Course Description:

This training course deals with an important issue related to use of natural gas as fuel for automotive engines. The course focuses on clarifying the aim of conversion of diesel engines to work with natural gas, the advantages and disadvantages of conversion, the methods of conversion, variation in performance of converted engines, and the impact of conversion on engine durability.

Course Goal:

To enhance the participants’ knowledge, related to diesel engines characteristics, design feature, combustion in diesel engines, and methods of conversion of diesel engines into gas engines.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, the participant will be familiar with:

1. Diesel engines design features and performance
2. Diesel fuel types and characteristics
3. How combustion occurs in diesel engines
4. Pollution from diesel engines
5. Types and components of diesel engines’ fuel systems
6. Control of injected fuel quantity and timing
7. EDC (electronic control in diesel engines)
8. Natural gas constituents and characteristics
9. Impact of using natural gas in diesel engines on performance and thermal efficiency
10. Pollution from natural gas engines
11. Conversion of petrol and diesel engines into gas engines
12. Components of natural gas fuel systems
13. Methods of conversion of diesel engines to natural gas engines
14. International standards related to the subject (American, British, Egyptian)

Course Outlines:

1. Introduction To Diesel Engines (Diesel Engines Design Features And Performance, Diesel Fuel Types And Characteristics)
2. How Combustion Occurs In Diesel Engines And Pollution From Diesel Engines
3. Types, Components Of Diesel Engines’ Fuel Systems, And Their Principle Of Operation
4. Control Of Injected Fuel Quantity And Timing And EDC (Electronic Control In Diesel Engines)
5. Natural Gas (Constituents, Comparison Against Other Fuels, Economy Of Utilization)
6. Impact Of Using Natural Gas In Engines On; Performance, Thermal Efficiency, Diesel Knock, And Pollution)
7. Types Of Natural Gas Engines (Dual Fuel, Bi-Fuel, Dedicated, Converted)
8. Components Of Natural Gas Fuel System (Basic, Specific)
9. Methods Of Conversion Of Petrol Engines To Gas Engines
10. Methods Of Conversion Of Diesel Engines To Gas Engines
11. International Standards Related To Natural Gas Engines (American, British, Egyptian)