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ME-551: Engines and fuel cells

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The students describe and explain the thermodynamic and operating principles of internal combustion engines and all fuel cell types, identify the determining physical parameters for the operating regimes, the efficiencies and the polluting emissions, and compare the systems against each other.

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/engines-and-fuel-cells-ME-551

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Summary

Lectures

Instructors

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/engines-and-fuel-cells-ME-551

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/ME-551

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Ontological neighbourhood

Physics

Thermodynamics: Statistical mechanics

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