideal Stirling Cycle, Actual Stirling Cycle, Deviation between the Ideal and Actual Cycles. Arrangements of Stirling Engines, Drive Mechanisms, Working Fluids in Stirling Engines, Heaters – Types, Methods of External Heating. Coolers, Regenerators, Advantages and Disadvantages of Stirling Engines, Applications of Stirling Engine
  • Arabic Description

    Thermodynamic Cycles and Heat Engines, Stirling Engine as an Example of a Heat Engine, Ideal Stirling Cycle, Actual Stirling Cycle, Deviation between the Ideal and Actual Cycles. Arrangements of Stirling Engines, Drive Mechanisms, Working Fluids in Stirling Engines, Heaters – Types, Methods of External Heating. Coolers, Regenerators, Advantages and Disadvantages of Stirling Engines, Applications of Stirling Engine
  • Department
    Mechanical Power Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Student Activities (35 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 15% , tr.Self_learning 5% , tr.Seminar 15% ) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 1, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4
  • • William R. Martini, 1983. Stirling Engine design manual, 2nd Edition, NASA, Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  • • Walker, G., 1980. Stirling Engines, Clarendon Press, Oxford, U.K. - William R. Martini. Stirling Engine design manual 2nd Edition NASA. - William R. Martini. Stirling Engine design manual 2nd Edition NASA. .