Fachgebiete am Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften im Überblick
Courses
Optimization of prime movers
Turbocharging of internal combustion engines, from PO2019 Optimization of prime movers
Mechanical Engineering degree program (B. Eng.), 3 CP, 5th semester
- Description of thermodynamic cycle processes (Seiliger process, temperature dependence of caloric state variables)
- Relationship between boost pressure, compression, timing, combustion and peak pressure on efficiency and the engine process
- Effect of turbocharging on the engine process
- Types of turbocharging units and their mode of operation
- Supercharger maps and interaction of engine and supercharger
- Exhaust gas turbocharger and its components
- Control of the turbocharger and turbocharging concepts
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
Degree program Automotive Engineering, Energy Technology and Production Planning (M. Eng.), 3 CP
- Overview of the possible applications of computational fluid mechanics
- Unsteady basic equations of fluid mechanics for compressible and incompressible media
- Turbulence and turbulence modeling
- Discretization in space
- Discretization in time
- Causes and evaluation of errors
- Evaluation, visualization and animation of fluid mechanical variables
- Application to fluid mechanical tasks in Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering
Heat transfer
Mechanical Engineering degree program (B. Eng.), 3 CP, 3rd semester
- Consolidation of basic knowledge of mass and energy balances
- Heat exchangers, heat conduction and heat transfer
- Determination of heat transfer coefficients for the most common forms of heat transfer for the following cases Free and forced convection, evaporation, condensation and radiation for simple geometries such as pipe, annular gap and flat surface
- Calculation of the heat flow in steady-state operation and the temperature change of the system in simple transient cases
Thermal energy conversion
Degree program Automotive Engineering, Energy Technology and Production Planning (M. Eng.), 5 CP
- Energy sources and energy storage
- Advanced basics of heat transfer
- Heat transfer in ribs and rods
- Basics of temperature measurement technology
- Temperature measurement with resistance thermometers and thermocouples
- Experimental test planning and error analysis for experimental measurements
Advanced fluid mechanics
Degree program Automotive Engineering, Energy Technology and Production Planning (M. Eng.), 2 CP
- Unsteady, frictional basic equations of fluid mechanics for compressible and incompressible media
- Frictionless and potential flows
- Frictional and creeping flows
- Basics of boundary layer theory
- Basics of the cause and effect of turbulence
- Selected fluid mechanics problems in Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering
Heat and fluid mechanics
Industrial Engineering and Management degree program (B. Eng.), 5 CP, 4th semester
- Main theorems of thermodynamics
- Thermal equation of state of ideal gases
- Changes of state of ideal gases (isobars, isochors, isotherms, isentropes, polytropes)
- Material data of ideal gases
- Application of the laws of conservation of mass and energy to fluids with constant density, Bernoulli's theorem (frictionless)
- Application of the laws of conservation of mass and energy to fluids with constant density, Bernoulli's theorem (with friction), pressure losses
- Circular processes with ideal gases
- Water, water vapor, T,s and h,s diagrams, states of matter and their changes
- Steam power processes
- Heat transfer and heat exchangers
- Combustion of gaseous fuels
Laboratory exercises
In addition to the courses, laboratory and simulation exercises are offered in the field on the following topics:
- Heat transfer
- Data transmission with CAN bus
- Energy consumption measurement of motor vehicles (VKM and electric)
- Accuracy of temperature measurement
- photovoltaics
- Flow simulation
Final theses
As part of the field's research activities, projects and theses are carried out in the following areas
- Flow simulation for centrifugal compressors
- Experiments on compressor pumping
- Experiments to minimize emissions from a biogas CHP unit
- Extension of the test bench control with Labview
- Expansion of measurement and sensor technology and information exchange with control units
offered. The specific task is agreed individually.
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