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    Course Outline: ABE 105 - AB Power Engineering

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    This course outline describes ABE 105, a 4-unit course on AB Power Engineering. The course covers conventional and non-conventional power sources for agriculture, including internal combustion engines, automotive systems, concepts of work, energy and power, fuels and combustion, and renewable energy sources like biomass, solar, wind and hydro power. The weekly schedule includes 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work. Prerequisites include courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and calculus 2.

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    COURSE OUTLINE

    ABE 105 – AB Power Engineering

    I. COURSE NUMBER : ABE 105

    II. COURSE TITLE : AB Power Engineering

    III. COURSE DESCRIPTION : Conventional and non-conventional sources of


    power and their measurements for agricultural and
    biosystems applications

    IV. CREDIT : 4 units

    V. WEEKLY CONTACT HOURS : 2 hours lecture, 6 hours laboratory

    VI. PREREQUISITES : Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer, Calculus 2

    CONTENTS

    I. INTRODUCTION
    • Agriculture & Power Define
    • Kinds of Agriculture works
    • Sources of Agricultural Power

    II. HEAT ENGINES


    • External Combustion Engine
    • Internal Combustion Engine
    • Four Stroke Cycle Engine
    • Two Stroke Cycle Engine
    • Gasoline Engine
    • Diesel Engine
    • Major Parts of Internal Combustion Engine and functions

    III. AUTOMOBILE/TRACTOR SYSTEMS

    • Fuel System
    • Ignition System
    • Cooling System
    • Lubrication System
    • Hydraulic System
    • Steering System
    • Brake System
    • Transmission
    • Differential

    IV. CONCEPT OF WORK, ENERGY, POWER AND TORQUE


    • Indicated power
    • Brake, PTOP Power
    • Friction Power
    • Drawbar Power
    • Rated Power
    • Power Measurement
    • Engine Mechanical, Volumetric, Thermal, and Compression Efficiency
    • Firing Order & Firing Interval
    • Piston speed & Engine Displacement
    • Compression Ratio

    V. FUELS AND COMBUSTION


    • Classification and Composition of Fuels
    • Grades and Impurities of Gasoline
    • Kerosene, Diesel, Alcohol fuels
    • Antiknock and detonation control
    • Combustions of Hydrocarbon

    VI. RENEWABLE ENERGY


    • Biomass Furnace
    • Biomass Gasifiers
    • Solar Thermal Devices
    • Solar Photovoltaic Cell
    • Wind Pump
    • Wind Turbine
    • Hydro power
    • Ram pump
    • Biogas Plant

    References:
    1. Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards (PAES),
    2. PSME Code 1993
    3. ReferencesASAE. ASAE Standards 1997. Standards Engineering Practices Data.
    ASAE the Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems. 2959
    Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659 USA.
    4.SteamTurbines.
    http://library.thinkquest.org/c006011/english/sites/dampfturbine.php3?v=2
    5. Miller, R. and R. Miller. 1984. Small Gasoline Engines. Theodore Audel and
    Company. Boston. 632pp.
    6. Schulz, E. J. 1977. Diesel Mechanics. McGRaw-Hill Inc. U.S.A. 420pp.
    7. Stephenson, G.E. 1984. Small Gasoline Engines. 4thEd. Delmar Publishers Inc.
    Canada. 279pp.
    8. Internet-based references

    Prepared by:

    ADORNADO C. VERGARA, ABE, Ph.D.


    Associate Professor II

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