MECH 4354 - Process Equipment

A study of rotary engines, gas turbine engines, compressors and pumps in relation to physical designs, including problems of metallurgy, thermodynamics and fluid flow dynamics. Characteristics and application requirements with a detail coverage of the variety of current designs. Current design trends for combustors with improved exhaust emission characteristics. Applications of principles through actual tests of engines, components and systems. Experiments and demonstrations covering combustion phenomena, dynamometer characteristics and test instrumentation. Evaluation of noise and vibrations through experiments. Evaluation of air-fuel ratios through exhaust gas analysis. Application of test instrumentation, analysis techniques, and computer analysis of test results for rotary engines, turbines, compressors and engine driven devices.