Laboratory

Engine Laboratory

Research Facilities

• Extreme Value Engine (EVE) - one cylinder research engine with fully controllable valve system and fuel injection
• Wärtsilä W20L6 - six cylinder diesel engine with output power 1000 kW
• Several Sisu Diesel off-road diesel engines
• Low-Emission Optical Engine (LEO) - optical engine based on Sisu Diesel engine, under construction
• Fuel spray research rig - several different optical chambers for different fuel injectors

Research Equipments

• All the basic engine measurement equipments
• Exhaust gas analyzers
  • NOx
  • HC
  • O2
  • CO
  • Soot
  • ELPI (Electronic Low Pressure Impactor), for particle size distribution measurements
• Multiparameter Laser Imaging System
  • Visualization
  • Particle Image Velocimetry ( PIV ), flow field
  • Laser Induced Incandescence ( LII ), soot
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence ( LIF ) OH, NO, CH
  • Tracer-LIF
  • fuel/air mixing, concentration of fuel and vapor
  • visualization of exhaust gas recirculation
  • 2-D temperature measurement
  • Geometrical spray analysis
  • Droplet sizing, background illumination or LIF/Mie recording

Contact: Laboratory Manager Teemu Sarjovaara
Email: teemu.sarjovaara
Tel. +358-9-451 6238