AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM

Course objectives

Understanding the operation of internal combustion engines both in terms of thermodynamic and mechanical.

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LEONE MARTELLUCCI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Historical background, the automobile and its powertrain Propulsion Schemes, Vehicles with ICE, Hybrids, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Generalities on ICE Classification of ICE, mechanical configurations, definitions, modes of operation, 4S, 2S, SI, CI, supercharged engines, applications Thermodynamic processes, ideal, limit and actual location ICE performance, power, engine torque, characteristic parameters, regulation, specific consumption The introduction of air in ICE, breathing, distribution, scavenging in 2S ICE, turbocharging The introduction of fuel, the carburetor, electronic injection, indirect and direct injection, the ignition of MACs Combustion in SI engine, combustion chambers, metering, abnormal phenomena, fuels Combustion in CI engine, combustion chambers, injection metering, fuels Hybrid propulsion systems for vehicles: series hybrid, parallel hybrid, power split Electric propulsion systems The main components: vehicle storage systems, electric drives, transmissions, etc.
Prerequisites
Fluid Machines, Electrical Engineering, Analysis I, Physics I and II, Chemistry, Geometry, Technical Physics, Applied Mechanics
Books
C. Caputo: “Le macchine volumetriche”, Volume III, Tomo I e II, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1999 G. Ferrari: “Motori a combustione interna”, Società Editrice Esculapio; 2° edizione, 2016. J. B. Heywood: “International combustion engine fundamentals”, McGraw-Hill, 2018. D. Giacosa: “Motori endotermici”, Ed. Hoepli, Milano, 2004 M. Quarto, N. Goodnight: «Light Duty Hybrid and Electric Vehicles», Editore Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022 T. Denton, «Electric and Hybrid Vehicles», Editore Routledge; 2° edizione, 2020
Frequency
Voluntary participation
Exam mode
Written or oral test with one theory question and one calculation exercise.
Lesson mode
Course conducted in the classroom based on the schedule defined by the Area Council
LEONE MARTELLUCCI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Historical background, the automobile and its powertrain Propulsion Schemes, Vehicles with ICE, Hybrids, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Generalities on ICE Classification of ICE, mechanical configurations, definitions, modes of operation, 4S, 2S, SI, CI, supercharged engines, applications Thermodynamic processes, ideal, limit and actual location ICE performance, power, engine torque, characteristic parameters, regulation, specific consumption The introduction of air in ICE, breathing, distribution, scavenging in 2S ICE, turbocharging The introduction of fuel, the carburetor, electronic injection, indirect and direct injection, the ignition of MACs Combustion in SI engine, combustion chambers, metering, abnormal phenomena, fuels Combustion in CI engine, combustion chambers, injection metering, fuels Hybrid propulsion systems for vehicles: series hybrid, parallel hybrid, power split Electric propulsion systems The main components: vehicle storage systems, electric drives, transmissions, etc.
Prerequisites
Fluid Machines, Electrical Engineering, Analysis I, Physics I and II, Chemistry, Geometry, Technical Physics, Applied Mechanics
Books
C. Caputo: “Le macchine volumetriche”, Volume III, Tomo I e II, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1999 G. Ferrari: “Motori a combustione interna”, Società Editrice Esculapio; 2° edizione, 2016. J. B. Heywood: “International combustion engine fundamentals”, McGraw-Hill, 2018. D. Giacosa: “Motori endotermici”, Ed. Hoepli, Milano, 2004 M. Quarto, N. Goodnight: «Light Duty Hybrid and Electric Vehicles», Editore Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022 T. Denton, «Electric and Hybrid Vehicles», Editore Routledge; 2° edizione, 2020
Frequency
Voluntary participation
Exam mode
Written or oral test with one theory question and one calculation exercise.
Lesson mode
Course conducted in the classroom based on the schedule defined by the Area Council
  • Lesson code10606672
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMechanical Engineering
  • CurriculumVeicoli
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDING-IND/08
  • CFU6