Self-Study Programmes
Illustrated guides to how our rigs work — read them before a lab session, or to understand what a rig can teach. Each one can be downloaded as a PDF.
- SSP 01 Computerized IC Engine Test Rig Design and Function Parts and sensors, how each quantity is measured, running a load test, performance calculations, combustion analysis, VCR and Open ECU. Read SSP 01
- SSP 02 Open ECU Design and Function Sensors and actuators, crank and cam position, injection and spark timing for CRDI, GDI, PFI and gas kits, injection quantity, EGR and safe calibration. Read SSP 02
- SSP 03 Heat Transfer Laboratory Design and Function Conduction, convection, fins, radiation, heat exchangers, condensation and heat pipes — with calculators for each apparatus. Read SSP 03
- SSP 04 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Design and Function The vapour compression cycle on a p-h chart, COP from your rig readings, the ice plant, psychrometry and vapour absorption. Read SSP 04
- SSP 05 Steam and Gas Turbines Design and Function The steam power plant and Rankine cycle, boiler and impulse turbine tests, the turbojet's Brayton cycle and thrust measurement. Read SSP 05