Equipment and Facilities
The Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory at the University of Birmingham’s Department of Mechanical Engineering was launched on 18 January 2007.
The dedicated laboratory underwent an £800,000 refurbishment is supported by industrial partners Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford, Johnson Matthey and Shell. The facilities comprise 7 test beds, 2 single cylinder research engines, 1 Ford optical engine with laser diagnostics, 2 multi-cylinder Jaguar and Land Rover prototype engines, 1 Formula Student racing engine and 1 teaching engine, along with a unique fuel test cell equipped with 2 GC mass-spectrometers. One more Jaguar/Ford engine test bed is under construction and an additional dedicated Biofuel engine test bed is being prepared.
Opening ceremony
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Transfer), Professor Mike Cruise, opens the new Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory.
The opening of the new Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory
The opening of the new Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory
The opening of the new Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory
The opening of the new Future Engines and Fuels Laboratory
HCCI Supercharged V6 Room
A view of the HCCI supercharged V6 room
A view of the HCCI supercharged V6 room
A view of the HCCI supercharged V6 room
Optical Engine Room
A view of the Single Cylinder Optical HCCI Engine - Combustion Bomb Room
A view of the Single Cylinder Optical HCCI Engine - Combustion Bomb Room
Principle of the Optical Engine
Optical Engine Test Setup
Jaguar V-6 Lion Room
Spray Injection and Combustion Room
A view of the Single Cylinder Diesel Room
A view of the Single Cylinder Diesel Room
A view of the Single Cylinder Diesel Room
Optical Engine
Side view drawing of the optical engine
Experimental test rig and optical setup
Transparent Optical Engine chamber
Single Cylinder Optical Diesel Engine
A view of the Single Cylinder Optical Diesel Engine Room
Lasers and Optical Facilities
Shimadzu Hyper Vision HPV2
Phantom speedsense V710 high speed ICCD camera with intensifier
3HiSense MKII camera +intensifier
Photo-spectrometer