The students know
- the mechanical and physical fundamentals of piston machines and combustion engines.
They know about
- the connections between the thermodynamic and engineering design of these machines and can apply them in practice.

B2.06060.30.0480 - Technical Thermodynamics 1
B2.06060.30.050 - Fluid mechanics
B2.06060.00.010 - Technical Thermodynamics 2
B2.06060.40.030 - Heat and material transfer

• Mechanics of the crank drive, crank star, mass balance
  • Comparison processes for compressors
  • Piston pumps and compressors
  • rotary lobe pumps, rotary compressors
  • Work processes of internal combustion engines
  • mixture formation and combustion
  • Exhaust gases: composition, reduction of pollutant emissions
  • Components of internal combustion engines
  • Design of internal combustion engines

W. Kalide, H. Sigloch: Energieumwandlung in Kraft- und Arbeitsmschinen: Piston machines - Fluid flow machines - Kraftwerke, Hanser, 2010
W. Eifler, E. Schlücker, U. Spicher, W. Gotthard: Küttner Kolbenmaschinen, Vieweg + Teubner, 2008
Köhler, Flierl: Verbrennungsmotoren. Motormechanik, Berechnung und
Auslegung des Hubkolbenmotors; Vieweg 2008

Integrated course (ILV)

General examination