Experimental Equipment

Lead Research Organisation: Brunel University London
Department Name: Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Office

Abstract

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Planned Impact

Not applicable
 
Description The project is aimed at setting up a state-of-art research facility to conduct fundamental and applied research on high efficiency and low emission internal combustion engines. All the equipment have been ordered and most of them have been delivered. In order to accommodate the new equipment and make use of the equipment for future research works, a new optical engine laboratory is being refurbished to install the new single cylinder optical engine and the high-speed laser and optical equipment.

A partially sponsored PhD student project has been awarded to carry out advanced research on fuel injection and mixture formation in the direct injection gasoline engine by means of the equipment procured by the Grant.
Exploitation Route N/A
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport
 
Description In supporting work with industry, boosting productivity and growth. Specifically, the equipment has been used by a couple of PhD students since 2017 to 2020 to conduct joint research on the fuel injection process for the high efficiency direct injection gasoline engines. The experimental results have been used to develop and validate the CFD design tools in the development of the new engines by ChangAn UK. In particular, the improved CFD tool has led to the implementation of a combustion system design to significantly reduce the emissions during the cold-start operation of passenger cars.
Sector Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport
Impact Types Economic
 
Description fuel injection and mixture formation in the direct injection gasoline engine
Amount £45,000 (GBP)
Funding ID R85186 
Organisation ChangAn UK 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2016 
End 09/2019
 
Description Ultra high gasolin injection for future gasoline engines 
Organisation Ford Motor Company
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution A phd student has been recruited to carry out the research of ultra high pressure gasoline injection in the newly refurbished laboratory using the laser and optical equipment and the optical engine purchased from the equipment fund.
Collaborator Contribution Engineers from Ford Motor Company in German and UK are involved in providing the technical support and fuel injection hardware for the project.
Impact The project will be able to demonstrate the potential of ultra high pressure injection for high efficiency gasoline engines.
Start Year 2020
 
Description gasoline direct fuel injection 
Organisation ChangAn UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution A partially sponsored PhD project is being carried out to characterise the high pressure direct injection gasoline fuel spray and provide the experimental data to the design engineers at ChangAn to validate their CFD model .
Collaborator Contribution ChangAn UK company has provided £45K to sponsor a PhD student and provided the injectors and technical support to the project.
Impact A conference paper has been accepted for presentation at the SAE international Fuels and Lubricants conference in Japan in Sept. 2019.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Demonstration of engines research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The facility and equipment have used in the delivery of postgraduate teaching and demonstration to undergraduate students. They have been shown to visitors from industry and research organisations from UK and overseas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018