Who invented the diesel engine?
Rudolf Diesel
Ignition occurs due to heat generated by compression of air causing ignition, thus burning fuel, and expand as the piston recedes on working stroke, converting heat into work
Diesel engine
whose objective was a “rational heat engine”
carnot cycle
It is the total distance travelled by each piston in one minute
Piston speed
It is the ratio of actual volume of air drawn at intake temperature and pressure, induced and compressed, to the displacement volume.
Volumetric Efficiency
Referring to engine cylinder, indicated power is the power developed in the cylinder.
Indicated Power
It is the power delivered by the shaft at the output end.
Brake Power
Due to friction losses Pmb is always less than Pmi .
Mean Brake Pressure
It is the ratio of the brake power, to the indicated power
Mechanical Efficiency
It is the power dissipated in an engine due to friction losses.
Friction Power
It is the ratio of the generator power, to the brake power
Generator Efficiency
It is the ratio of the work done by heat engine to the heat supplied by the fuel, HHV
Thermal Efficiency
the ratio of the indicated power, to the heat supplied by the fuel
Indicated Thermal Efficiency
the ratio of the brake power, to the heat supplied by the fuel
Brake Thermal Efficiency
It is the ratio of the thermal efficiencies, to ideal thermal efficiency
Engine Efficiency
It is the ratio of the indicated thermal efficiency, to cycle efficiency
Indicated Engine Efficiency
It is the ratio of the brake thermal efficiency, to cycle efficiency
Brake Engine Efficiency
has the advantages such as: cost of excavation is avoided; leakage is readily detected; maintenance is easier; water and sediments are easily drained
Exposed tanks
has the following advantages: oil can be delivered by gravity; fire hazard is reduced; and plant ground more easily landscaped.
Buried tanks
Diesel engine needs of air per minute per hp developed
0.056-0.084 m3
is required between engine and air intake
silencer
Exhaust system may carry m3/min of gases per hp developed
0.168 – 0.224
consist of frame filled with metal shavings, coated with special oil which would seize and hold dust particles carried by air. It requires removing, cleaning and re-oiling.
Oil-impingement
air is swept to oil pool, coating the air particles and trapped in the air filter
Oil bath
is made of cloth, felt, glass wool, etc. which catches dirt.
Dry type
the working medium is primarily a permanent gas, such as combustion or flue gases
Gas Turbine Power Plant
process in which gas turbines operates in two isentropic and two isobaric process, for ideal cycle.
Brayton cycle (or Joule cycle)
is a heat exchanger which recovers waste heat from the cycle and transfers it to the fluid at a point where the pressure is higher and the temperature is lower
Regenerator
is a heat exchanger which removes heat from the working medium between stages of compression, thereby giving an approximation to isothermal compression
Intercooler
is a heat exchanger which removes heat from the working medium prior to first stage of compression
Precooler
used to cool the exhaust gases in a closed or semiclosed cycle
Aftercooler
is the general term for the thermal component in which heat is added to the working medium.
heater
is the term used, when the heater is used to increase the temperature between expansion stages to approximate isothermal expansion
Reheater
is a patented device combining expansion and compression functions in a single rotor permitting high cycle temperatures.
Comprex
is one in which all the working medium follows a single path through the entire cycle
Series flow arrangement
is one in which the medium follows a divided path through some of the cycle
Series-parallel flow arrangement
is one when all rotors are coupled together on a common axis and rotate with fixed speed relationships
Single shaft
when the rotors lie on more than one rotational axis.
Multiple shaft
if no fixed speed relationship exists between several shafts, all except the power coupling shaft
Floating shaft
Temperatures of the gas entering the expander is
1200°C to 1290°C
Exhaust temperature is
540°C to 590°C
The exhaust flowrate in modern heavy duty turbines per 100 MW is approximately
240 kg/s to 250 kg/s
the turbine power is used to drive the high efficiency compressor.
50% to 75%
method of graphin water flow in the stream
hydrograph
1 acr ft to cubic ft
43560
sg of oil
0.9
Cp of water
4.187 Kj/Kg
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