Advanced Combustion & Emissions
The Advanced Combustion and Emissions Section at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) specializes in gasoline, methanol, ethanol, and other liquid-fueled spark ignition (SI) engine development and testing.
The staff has vast experience with automotive, marine, small off-road, industrial, and aircraft engines. Development efforts directed toward meeting exhaust emissions, better fuel economy, and higher power output have provided SwRI engineers with a broad understanding of SI engine technologies from around the world.
Terrence F. Alger, Ph.D., Manager
Advanced Combustion & Emissions Technical Strengths
- Air cooled engine development
- Combustion analysis
- Component design and testing
- Cycle simulation
- Durability testing
- Emissions development
- Engine Benchmarking
- Engine management system development
- Fuel economy improvement
- Friction measurement
- Injectors and fuel spray characterization
- Low temperature testing
- Real-time oil consumption measurement
- Spark Ignition Engine Technology
- Spark plug testing
- Valve recession control
- HEDGE®, HEDGE II®, and HEDGE®-III
