Engine and vehicle test facilities

Transient Engine Dynamometers

Cambustion currently has five transient test–beds with varying specifications:

• Power up to 220 kW
• Torque up to 700 Nm
• Speed up to 9000 RPM
• CVS tunnels for emissions
• Ambient temperature down to -20°C

Our rapid cooldown facility allows improved testing efficiency, while the pallet system allows the engine to be mounted and tested before installation in the test cell for reduced downtime.

Chassis Dynamometer

Cambustion's  100 kW 48 inch emissions chassis roll dynamometer with robot driver and integrated pre–conditioning facility allows testing of complete vehicles against a range of transient drive cycles.

Rapid cool down of vehicles allows improved testing throughput.

Instrumentation

Gas Analysers

• Cambustion Fast HC, NO (and optional NO_x converter), and CO & CO₂ analysers.
• Horiba 7000 series analysers for THC, CH₄, CO, CO₂, O₂, NO_x, and EGR (CO₂)
• Horiba UEGO lambda sensors
• MKS FTIR analyser

Particulates

• Gravimetric filter paper measurements (2 phases per cycle)
• Solid particle number counting system (PMP type)
• Cambustion DMS500 Fast Particulate Analyzer
• AVL opacimeter

Combustion Analysis

• Wide range of in-cylinder pressure sensors
• Combustion analysis for IMEP, burn rates and knock detection.

Pressure and Temperature

• Pressure: 4 per test-bed (standard).
• Temperature: 8, 16 or 32 channels per test-bed. Higher channel counts are possible.

DPF Testing System

Cambustion offer additional DPF testing and development services using the non-engine Cambustion DPF Testing System

• DPF loading at up to 20g/hr
• Filter efficiency measurement
• DPF regeneration
• Advanced tests- e.g. Soot Mass Limit
• Cold flow testing
• Diesel fuelled