Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Research & Development
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SwRI helps develop implement and verify state-of-the art emission controls for locomotives.
With a history of 50 years of experience in the automotive industry, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) conducts heavy-duty alternative fuel evaluations and diesel engine development programs for all types of production and research. Engine development programs range from small two-stroke to large-bore two-to four-stroke engines used for vehicular, off-road, locomotive, marine, and other applications.
- Conventional, alternative fuels, additive effects on emissions
- Engine and emission control performance
- On-highway diesel engines
- Non-road and European diesel engines
- Spark-ignited off-highway engines
- Emissions sampling
- Chassis testing of heavy-duty vehicles
- Retrofit evaluation for system development
- Component development and evaluation
Other Applications:
- Locomotives
- Stationary power plants
- Gas compressors
- Marine engines
- Offshore drilling
- Power generation
- Engine performance improvement
- Engine and component design
- Fuel injection system development
- Aftertreatment
Heavy-Duty Capabilities
- 27 heavy-duty engine emissions test cells
- Multiple durability cells
- Various test cycles (U.S. FTP Part 86, Europe ECE R49, R24, etc.)
- Steady state
Related Terminology
alternative fuel • heavy-duty vehicle emissions • fuel research • emissions research and development • emission controls • retrofit evaluation • emissions characterization • emissions sampling • engine performance improvement
