ME 50400 / ECE 59500 Automotive Control: Lecture Notes: 2
ME 50400 / ECE 59500 Automotive Control: Lecture Notes: 2
Automotive Control
Lecture Notes: 2
Instructor
Sohel Anwar, Ph.D., P.E.
THERMODYNAMICS BASICS
To understand how an engine converts the thermal
energy into mechanical energy in a quantitative way, it
is necessary to review the fundamentals of
thermodynamics.
First law of thermodynamics essentially states the
law of conservation of energy:
dq = du + dw
dq = change in thermal energy in a control volume,
positive when thermal energy is added to it
du = change in the internal energy, positive when the
internal energy increase inside the control volume
dw = change in mechanical work on the control
volume, negative when it is worked on
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Thermodynamics Basics
Consider an engine
cylinder, the air is
compressed by the piston,
fuel is injected, a spark
(SI) initiates combustion,
pressure rises pressing
the piston outward
creating mechanical
energy. All of these events
can be described by
thermodynamic equations.
Thermodynamics Basics
The work done by the piston can be expressed by one
of the following:
Thermodynamics Basics
Review the definitions of Enthalpy and Specific Heat
Constant (pages 6-9 of the textbook).
Note that:
h = u + PV where h is enthalpy
R = cp cv where R is universal gas constant
k = cp / cv where k is adiabatic exponent
The ideal gas law states:
PV = mR
Where
m = mass of the gas, kg
R = 287.4 m2/(s2K)
P = pressure in N/m2
V = volume in m3
= gas temperature in K
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Thermodynamic Cycles
The operation of engines can be described by an
appropriate thermodynamic cycle for the purpose of
analysis.
Thermodynamic cycles also give the basis for ideal
efficiency of an engine, i.e. what is upper limit of energy
conversion?
While most real processes are not reversible from a
thermodynamic sense, these cycles assume that the
processes or the state changes are reversible.
A reversible adiabatic process is known as insentropic
process where entropy remains constant. Entropy is
defined as: dS = dq/
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in
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Carnot Cycle
Since heat energy due to combustion enters the
cylinder near point 1, the only heat input in the cycle is
assumed to be during process 1-2.
Also the work input during isentropic compression (41) and isentropic expansion (2-3) are identical and
cancel each other.
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V1
V2
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w1 2 mcv d mcv ( 2 1 )
1
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V3
pdV 0
V2
dq du dw du mcv d
3
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dq 0
dq du dw 0
dw du mcv d
4
w3 4 mcv d mcv ( 4 3 )
3
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V1
pdV 0
V4
dq du dw du mcv d
1
20
w1 2 w23 w3 4 w41
th
q2 3
mcv ( 2 1 ) 0 mcv ( 4 3 ) 0
mcv ( 3 2 )
mcv ( 3 2 ) mcv ( 4 1 )
mcv ( 3 2 )
( 4 1 )
1
( 3 2 )
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( 4 1 )
th 1
( 3 2 )
Now
4V1k 1 3V2k 1
1V1k 1 2V2k 1
Therefore
( 4 1 )V
k 1
1
( 3 2 )V
( 4 1 ) V2
( 3 2 ) V1
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k 1
2
k 1
4 V3
3 V4
k 1
th 1
23
k 1
k 1
Observations
th 1
k 1
1
1 1.4 1 0.617
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Diesel Engines
Rudolf Diesel developed the first compression ignition
(CI) engine in 1893-1897.
The CI engine (widely known as Diesel Engine) also
has two fundamental types: Four Stroke Cycle and Two
Stroke Cycle.
It operates on higher compression ratio than SI engines.
Combustion takes place due to high temperature
developed in the compression stroke, which cause gas
expansion at nearly constant pressure. Constant
pressure is maintained by controlling the fuel injection in
the chamber.
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Diesel Engines
The constant pressure combustion process becomes
longer if more fuel is injected into the combustion
chamber.
Injection ratio or load is defined as the ratio of the
volume at the end of combustion to the volume at the
beginning of combustion.
V3 3
V2 2
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w1 2 mcv d mcv ( 2 1 )
1
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dp 0
dq mc p d
3
q23 mc p d mc p ( 3 2 )
2
dw pdV mRd
3
w23 mR d mR( 3 2 )
2
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dq 0
dq du dw 0
dw du mcv d
4
w3 4 mcv d mcv ( 4 3 )
3
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V1
pdV 0
V4
dq du dw du mcv d
1
q4 1 mcv d mcv (1 4 )
4
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w1 2 w23 w3 4 w41
th
q2 3
4
( 1)
1 1 1
1
k 2 ( 3 1)
2
[ R (c p cv )];[k
cp
cv
]
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1 p1 p3 p1 V4
V3 4
V4 3
1
k 1
4 4
1 3
V1 2
V2 1
k
k 1
2
1
k
k 1
V1
[ pV k C ]
V2
1
k 1
4
1
k
k 1
2
3
4 2
k
1 3
1 1 k 1
th 1 k 1
k 1
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k
k 1
Example Problem
Find the ideal thermodynamic (thermal) efficiency of a
diesel engine, if the compression ratio for the engine is
20 and the injection ratio is 2. Assume the adiabetic gas
constant k = 1.4.
Solution:
1 1 1
th 1 k 1
k 1
k
1
1 2 1
0.647
1 1.4 1
20
1.4 2 1
1 .4
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Observations
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Supplemental Material
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