Diesel Engine Performance and Aftertreatment Systems
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This course begins with a high-level engine system overview and then dives into the details of component and system design, performance, control, and failure. Understand torque (versus speed characteristics) of your engine within thermodynamic, emission, and mechanical limits to meet customer requirements. You will also learn how to identify critical variables and design parameters controlling intake, the combustion chamber, and exhaust flows through the engine and aftertreatment systems. The course culminates in a comparison of aftertreatment system architecture across all major vehicle classifications.
Course Outline
In Person Course Topics
Online Course Topics
Online Course Tabs
IN PERSON COURSE TOPICS
Overview of IC Engine Systems
- Power Technology Comparison
- Combustion Cycles and Regimes
- Design Configuration and Criteria
- Current and Future Markets
Pressure-Volume Analysis, Work, and Power
- Power and Efficiency
- Piston Work Calculations
Engine Torque Curves
- Applications
- Design Limits
Applying Thermodynamics in Engines
- Maximum Work of IC Engines
- Entropy and Thermodynamic Availability
- Properties of the Engine Cycles
- Heat Release and Specific Heat Ratio
Combustion Development in Diesel Engines
- Fuel Injection Spray and Mixing Processes
- Ignition Chemistry, and EGR effects
- Diffusion Flames and Temperature Considerations
- Combustion Chamber Optimization
Fuel Chemistry and Specifications
- Combustion Stoichiometry Reactions
- Fuel Energy and Performance Specifications
Diesel Fuel Systems
- Injection Nozzle Design
- Injection Fuel System Types
- Commons Rail Systems
Air Handling in Diesel Engines
- Port/Valve Flow and Motion
- Valve Event Optimization and Tuning
- Miller & Atkinson Cycles
- EGR and Exhaust Temperature Control
Turbocharging
- Compressor Maps and Optimization
- Engine Matching and Boost Control
- EGR, Two-stage, and Intercooling
- Transient Supercharging
Engine Emissions and Regulation
- Air Pollution Overview
- Emissions Regulations and Testing
- Diesel Engine Emissions
Overview of Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Systems
- System Functions and Architectures
- Catalytic converter Design Basics
- Performance and Control
Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF)
- Design
- Performance and Control
- Failures
Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)
- Design
- Performance and Control
- Failures
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
- Physics of NH3 (DEF) Catalyst System
- Design and Performance
- Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC) Design
- Failure Mechanisms
Lean NOx Traps (LNT)
Aftertreatment System Configurations
- Heavy and Light Duty Trucks
- Off Highway
- Passenger Cars
ONLINE COURSE TOPICS
Day 1
Overview of IC Engine Systems
- Power Technology Comparison
- Combustion Cycles and Regimes
- Design Configuration and Criteria
- Current and Future Markets
Pressure-Volume Analysis, Work and Power
- Power and Efficiency
- Piston Work Calculations
Engine Torque Curves
- Applications
- Design limits
Day 2
Applying Thermodynamics in Engines
- Maximum work of IC Engines
- Entropy and Thermodynamic Availability
- Properties of the Engine Cycles
- Heat Release and Specific Heat Ratio
Combustion and Development in Diesel Engines
- Fuel Injection Spray and Mixing Processes
- Ignition Chemistry, and EGR effects
- Diffusion Flames and Temperature Considerations
- Combustion Chamber Optimization
Diesel Fuel Systems
- Injection Nozzle Design
- Injection Fuel System Types
- Commons Rail Systems
Day 3
Fuel Chemistry and Specifications
- Combustion and Stoichiometry Reactions
- Fuel Energy and Performance Specifications
Air Handling in Diesel Engines
- Port/Valve Flow and Motion
- Valve Event Optimization and Tuning
- Miller & Atkinson cycles
- EGR and Exhaust Temperature Control
Turbocharging
- Compressor Maps and Optimization
- Engine Matching and Boost Control
- EGR, Two-stage, and Intercooling
- Transient Supercharging
Day 4
Engine Emissions and Regulation
- Air Pollution Overview
- Emissions Regulations and Testing
- Diesel Engine Emissions
Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF)
- Design
- Performance and Control
- Failures
Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)
- Design
- Performance and Control
- Failures
Day 5
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
- Physics of NH3 (DEF) Catalyst System
- Design and Performance
- Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC) Design
- Failure Mechanisms
Aftertreatment System Configurations
- Heavy and Light Duty Trucks
- Off Highway
- Passenger Cars
ONLINE COURSE TABS
Monday – Overview of Diesel Engine Systems
Introductions
Tab 1 - Overview of Engine Mechanical Systems
Tab 2 - Pressure-Volume Analysis, Work and Power
Tab 3 - The Torque Curve and Engine Applications
Tuesday –Diesel Engine Thermodynamics and Combustion
Tab 4 – Applying Thermodynamic in Compression,
Combustion, and Expansion
Tab 5 - Combustion and Development in Diesel Engines
Tab 6 - Diesel Fuel Systems
Wednesday – Diesel Engine Performance Development
Tab 7 - Fuel Chemistry and Specifications
Tab 8 - Air Handling in Diesel Engines
- Pulse Dynamics and System Tuning
- Miller & Atkinson cycles
- In-cylinder Flow
Tab 9 – Turbocharging
Thursday – Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Emission Systems
Tab 10 - Diesel Engine Emissions and Regulation
Tab 11 – Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF)
- Functions
- Design (Substrates, Catalyst)
- Performance (Filtration, Regeneration)
- Control (Sensors, Loading, Regeneration)
- Failures (Cracking, Ash, etc.)
Tab 12 – Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)
- Functions
- Design and Performance
- Control
- Failure Mechanisms
Friday – Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Emission Systems
Tab 13 – Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
- DEF Introduction System
- SCR System Controls
- System Failure Mechanisms
- Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC) Design
- SCR-on-Filter (SCRF, SDPF)
Tab 14 – Aftertreatment System Configurations
- Passenger Cars
- Pick-up Trucks
- HD Trucks
- Off-Highway Equipment
Review, Question
Instructors
Michael Andrie
Michael Andrie is a program director and a researcher at the Engine Research Center (ERC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has more than 35 years of experience in engine development. Andrie began his engineering career at John Deere and then spent 17 years at Cummins Engine Company, where he managed and developed engines for the automotive, industrial, and marine markets. He joined the University of Wisconsin in 2007 and is active in research, mentoring, consulting, and continuing engineering education. Andrie holds several patents and is author on numerous publications. He also serves as the program manager for the over 35 members of the “Direct-injection Engine Research Consortium” (DERC) and the Biennial ERC symposium. Andrie holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
David Foster
David Foster is the Phil and Jean Myers Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the past director of the UW Engine Research Center. He has more than 40 years of experience in diesel and spark-ignition combustion research, and continues to be a consultant throughout the internal combustion engine industry and at US National Laboratories. Through these efforts he has gained practical engine development experience to complement his expertise in the fundamental sciences. Foster holds a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Thomas Harris
Tom Harris, Technical Specialist, Tenneco, has a B.S. in Chemistry from Butler University, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.E. in Engine Systems from the University of Wisconsin. He has over 20 years of industrial experience, including 10 years with John Deere Power Systems, where he focused on aftertreatment design and development. He joined Tenneco in 2016; currently, he is a member of Global System Engineering, where he is involved in the modeling and testing of future aftertreatment and thermal management technologies for commercial trucks and off-highway equipment. He holds over 10 patents and has over 20 peer-reviewed publications.
Andrea Strzelec
Andrea Strzelec returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Program Director for the Masters of Engineering in Engine Systems (MEES) this May after being an Assistant Professor the Department of Mechanical Engineering and principle investigator of the Combustion & Reaction Characterization Laboratory (CRCL) at Mississippi State University and Texas A&M University.
Previous to her academic career, she did postdoctoral fellowships at Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. She received her interdisciplinary Combustion Engineering, combining Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working through the Engine Research Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her teaching experience is in thermodynamics, heat transfer, internal combustion engines, automotive engineering and combustion science.
Dr. Strzelec is also the Vice Chair of the SAE Exhaust Aftertreatment and Emissions Committee, Associate Editor of the Journal of Emissions Control Science & Technology, a recipient of the 2016 SAE Forrest R. McFarland Service Award, 2015 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the recipient of the Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering 2015 Brittian Undergraduate Teaching Award
Upcoming dates (1)
Sep. 20-22, 2021
Diesel Engine Performance and Aftertreatment Systems
Location: Madison, WI
Course #: RA01596-C066
Fee: $1,595
Fee
- $1,595
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Fee covers online materials.
Credit(s)
- CEU: 2.1
- PDH: 21
Schedule
- 9/20/2021 08:00am - 04:00pm
- 9/21/2021 08:00am - 04:00pm
- 9/22/2021 08:00am - 04:00pm
Instructor(s)
Michael Andrie, David Foster, Thomas Harris, Andrea StrzelecLocations
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
Diesel Engine Performance and Aftertreatment Systems
Course #: RA01596Diesel Engine Performance and Aftertreatment Systems
Date: Mon. September 21, 2020 – Fri. September 25, 2020ID: RA01596-U283
Fee:
- $1,595
-
Fee covers online course instruction and materials.
- CEU: 2.1
- PDH: 21
Diesel Engine Performance and Aftertreatment Systems
Date: Mon. September 16, 2019 – Wed. September 18, 2019ID: RA01596-T953
Fee:
- $1,595
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Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, and course materials
- CEU: 2
- PDH: 20
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