Key Features:

• Significantly enhances practical investigations, demonstrations and studies of internal combustion engines
• For use with TecQuipment’s Small Engine Test Set (TD200) and Regenerative Engine Test Set (TD300) and engines
• Can also be used with other engines fitted with suitable cylinder head transducers and crank angle encoders
• Includes powerful Windows®-based software specially designed for educational use
• Automatic calculation and real-time display of p-q plots and p-V plots and other important parameters
• Useful snap-shot, replay and animation functions
• Accurate, clear animations of crank, piston, inlet and exhaust valve positions help students visualise the engine cycle
• Students can export data for further analysis

Description:

• The versatile equipment consists of both hardware and software specially designed for educational use. It enables students to investigate the relationship between crank angle or volume and the cylinder pressure in an internal combustion engine
• The equipment consists of a hardware unit with connectors and leads, plus Windows®-based data acquisition and analysis software.
• The output from the hardware unit connects to a computer (computer not included) running the Engine Cycle Analyser software. The hardware unit includes LED indicators to show the processor readiness, encoder top dead-centre position and PC communication status.
• The software provides real-time display:
  • pressure versus crank angle (p-q)
  • pressure versus volume (p-V)
  • calculations on the data to accurately display indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP)
  • indicated power
  • Comparison with brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), brake power to determine the mechanical efficiency of the test engine
• The software has useful snap-shot, replay and animation functions to help students visualize and better understand the engine cycle. The snap-shot and replay allow students to capture several engine cycles and study them using an animation showing the relative position of the crank, piston, inlet and exhaust valves.
• The software also allows students to create and recall engine configuration files for convenient entry of test engine data needed for calculations such as crank radius and engine swept volume

Learning Outcomes:

• The thermodynamic cycle of an internal combustion engine
• Calculation of indicated mean effective pressure and indicated power
• Comparison of indicated mean effective pressure and brake mean effective pressure
• Mechanical efficiency of the test engine
• Further work using exported data such as combustion analysis