Bio-Blendstock/Fuel Performance and Combustion
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Advanced Emission Catalysis Capabilities
Provide fuel and catalyst evaluation under various exhaust conditions, including catalyst aging, poisoning, thermal stability, sulfur-tolerance. Advanced capabilities for chemical characterization of catalytic reaction intermediates. Read More
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Fundamental Emission Catalysis Capabilities
Enable evaluation of aftertreatment catalysts and their interactions with biofuel blendstocks using a broad range of instruments and surface science techniques. Read More
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Engines for Fuels Research
The development of alternative fuels has to consider fuel effects on engine performance. To this end, the engines used for Co-Optima allow quantifying fuel effects on combustion, real-world efficiency (drive-cycle fuel economy), and compliance with exhaust-emission standards. These research engines can also provide the understanding needed to mitigate implementation barriers to specific high-efficiency technologies, as well as identify synergies between alternative fuels and advanced combustion modes for tomorrow’s engines. Read More
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Emissions Characterization and Control
Co-Optima researchers have developed unique tools and expertise in real and simulated engine exhaust emissions sampling and characterization, along with catalyst structure and performance characterization. Read More
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Devices for Fuel-Spray Characterization, Including Soot Formation
For research focused on fuel effects on spray development for DI fuel injectors, the research capabilities include constant pressure and constant flow vessels with extensive optical access. These enable a range of diagnostics related to fuel-spray dynamics, fuel-jet autoignition, combustion and soot formation, and how these processes are affected by the fuel. For measurements of fuel effect on in-nozzle and near-nozzle spray development, x-ray imaging offers unique insights. Read More