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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

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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. Type 1 HD26 single-cylinder diesel engine from Schweizerische Lokomotivenfabrik (SLM, built in 1966) converted to a common-rail injection system. Fully instrumented labyrinth piston compressor (Laby) from Burckhardt Compression. Mercedes Benz OM 501 six-cylinder diesel engine with direct injection according to the pump-nozzle principle. The complete instrumentation of all incoming and outgoing currents enables very precise balancing of engine operation. 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

Collaboration in research and services
Engineering and Environment
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