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Engine Testing Theory and Practice | PDF

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Contents

  • Preface vii
  • Acknowledgements ix
  • Introduction xi
  • Units and conversion factors xv
  1. Test facility specification, system integration and project organization
  2. The test cell as a thermodynamic system
  3. Vibration and noise
  4. Test cell and control room design: an overall view
  5. Ventilation and air conditioning
  6. Test cell cooling water and exhaust gas systems
  7. Fuel and oil storage, supply and treatment
  8. Dynamometers and the measurement of torque
  9. Coupling the engine to the dynamometer
  10. Electrical design considerations
  11. Test cell control and data acquisition
  12. Measurement of fuel, combustion air and oil consumption
  13. Thermal efficiency, measurement of heat and mechanical losses
  14. The combustion process and combustion analysis
  15. The test department organization, health and safety management, risk
    assessment correlation of results and design of experiments
  16. Exhaust emissions
  17. Tribology, fuel and lubrication testing
  18. Chassis or rolling road dynamometers
  19. Data collection, handling, post-test processing, engine calibration
    and mapping
  20. The pursuit and definition of accuracy: statistical analysis of test results Index

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