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Piston Machines

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Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Piston machines are the most used power and work machines in the mechanical engineering industry. The piston machines are divided in so-called reciprocating and rotary piston machines. With the first one a reciprocating motion is transformed to a rotary motion in the case of the power machine and conversely in the case of the working machine. Today rotary piston machines are almost exclusively used as work machines. Important innovations and intensive researches are practiced particularly for the use of the piston machines as an internal combustion engine. Therefore the mixture formation and the combustion process, with their consequences in terms of emission and fuel-consumption are int the center of attention.

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Abbreviations

BDC:

bottom dead center

BMEP:

break mean effective pressure

CDC:

crank dead center

CFC:

chlorofluorocarbons

CI:

compression ignition

CI:

corporate identity

CIFI:

cylinder-individual fuel injection

CMCV:

charge motion control valve

CNG:

compressed natural gas

CR:

common rail

DI:

direct injection

ECM:

electrochemical machining

ECM:

electronic control module

ECU:

electronic control unit

EGR:

exhaust gas recirculation

EPA:

Environmental Protection Agency

GJL:

lamellar graphite cast iron

HC:

hydrocarbons

HDC:

head dead center

HFID:

heated flame ionization detector

IDI:

indirect diesel injection

ISB:

interact system B

LHV:

lower heating value

LNG:

liquefied natural gas

LPG:

petroleum gas

MEP:

mean effective pressure

MTBE:

methyl t-butyl ether

NDIR:

nondispersive infrared

NEDC:

New European Driving Cycle

PCM:

powertrain control module

PM:

powder metallurgy

PV:

pressure valve

SEFI:

sequential fuel injection

SFC:

specific fuel consumption

SI:

secondary ions

SI:

spark ignition

SI:

spark-ignited

SI:

system international

SOF:

soluble organic fraction

TDC:

top dead center

UHC:

unburned hydrocarbon

VOC:

volatile organic compound

VOF:

volatile organic fraction

rpm:

revolutions per minute

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. System Engineering, Diesel Fuel Systems, Robert Bosch LLC, 38000 Hills Tech Drive, 48331, Farmington Hills, MI, USA

    Vince Piacenti B.Sc.

  2. Institute of Mobile Systems, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Helmut Tschoeke Prof.

  3. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

    Jon H. Van Gerpen Prof.

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  1. Vince Piacenti B.Sc.
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Correspondence to Vince Piacenti B.Sc. , Helmut Tschoeke Prof. or Jon H. Van Gerpen Prof. .

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany, Universitätsplatz 2

    Karl-Heinrich Grote Professor Dr.-Ing.

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (CALTEC), 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA, 1200 East California Boulevard

    Erik K. Antonsson Professor

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Piacenti, V., Tschoeke, H., Van Gerpen, J.H. (2009). Piston Machines. In: Grote, KH., Antonsson, E. (eds) Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30738-9_10

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