About Event

Day 1: Forenoon
Fundamental engine concepts
Single vs multi-cylinder engines, short stroke vs long stroke engine, Cubic capacity Vs torque output Vs power output. Valve timing Vs engine performance. Pressure wave tuning. CI vs SI engine combustion, spark advance, abnormal combustion, diesel knock Vs gasoline knock. Octane and cetane numbers.
Combustion chamber and valve train advancements
Divided, open and air cell combustion chamber. Significance of swirl, squish and turbulence. Sparkplug positioning and multiple sparkplugs, ignition timing.
SOHC Vs DOHC valve arrangement, Multiple valve arrangement, Variable valve timing, desmodromic valvetrain.
Naturally aspirated and Forced induction, Super and turbo charging, VGT, RAM air intake.
Modern engine cooling and lubrication
Effects of over cooling, Contemporary cooling techniques, Merits demerits. Optimum engine operating temperatures, Cooling components, Coolant and additives.
Dry and wet sump lubrication. Merits and demerits. Lubricants- Properties, Single and multi-grade, mineral, semi and fully synthetic engine oils.
Advanced fuel and emission management techniques
Lean burn engines, stratified charge engines, Gasoline fuel injection system- TBI, MPFI, GDI. Electronic engine control system, sensors and actuators. GDI system- Modes of operation, merits and demerits, Combustion Chamber design in GDI engines. Port and direct injection.
Emission control devices, Contemporary emission reduction techniques- Atkinson cycle engines, Engine downsizing, cylinder deactivation, higher compression ratio, ethanol blends. LPG and CNG fuel.
Future drivetrains
Electric drives- Advantages and disadvantages, Thermal and battery management system, environmental impact and waste disposal management.
Hybrid drives- Series and parallel hybrid, driving modes, Merits and demerits. Energy storage methods- Battery and Fuel cell vehicles. Hydrogen combustion engines- Merits and limitations.

Day 1: Afternoon
Virtual Engine building preview
Virtual demonstration session on GDI engine building.

Day 2: Forenoon and afternoon

VR engine building training
Offline hands-on VR session on engine building.

**NOTE: LAPTOP IS MANDATORY, SINCE HANDS-ON SESSIONS NEEDS PROGRAMMING