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Piston Engine Laboratory FHNW

At the Piston Engine Laboratory, we analyse compressors and engine processes in connection with process-improving measures, alternative renewable fuels and combustion processes.

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At the FHNW Piston Engine Laboratory, we support you in your research activities and industrial services with our compressors and engine test rigs. These include:

Sensor testing and development (pressure measurement, heat flux, …)
Injection evaluation: injection rate, concepts, …
Combustion process investigation (vs. simulation)
In cylinder emission/soot reduction (EGR/WFE)
Alternative fuel application
Additive testing
Exhaust gas emission measurements

Get in touch with us

For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Kai Herrmann.

Infrastructure

Extensively instrumented and fully balanceable SCE and full engine test rigs

Mercedes Benz OM 501
BMW Rotax F650
Hatz 1D90
SLM 1-HD-26
Burckhardt Compression Laby
mCHP

Data acquisition and evaluation

State-of-the-art signal acquisition and analysis platforms
Emission measuring devices based on measuring principles such as FTIR, FID, NDIR, CLD etc.

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Air-cooled single-cylinder Hatz 1D90 engine from Hatz Diesel with highly flexible intake air conditioning, converted to a common-rail injection system.

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Type 1 HD26 single-cylinder diesel engine from Schweizerische Lokomotivenfabrik (SLM, built in 1966) converted to a common-rail injection system.

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BMW F 650 GS single-cylinder four-stroke engine with highly flexible intake air conditioning. The modified cylinder head offers up to 8 inlets for the simultaneous recording of cylinder pressure at different positions in the combustion chamber.

The Piston Engine Laboratory is part of the FHNW Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering

Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering
We are committed to a sustainable, energy-efficient and innovative industrial future. With our expertise in thermal and fluid engineering, we support companies in the analysis and optimisation of fluid mechanical and thermal processes, measurement methods, and prototype development.

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