This thesis details an experimental and computational investigation of the relationship between exhaust system geography, the exhaust port pressure history and the gas exchange process in reciprocating four-stroke engines. The study was conducted in four phases. In the first phase, an extensive experimental programme was undertaken, during which key engine performance indicators together with exhaust and intake system manifold pressure and temperature data were recorded on a Rover 1.4 litre 16-valve K series engine. Measured data from each test were used to validate computational predictions. In the second phase the effect of the phasing of pressure waves at the exhaust port was systematically studied using a modified version of the validated model. The relationships between key engine performance indicators and the pressure at the exhaust port during specific periods of the exhaust event were identified. In the third phase, exhaust system gas dynamics were studied and the effect of exhaust system junctions and components on the transmitted and reflected characteristics of pressure waves were investigated. A method was identified by which the dynamic pressure history at the exhaust port could be broken down into its principal incident and reflected pressure wave components.

In case of fire, the smoke plum will reach the roof creating a ceiling jet leading to the edge and starting to descend. The smoke descending rate depends heavily on the smoke production rate and the way it was produced. Recent research has been concentrated on the smoke produced in an axi-symmetric plume model, but rarely on wall or corner plume models. In addition, the smoke production rate was estimated based on different fire sizes, which neglected the effect introduced by the make-up air, and is the main theme of this study. During the earlier stage of this study, the calculation models to predict the smoke entrainment rate was analyzed to identify its effectiveness in calculating the smoke production rate under cornered fires. In addition, the effect of the make-up air on the mechanical and natural smoke exhaust system was analyzed to calculate the corresponding smoke descending rate. Finally, the optimal calculation model to be utilized for the performance-based fire engineering designs of smoke management systems will be proposed, so that the make-up air effect can also be coupled during the design process.

Experiments were conducted to determine the suitability of a chromized steel for use in automotive exhaust applications. Due to government regulations leading to higher temperatures and a more corrosive environment within the automotive exhaust system, Cr-lean alloys such as Type 409 no longer suffice. The high cost of increasing alloying elements to reduce the corrosion susceptibility of exhaust components has led to exhaust manufactures moving toward a sacrificially protected aluminized stainless steel (Type 409Al). Yet, costs remain high due to the stainless steel substrate. Arcanum Alloys have designed a process in which an IF steel coil is chromized using a Cr-rich slurry, creating a thin but corrosion resistant layer. This chromized layer drastically increases the corrosion resistance, without affecting the formability of the interstitial-free (IF) steel substrate and remaining cost-effective. The localized corrosion resistance of the chromized IF steel (XHOM) was measured against current generation ferritic stainless steels in a simulated interior (exhaust gas condensate) and exterior (NaCl (aq)) automotive exhaust environment. Electrochemical polarization measurements along with atmospheric corrosion tests were conducted to characterize and compare the localized corrosion susceptibility of XHOM and benchmark ferritic stainless steels. The specific tests include the following: I. Potentiodynamic polarization curves in NaCl (aq), measuring the corrosion potential (Ecorr), critical current density (icrit) and breakdown potential (Eb). II. Double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DLEPR) testing measuring the ratio of the activation critical current density (ia) and the reactivation critical current density (ir). III. Salt-fog testing (ASTM B117) (external) and exhaust gas condensate exposure testing (internal), measuring the mass loss, pitting density, maximum pit depth and corrosion rate. Although Type 409 and Type 439 exhibited evidence of sensitization in the mill annealed condition, all materials exhibited a resistance to further sensitization during heat treatment, indicating sensitization will not occur during service. The electrochemical polarization curves in the NaCl (aq) resulted in XHOM yielding the highest breakdown potential, yet XHOM also exhibited the highest corrosion rate during the salt fog (ASTM B117) exposure. The latter is due to exposure of the XHOM cut edge where only the plan surface was exposed during the electrochemical polarization measurements. A galvanic couple exists between the chromized coating (cathode) and steel substrate (anode) leading to rapid corrosion of the substrate when exposed. When the cut edge of XHOM is masked, the corrosion rate drops drastically, performing comparably to the highly ferritic stainless steels. During the salt fog (ASTM B117) exposure, pitting of XHOM and Type 409 was caused by cut edge corrosion leading to corrosion product migrating down the panel surfaces and initiating under deposit pitting. A singular pit was observed on the XHOM surface, which led to delamination of the coating surrounding the pit, caused by the galvanic couple at the coating substrate/interface once the substrate was penetrated. The overall corrosion resistance ranking of the materials in the external environment incorporating corrosion rate and pit depth is as follows: Type 436 ≈ XHOM Masked Edges ≈ Type 439 > Type 409Al > Type 409 > XHOM Edges Exposed. Strain was also found to have an effect on the localized corrosion susceptibility of XHOM in NaCl (aq), unlike Type 409, which exhibited no change. The influence of the drain hole manufacturing method (punching and drilling) on the corrosion susceptibility of XHOM and Type 409 was also measured. The punching method caused a smearing effect of the chromized coating, which served to partially cover and protect the cut edge. The main corrosion mechanism that occurred within the external environment is cut edge corrosion, which led to under deposit pitting. Heat treatment of samples prior to testing in the internal exhaust environment led to an intermetallic phase change within the aluminized coating on Type 409Al, drastically reducing the corrosion resistance of the material. An as-received aluminized Type 409 (Type 409Al-A) sample was tested in exhaust condensate exposure conditions to measure the difference in corrosion rate. XHOM with the cut edges exposed exhibited a corrosion rate comparable to Type 409 and heat treated aluminized Type 409, which is promising as XHOM already has an advantage in cost and formability. The overall corrosion resistance ranking of the materials exposed in the internal exhaust environment incorporating corrosion rate and pit depth is as follows: Type 409Al-A > Type 436 > Type 439 > Type 409 ≈ XHOM Edges Exposed ≈Type 409Al-H (heat-treated). / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

Many production technologies generate a variety of gas pollutants, which are unhealthy. The aim is therefore to minimize the content of such gas pollutants in the work environment. The highest capture efficiency of gas pollutants offers the local exhausting. Its disadvantage is the necessity to surround the source of pollutants, or to be as close as possible which is usually not technically or technologically possible. A possible alternative is to use a reinforced exhaust system that achieves greater capture distances. In the initial stage of the solution of the dissertation, a review of reinforced exhaust systems was carried out. Further, an existing measurement system was modified for measurements with the partition above the exhaust slot and the measurement system was partially automated. In order to investigate the case with pollutants having a lower density than the air, the workbench - the partition was moved above the exhaust slot. Based on of the literature review, a modification of the reinforced slot exhaust system was proposed. The modification consisted in the adjustment of the air inlet adjustment where a set of holes and a tube assembly were used instead of the slot. Such setup allowed for higher flow turbulence and thus for an increased exhaust efficiency. Subsequently, the inlet streams from the slot, holes and tubes were visualized by the smoke method. Further measurements were carried out by the tracer gas method for the determination of the exhaust efficiency. Measurements of velocity fields in front of the proposed configurations of the reinforced slot exhaust hood were also carried out. In conclusion, an energy performance assessment was carried out by means of the measurement of the electric power input to the fans with the determination of the electric loss power.

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Proposed diploma work provides capture efficiency measurements of generated pollution captured by reinforced slot exhaust system in modification with work bench using tracer gas method. There are shown results of capture efficiency for traditional exhausting (no radial air added) and reinforced exhausting (using radial air supply effect) in this work. This study also conatins the comparison and discusion of obtained measurement results with measurement errors and uncertainties.

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The noise produced by any new vehicles is tightly regulated by the European Union which have developed a standardised method for measuring the emitted noise of new vehicles. The method involves a vehicle driving past carefully positioned microphones at a specific range of engine speeds. Doing actual tests is time consuming and cost inefficient, thus, it would be beneficial to minimise the number of tests performed during development. There are multiple different noise sources contributing to the total noise levels emitted by a truck such as, aerodynamic noise, road noise, exhaust noise etc. In this project solely the exhaust noise will be investigated. There are existing models that can simulate the exhaust noise by using the source characteristics of the engine. The accuracy of the models that can calculate the source data is uncertain and they are often computationally heavy. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to verify the accuracy of the source acoustics of the engine for one such model and try to minimise the calculation times. To verify the accuracy of existing models a test is constructed that will be performed both by measurements and simulations in GT-Power. The aim is to use both methods to predict the source pressure and impedance, then compare the results and analyse any similarities. The test setup works as the guide for how to design the simulation model. This is mainly due to the difficulty to procure the necessary equipment needed to perform the test. Thus, the simulation models had to be adapted to match the layout of the test to the extent it is possible. The data obtained through testing needs to be post processed by performing an averaging to reduce the noise and use the two microphone method to calculate the source pressure. The data from simulation is also processed through a Multi-Load method to estimate the source pressure. The sound pressure level is then cal- culated for each method and the total SPL for each method is compared over the entire rev range. However, the resulting total SPL from each of the two approaches are different to each other. This suggests that the simulations should be used with caution when analysing acoustics. To try and reduce the computational time, one method is to reduce the size of the input data. This can be done in two different ways, either by reducing the number of engine speeds investigated or by reducing the number of frequencies analysed for each engine speed. Reducing speeds might not always be possible, thus, reducing the number of frequencies for each speed will be investigated. Analysing the pressure signal in the frequency domain show that the frequencies linked to the engine orders contain significantly larger pressures than the rest of the frequencies. Thus, solely these frequencies could be used to reduce the computational time but still give a representative result. In order to analyse the affect of removing frequencies the total acoustic energy is calculated for each engine speed and is compared with the acoustic energy of the frequencies belonging to the five first engine orders for the same speeds. These calculations of the sound energy show that the five first engine orders contain above 95% of the total sound energy for each engine speed. This suggests that it might be viable to use solely the pressure produced by the engine orders and still produce representative simulations. Thus, reduce the calculation time without affecting the results substantially. / Det bullernivåer som nyproducerade fordon avger är något som är strikt reglerat av Europeiska unionen som har tagit fram en standardiserad metod för att mäta det buller som avges från nya fordon. Metoden innefattar att ett fordon kör förbi ett antal noga utplacerade mikrofoner under en specifik del av varvtalsområdet. Att utföra dessa tester är både tidkrävande och kostsamt. Därför skulle det vara förmånligt att minimera antalet tester som behöver utföras under utvecklingsprocessen. Det är flera olika ljudkällor som bidrar till det totala ljudet som avges från ett fordon, bland annat, vindljud, vägljud och avgasljud. I detta projekt kommer endast avgasljudet analyseras. Det finns modeller som kan simulera avgasljudet genom att beräkna källdata från motorn. Noggrannheten hos dessa tester är dock fortfarande en osäkerhet och de är ofta beräkningstunga. Syftet med detta projekt är att undersöka noggrannheten hos dessa modeller samt att försöka minska tiden simuleringarna tar utan att påverka resultatet märkbart. För att undersöka noggrannheten kommer ett fysiskt test att utföras som sedan kommer att imiteras i GT-Power. Målet är att använda båda metoderna för att beräkna källtryck samt källimpedans för att sedan jämföra dessa resultat och analysera eventuella likheter. Testets utformning får agera som riktmärke för hur modellerna ska utformas. Detta är främst på grund av begränsade valmöjligheter när det kommer till de komponenter som behövs för att utföra testet. Därför är det smidigast att anpassa modellerna efter de komponenter som finns att tillgå för testet i den utsträckning det är möjligt. Den rådata som insamlas under testets gång behöver efterbehandlas genom att utföra en medelvärdesbildning för att minska bruset på signalerna. Samt att två mikrofonsmetoden behöver användas för att beräkna källtrycket. Data från simuleringarna behöver också behandlas för att beräkna källtrycket, men genom Multi-Load metoden. För båda metoderna beräknas sedan den totala ljudtrycksnivån för varje utvalt varvtal. Dessa ljudtrycksnivåer jämförs sedan med varandra över hela varvtalsområdet. Dock finns det en väsentlig skillnad mellan dessa två resultat. Detta tyder på att simuleringarna skall användas med försiktighet när det gäller akustiska analyser. För att minimera modellernas beräkningstid kan en metod vara att reducera mängden indata som använda. Detta kan göras på två olika sätt, antingen minskas antalet varvtal som tas i beaktning eller så minskas antalet frekvenser som ingår i varje varvtal. Att minska antalet undersökta varvtal är inte alltid ett alternativ, därför passar det bättre att undersöka möjligheten att minska antalet frekvenser som ingår i varje varvtal. När trycksignalerna för varje varvtal analyseras i frekvensplanet visar det sig att de frekvenser som är knutna till motorordningarna innehåller betydligt högre tryck än de resterande. Därför borde beräkningar men endast frekvenser knutna till motorordningarna kunna reducera beräkningstiden och fortfarande bibehålla ett representativt resultat. För att analysera påverkan av att reducera antalet frekvenser beräknas den totala akustiska energin för varje varvtal med samtliga frekvenser och denna jämförs med energin beräknad med endast trycken från de fem första motorordningarna inkluderade. Dessa energiberäkningar visar att den akustiska energi som finns i de fem första motorordningarna motsvarar mer än 95% av den totala akustiska energin i signalen. Detta tyder på att det är möjligt att endast ta dessa frekvenser i beaktning och ändå bibehålla en representativ simulering. Således minska beräkningstiden utan att påverka resultatet väsentligt.

Detta kandidatexamensarbete behandlar design och konstruktion av ett nytt avgassystem för en motorcykel. Utvecklingen grundar sig på resultat från en körning i bromsbänk av motorcykeln utrustad med original avgassystem, där det visar sig att det finns en påtaglig dipp i vridmoment mellan 4000 och 6500 rpm. Samt på resonemang kring avgassystemets geometri och dess inverkan på motorns egenskaper. Dessa resonemang grundar sig i sin tur på fysikaliska principer. Målet med projektet är att utveckla ett avgassystem som påverkar motorn på det sätt att vridet i motorns mellanregister ökar för att utradera den påvisade dippen i mellanregistret samtidigt som det fortfarande ska uppfylla de krav svensk lagstiftning ställer på motorcyklar angående ljudnivå. Resonemangen på vilka avgassystemet utformas behandlar cylinderspolning, lågtryckspulser, avgasernas hastighet, avgassystemskonfiguration och cylinderparning. Det beslutas att systemet ska utformas på så sätt att avståndet till kollektorer blir så långt som möjligt i tillgängligt utrymme, att avgassystemet ska vara av 4-2-1 konfiguration och att cylinder 4 och 1 respektive 2 och 3 ska paras ihop. Avgassystemet tillverkas med enbart handverktyg och består till största del av standarddelar. Efter konstruktion så testas det nya systemet med en körning i bromsbänk och en ljudmätning. Den resulterade grafen från körningen i bromsbänken visar att dippen i vridmoment mellan 4000 och 6500 varv utraderades samtidigt som momentet ökade lite genom hela registret. Maximala vridmoment ökade från 103,7 Nm (Newtonmeter) med original avgassystem till 106,6 Nm med det nya. Toppeffekten ökade från 115,7 hk (hästkrafter) till 122,5 hk. På grund av att tillgång till verkstad försvann i och med pandemiutbrottet våren 2020 så beslutades att inte tillverka någon ljuddämpare, istället inhandlades och monterades en standardiserad fullflödesljuddämpare. Ljudmätningar visar att målet med ljudnivån inte uppnåtts. För att vara lagligt så får den maximala ljudnivån vid 5200 rpm inte överstiga 93 dB (decibel). Det nya systemet uppmättes till 109,4 dB vid 5200 rpm och klarar därmed inte ljudnivåkravet. Projektet visar att det är möjligt att markant påverka motorkaraktären med ändringar i avgassystemets geometri och konfiguration. Detta projekt visar dock bara på vad summan av förändringarna åstadkommer och kan inte ge specifika svar på vilka ändringar som står för vilken del av resultatet. / This bachelor's thesis deals with the design and construction of a new exhaust system for a motorcycle. The development is based on the results on a dyno run of the motorcycle equipped with the original exhaust system as well on reasonings regarding the exhaust system geometry and its impact on engine characteristics. These reasonings, in turn, are based on physical principles. The dyno run with the original exhaust system showed a significant dip in torque between 4000 and 6500 rpm. The aim of the project is to develop an exhaust system that affects the engines performance in a way that results in the increase of the engines midrange torque in order to erase the detected dip in the midrange while still fulfilling the requirements Swedish legislation imposes on motorcycles regarding noise pollution. The reasoning on which the exhaust system is designed deals with cylinder scavenging, low pressure pulses, exhaust speed, exhaust system configuration and cylinder pairing. It is decided that the system shall be designed in such a way that the distance to collectors is as far as possible in the available space, that the exhaust system shall be of 4-2-1 configuration and that cylinders 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 shall be paired. The exhaust system is manufactured using hand tools only and consists mostly of standardized parts. After construction, the new system is validated with a dyno run and sound level measurements. The resulting graph from the dyno run of the motorcycle equipped with the new exhaust system shows that the dip in torque between 4000 and 6500 rpm was erased while the overall torque increased slightly throughout the register. Maximum torque increased from 103.7 Nm with the original exhaust to 106.6 Nm with the new. The peak power increased from 115.7 hp to 122.5 hp. Sound measurements indicate that the aim for the sound level has not been achieved. To be legal, the maximum noise level at 5200 rpm must not exceed 93 dB. The new system was measured at 109.4 dB at 5200 rpm and thus does not meet the sound level requirement. The project shows that it is possible to significantly influence the engine character with changes in the geometry and configuration of the exhaust system. However, this project only shows what the sum of the changes achieves and cannot provide specific answers as to which changes account for what part of the result.

A poluição sonora urbana, em especial a gerada por motocicletas com escapamentos modificados, afeta indistintamente a saúde de toda população de diversas maneiras e tende a aumentar, ao contrário da emissão de gases, que vem se reduzindo ao longo dos anos. Com o objetivo de conter o ruído gerado pelo tráfego urbano, vários países desenvolvem procedimentos, leis e ações mitigatórias como barreiras acústicas e asfaltos fonoabsorventes, porém há grande quantidade de motocicletas, veículo tipicamente de alto potencial de incômodo e ruidoso, que circulam com sistemas de escapamento adulterados e emitem ainda mais excesso de ruído. A inspeção veicular é ferramenta importante no controle de emissões de gases poluentes de veículos em uso, mas falha em restringir aqueles que ultrapassam os limites legais de ruído e, somado a isto, há o agravante de o condutor submeter-se a poluição sonora que ele mesmo produz. A fiscalização de rua surge como alternativa de controle ambiental, mas algumas vezes é contestada por ser subjetiva ou por faltar uma metodologia simples, confiável e eficaz. Buscou-se então compreender a relação entre o aumento do nível sonoro da motocicleta com escapamento modificado ao circular no trânsito e a emissão sonora medida na condição de inspeção, o chamado ruído parado, para trazer subsídios à formação de métodos mais eficazes de fiscalização e controle. Para isto foram avaliadas motocicletas quanto à emissão de ruído em circulação e ruído parado e os resultados obtidos apontam que os escapamentos modificados possuem nível sonoro muito mais elevado que os originais, com forte correspondência entre os dois métodos de medição. Esta poluição sonora atinge de modo particularmente intenso os profissionais, motoboys, que modificam suas motocicletas, pois eles se submetem a todos os fatores que favorecem a perda auditiva por excesso de ruído. Outras questões surgiram em paralelo ao tema principal e foram brevemente avaliadas para se compor o quadro geral, como o nível sonoro de escapamentos não originais avaliados segundo os procedimentos de homologação, a contribuição que a motocicleta traz ao ruído urbano e que resultados estes trazem quanto ao torque e potência da motocicleta. Estes estudos indicaram que a motocicleta modificada contribui fortemente para a poluição sonora urbana, afetando principalmente o condutor e sem trazer ganhos efetivos em termos de potência e dirigibilidade. / The urban noise pollution, in particular the one produced for motorcycles with tampered exhaust systems, affects indistinctly the health of all people in many ways and tends to grow up, in opposite to gaseous emissions, that is getting down through years. With the goal of mitigate noise generated from urban traffic, many countries develop procedures, laws and actions as acoustic barrier and phono absorbent asphalt, but there are still a great amount of motorcycles, typically a high annoying and noisy vehicle, running with tampered mufflers and producing excessive noise. In use vehicle inspection is an important tool on gaseous emissions control but fails to restrain excessive noise, a problem that get worse up due the rider is subjects him/herself to the own sound pollution. Roadside control comes as an alternative but sometimes is rejected as subjective or due a lack of a simple, easy, trustable method. This research looks for the relationship between increased sound level of modified motorcycles in traffic and noise emission in inspection mode, also known as stationary noise, to bring subsidies to develop more efficient control methods. For this, it were evaluated motorcycles for traffic and stationary noise emission and the results point that modified exhaust systems have a very higher sound level than original mufflers, with strong relationship between these two measurement methods. This sound pollution affects in a very special mode the professionals, called in Brazil motoboys, which modify their motorcycles, because they subjected themselves to all factors for noise-induced hearing loss. Other questions come in parallel to the main focus and were briefly studied in order to compound the whole picture as sound level of replacement mufflers according homologation procedures, the motorcycle contribution to the urban sound pollution and the results for power and torque. These studies point to that modified motorcycles strongly contribute to urban noise, affecting especially the driver and with no effective gain in engine power and motorcycle handling.