Lab Facilities

Dynamometer Test Cell 1

• 40 HP dual-bank direct current dynamometer with
  • FEV common rail medium-duty single-cylinder research engine (SCRE)
  • Yanmar SCRE with direct gas sampling and ion current measurement
• 230 HP eddy current dynamometer with 6-cylinder ITEC engine based SCRE with fully variable hydraulic valve actuation 

Dynamometer Test Cell 2

• 630 HP AC dynamometer with AVL 300 bar SCRE with optical access and VisioScope
• 230 HP eddy current dynamometer with Ford 4-cylinder based SCRE
• After-treatment research bench 

• Fuel Pressure and Injection Control  
• Air Monitoring and Control 
• Data acquisition, communication, storage and synchronization with emission data
• Cylinder pressure acquisition and real-time combustion analysis
• Engine test control and reporting

• SMETec Direct Gas Sampling
• Gas Conditioning Units and Heated Gas Sampling System
• Emissions Analyzers (CAI, Conditioning Units)
• MKS Multigas FTIR Continuous Gas Analyzers
• H-Sense Hydrogen and Multi-Gas MS Analyzers
• Horiba Total PM Counter and Gas Conditioning Unit
• Horiba PM Mass Analyzer
• GC-MS
• AVL 415S Smokemeter
• Fase Cambustion Analyzers (FID, CLD NOx);

• Fuel management: Portable fuel carts (DI cart, PFI cart); Fuel flow meters; AVL Fuel Flow Meter, Horiba Fuel Conditioning Unit; DME Cylinder and Pump
• Air Management: Intake Pressure Regulator, MAF Meter, Surge Tanks, Backpressure Valve, EGR Valve
• Lubricant/oil management: FEV LubCon, oil comsumption monitor