Computerized Four Stroke Four Cylinder Water Cooled Diesel Engine Test Rig

Description

The engine is mounted on a sturdy base frame. The base frame is fabricated with mild steel “C” channel. The engine and the dynamometer are coupled using standard tyre coupling. The air tank is fitted with a differential pressure sensor for measuring the actual volume of air drawn into the cylinder. The thermocouple and necessary signal conditioner for the measurement of temperature at various points in the calorimeter are suitably provided. A liquid level sensor is used to measure the fuel flow consumption of the engine. A rotameter is used to measure the water flow of the engine and exhaust gas calorimeter. The load of the engine is measured using a load cell. The panel is fabricated with suitable SWG CR sheet and as per IS standard; the front portion of the panel is provided with provision for mounting computer, printer, UPS and all instrumentations and signal conditioner related components. Power and control wiring are suitably marked using ferrules for easy troubleshooting. The panel is finished with powder coating.

Experiments you can perform

1. Performance test at varying loads: brake power, BSFC and brake thermal efficiency
2. Determine mechanical and volumetric efficiency
3. Heat balance sheet using the exhaust gas calorimeter
4. Combustion analysis: P-θ and P-V diagrams, heat release rate and mass fraction burnt
5. Determine start of combustion, combustion duration and gross IMEP
6. Determine frictional power by Willan's line method
7. Performance and combustion with alternative fuels and blends (e.g. biodiesel)
8. Determine indicated and frictional power by Morse test

Features

• Engine performance enhancement for diesel and alternative fuels
• Engine performance and combustion studies
• High Quality instrumentation
• Calculates BP, IP, FP, sfc, bsfc, BTE , Volumetric η & mechanical η
• PV and P-θ diagrams
• Mass Fraction Burnt
• Estimated End of Combustion Angle (EEOC)
• Calculates Gross IMEP
• Calculates Maximum Heat Release Rate
• Calculates Start of Combustion
• Calculates Combustion Duration and many more parameters

Specifications

Engine	Make	Suzuki Swift
	No of cylinder	Four
	Cooling	water
	Speed	1500-1750 Rpm
	Power	10 HP
	Starting	Electric Start
Dynamometer	Type	Eddy Current
	Cooling	Air cooled
	Capacity	10 HP
Coupling	Tyre Coupling
Calorimeter	Single shell and tube-Mild Steel
Air tank	500mm cubic-Mild steel
Panel	Mild steel powder coated with provision for mounting computer, ups, printer and instrumentation
Base frame	C channel-Mild steel
Combustion pressure sensor	Piezo-electric 0-100 bar
Crank angle encoder	360 ppr, 1 Deg resolution with TDC pulse
Air measurement	DP sensor with inline transmitter
Fuel measurement	Optical liquid level sensor constant volume, fully automatic
Dynamometer load	Strain gauge load cell with inline transmitter
Temperature	"k" type with inline signal transmitter
Water flow	Rotameter-Acrylic
Daq	200 Ks/s
Software	Engine test express for engine combustion analysis and performance software

Specifications may vary with configuration. Download the full datasheet.