The experimental work of LAT is supported
by the following major equipment:
Engine
dynamometer (eddy-current, max. power 130 kW)
- Engine dynamometer (hydraulic, max. power: 120 kW)
- Chassis dynamometer (Ward-Leonard, max. vehicle weight: 3.5t)
- Chassis dynamometer - under construction (AC motor with inverter, max.
vehicle weight: 3.5t)
- Complete layout for regulated emissions measurement in legislated driving
cycles with CVS dilution system
- Open CVS dilution system for two-wheelers emissions measurement
- On-line data acquisition system
- Gas analysers: CO2 NDIR (x2), CO NDIR (x2), HC FID (x2), NOx CLD, Ï2
paramagnetic
- Gas divider
- Testing Apparatus for ÍO/NOx converter
- Two (2) exhaust gas O2 sensors, one (1) exhaust gas NOx sensor
- Particulate measurement equipment:
-
Scanning
Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS),
- Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI),
- Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM),
- Active Surface Monitor (ASMO),
- Gravimetric Impactor (DGI),
- Opacimeter,
- Smoke meter
- Exhaust particulate sampling layout (Partial dilution, Thermodenuder)
- Octane and cetane number testing units (BASF)
- Precision balances: 10-7 g, 10-5 g, 2 x 10-1 g
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) apparatus
- 3 experimental diesel engines: VW Golf 1.9 TDI, PSA DW12 diesel common
rail, RABA/MAN 10.4 l diesel
- 3 experimental diesel cars: Renault Laguna 1.9, VW Golf 1.9 TDI,
Mercedes Benz
- Complete system for engine analysis (indicator diagrams)