Home Facilities

Engines  

  • Ricardo Hydra Mk IV light duty single cylinder SI research engine, Model P8828 with 4 valves and twin overhead camshafts.
  • Yanmar L70EE single-cylinder naturally aspirated direct injection (DI) air-cooled diesel engine, 5.8 hp rating.
  • VM Motori/DDC 2.5 liter 4-cylinder, common rail, electronically controlled turbo direct injection (DI) diesel engine with open access to the ECU via an ETAS MAC2 interface and Inca v4.1 software.
  • Ford 6.4 liter V-8, common rail, turbocharged, direct injection (DI) diesel engine (“Powerstroke”) with open access to the ECU via an ETAS ES590 interface and Inca v6.1 software.
  • VM Motori/DDC 2.8 liter 4-cylinder, common rail, electronically controlled turbo direct injection (DI) diesel engine.
  • Waukesha CFR Octane Rating Engine


Engine Test Cells

  • 5 kW load bank for operation of small engines coupled to electrical generators.
  • 25 Hp eddy current small engine test stand with computerized data acquisition and control system.
  • 40 Hp absorbing DC dynamometer (20 Hp motoring) with Labview-based data acquisition system and a Siemens dynamometer control system.
  • Two 250 Hp Eaton eddy current dynamometers and test stands with computerized data acquisition and control systems.
  • 450 Hp Eaton eddy current dynamometer mounted in a sound reducing enclosure and connected to a computerized data acquisition and control system
  • Waukesha CFR Octane Rating Engine, with optional fuel injector and vaporizer to operate the CFR engine as a rapid compression machine for autoignition studies.    


Emissions Measurement/Instrumentation

  • AVL emissions bench.
  • Sierra Instruments BG-3 Particulate CounterScanning Mobility Particulate Sensor
  • Ignition Quality Tester (IQT)
  • Sartorius M3P Precision Microbalance in an environmental test chamber (for weighing particulate filters)
  • Nicolet Magna 550 FTIR Spectrometer
  • Horiba On-Line Gas Analyzers for HC, CO and CO2
  • Hewlett Packard 6890 Gas Chromatograph with TCD and FID detectors
  • R&P Co., Inc. Series 5100 Diesel Particulate Analyzer
  • California Analytical HFID 300 THC analyzer
  • Lambda Scan Portable Lambda Sensor
  • Thermogravimetric Analyzer   
     

Exhaust Aftertreatment 

  • Fixed bed flow reactor for catalyst conversion and selectivity studies
  • Catalytic flow reactor for determination of catalyst reaction kinetics  
     

Additional Analytical Instrumentation at Energy Institute

  • HP 5971A gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer tabletop system
  • Waters high performance liquid chromatography system with photodiode array and UV detectors