Engine development for Formula Student racecar

Ekipa formule študent Grand Prix Engineering, v kateri sem bil v študijskem letu 2013/2014 odgovoren za nastavitve motorja, tekom leta načrtuje in izdela dirkalnik, s katerim tekmuje. Diplomsko delo obravnava razvoj motorne enote dirkalnika. V začetku naloge so osnovne informacije o etanolu, nastavitvah simulacije ter nastavitvah dejanskega motorja. Razvoj poteka skozi več faz: koncept, simulacija motorja s pripadajočimi sklopi, optimizacija, mehanska predelav ter nastavitve. Na podlagi enodimenzionalnih simulacij je bila izbrana konfiguracija motorja ter gorivo. Simulacije so se izvajale v programu AVL BOOST. Nastavitve motorja so potekale na dinamometru na Fakulteti za strojništvo Univerze v Mariboru. Prikazani so rezultati meritev, izvedeni na dinamometru, ter kratek povzetek delovanja motorja na prvem tekmovanju v letu 2014.Grand Prix Engineering formula student team, at which I was responsible for engine development in study year 2013/2014, throughout the year develops, manufactures and races a formula student racecar. Diploma thesis deals with a powertrain development. Thesis contains basic information about ethanol, simulation processes settings and mapping settings of the engine. Development goes through multiple stages: engine concept, simulation, optimization, mechanical tuning, ECU tuning and maintenance. Engine configuration and fuel were selected on the basis of one-dimensional simulations. Simulations were carried out in AVL BOOST software. Engine tuning and mapping was carried out on the engine dynamometer at Faculty of mechanical engineering at University of Maribor. End of the thesis contains newly developed engine specifications with power and torque curves and a short overview of the engine at the first formula student competition in 2014