Liquid piston engines

Content: 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 Fluidyne2.12 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
 References and Bibliography
 3 Customer Satisfaction Issues
 3.1 Durability Issues
 3.2 Testing of Engines 3.3 Design of Systems3.4 Systems Durability
 References and Bibliography
 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 Mobility4.18 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
 References and Bibliography
 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
 References and Bibliography
 7 Sources of Noise in Diesel Engines
 7.1 Introduction
 7.2 Combustion Noise 7.3 Piston Assembly Noise7.4 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
 References and Bibliography
 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