Presentation

The Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory is located in building E, room E13 and is used for laboratory works for our department disciplines.

Study cycles

The Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory serves the bachelor cycle and the masters cycle for the following specializations:

- Automotive Engineering

- Transport and Traffic Engineering

- Machinery and Equipment for Agriculture and Food Industry

Equipment

The Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory has the following equipment:

Test bench with different engines and brakes

Construction and functional analysis of internal combustion egine benches

Diagnosys equipment

Different internal combustion engines (I.C.E.)

Expertise Domains

- Functional characteristics of I.C.E.

- Determination of the effective parameters of I.C.E.

- Endurance tests for I.C.E.

- Reliability tests for engines and EURO pollution norm classification

- I.C.E. modifications for new alternative fuels

- Construction and functional analysis of I.C.E.

- Construction and functional analysis of all auxiliary systems of I.C.E.

- Research and didactic activity

Infrastructure

Diesel VW 1.9Tdi engine testbench, with a pressure sensor in the combustion chamber, to determine the p-V diagram

Gasoline injection Ford 1.6 testbench, with a pressure sensor in the combustion chamber, to determine the p-V diagram

Gasoline injection Peugeot testbench

Diesel Renault testbench (Common Rail)

Diesel in-line pump workbench

Diesel rotary pump workbench

Construction and functional analysis of I.C.E. testbenches

KTS 650-Bosch diagnosys device for I.C.E. ECUs

Emission analyzer (CO, CO2, HC, NOX, O2)

Workbench for mechanical pump calibration

Workbench for mechanical injector calibration

Lambda sensor workbench

Different internal combustion engines

Benefits

The benefits of the Laboratory result from the exceptional equipment and the latest technology testbenches. Therefor, the advanced research of functional I.C.E. parameters can be determined thoroughly.

Projects

Collecting waste oil and implementing the transformation to biodiesel

Modern unconventional technologies for biomass transformation to gasoline

Research regarding smoke formation in diesel engines, building and testing an opacimeter

Research on sealing in the piston rings region for optimal I.C.E. functionality

Research on engine reliability using gemini piston rings