Medium-Duty Diesel Engine Test Cell

Research activities with DoD, Ford

Engine Specifics:

Manufacturer: International Truck and Engine Corporation
Configuration: V-8 Diesel
Displacement: 6.4 L (390 CI)

Data Acquisition:

Low Speed: AVL PUMA Open
    Channels: 64
    Sampling Frequency: 1-100 Hz
High Speed: Indimaster 671 Advanced
    Channels: 12
    Sampling Frequency: 1 Hz-100 kHz

Test Cell Specifics:

Dynamometer: AVL APA Series 100
Absorbing Rating:
    Constant Torque at 1400 N-m (1033 ft-lb) to 2250 RPM
    Constant Power at 330 kW (442.5 hp) to 4500 RPM Motoring Rating:
    Constant Torque at 1273 N-m (939 ft-lb) to 2250 RPM
    Constant Power at 300 kW (402.3 hp) to 4500 RPM
Maximum Speed: 8000 rpm
Moment of Inertia: 2.8 kg-m2
Torque Response (0-100%): 5 ms
Torque Reversal (-100% to +100%): 10 ms

Emissions Analysis:

Bench: AVL SESAM System
Analyzers for NO_x O₂, CO, CO₂, EGR CO₂, HC Particlates:
    Cambustion Fast Particluate Spectometer,
    Cambustion 500CLD Fast NOx Analyzer
    Cambustion NDIR500 Fast CO and CO₂ Analyzer

International V-8 Diesel Engine with AVL Dynamometer

From left: Ashwin Salvi, Tulga Ersal and Rajit Johri running an Internet-Distributed Hardware-in-the-Loop experiment

 

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