Fuels, Lubricants, & Fluids Applications
The Fuels, Lubricants, and Fluids Applications Group in the Fuels and Lubricants Technology Department at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) performs a wide variety of fuel, lubricant, engine, and fuel system investigations for the Department of Defense, government agencies, and commercial clients.
Edwin A. Frame, Manager
Fuels, Lubricants, & Fluids Applications Technical Strengths
- Investigations of fuel/lubricant/engine
interactions, exhaust emissions
Edwin A. Frame - Gas turbine combustion, alternative fuels and
emissions control, laser and optical combustion
diagnostics, aviation fuel nozzle coking research
Dr. Nigil Jeyashekar - Fuel and fluid flammability hazard assessments
Bernard R. Wright - Aviation fuel deposition tests, alternative
fuels
George Wilson - Diesel and gasoline engine dynamometer
evaluations, alternative fuels utilization, JP-8 use
in diesel equipment, exhaust emissions
Douglas M. Yost - Fuel injection system bench tests
Douglas M. Yost - Engine dynamometer evaluations, alternative
fuels, advanced lubricants, and field and fleet
evaluations
Adam Brandt - Field and fleet evaluations, custom test fuel
blending
Adam Brandt - Fuels/hardware interactions, aviation fuel
nozzle durability and test rig design
Greg Hansen - Fuel and lubricant investigations in military
systems and fuel system component evaluations
Bob Warden
