The main purpose of this research is to analyze the performance of an evaporator for the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system and discuss the influence of the evaporator on the operating characteristics of diesel engine. A simulation model of fin-and-tube evaporator of the ORC system is established by using Fluent software. Then, the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the exhaust at the ev...

The generated torque ripple in switched reluctance motors (SRM) can be considered as one of the major disadvantages of the motor. It is mainly due to frequent switching of phases for rotation of the motor and changes of the air gap length between the rotor and stator teeth. It decreases the average developed torque, diminish the efficiency, causes noise and vibration in the motor. So, in order ...

We present a novel spin-torque oscillator based on two three-layer MgO-MTJs with a shared free layer. By performing extensive micromagnetic simulations we found that the structure exhibits a wide tunability of oscillation frequencies from a few GHz to several tens of GHz. We discuss the optimization of such structures in order to obtain the maximum output power. Keywords—spin-torque; oscillator...

The major issue for the wheeled mobile robot is the low level controller gains tuning up especially in the robot competition. The floor surface can be damaged by the robot wheels during the competition, therefore the surface coefficient can be changed over time. PI gains have to be tuned before every match along the competition. In this research, the torque controller is defined and implemented...

Changing the compression ratio and presence of turbocharger are two important issues, affecting on performance, and exhaust emissions in internal combustion engines. To study the functional properties and exhaust emissions in regards to compression ratio at different speeds, the numerical solution of the governing equations on the fluid flow inside the combustion chamber and the numerical solut...

Engine testing involves measurement of rotating speed and torque of the engine by applying load controlled by a dynamometer connected to its output shaft. HORIBA has developed various types of dynamometer for the purpose of engine testing. They are mainly classifi ed into two types; one is absorbing only dynamometer such as hydraulic dynamometers and eddy-current dynamometers, the other is abso...

In this paper, a numerical solution of the optimal thermal management problem for a parallel hybrid electric vehicle is presented by taking into account the engine temperature. This temperature influences the fuel consumption and has a dynamical behavior which is controlled by the engine torque. Simulation results are presented to evaluate the benefit of adding this new state variable to the op...

Start of fuel injection and fuel type are two important factors affecting engine performance and exhaust emissions in internal combustion engines. In the present study, a one-dimensional computational fluid dynamics solution with GT-Power software is used to simulate a six-cylinder diesel engine to study the performance and exhaust emissions with different injection timing and alternative fuels...

VarioCam technology allows adjustment of the camshaft angle and is set to provide optimum performance for each Porsche engine. For example, in the Boxster, the camshaft angle can be adjusted by as much as 40 degrees compared to the crankshaft, reducing charge cycle losses, improving power, fuel consumption and keeping exhaust emissions to a minimum. In the Cayenne, an adjustment of up to 25 deg...