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Clean High-Efficiency Diesel Engine VI
- Summary - Building on the more than 20 years
of the industry's longest running diesel
research consortium, the CHEDE-VI Consortium
began in November 2011
This program is pursuing the world's most
efficient engines to meet the needs of industry
5 to 10 years into the future. The four-year
multi-client consortium includes consideration
of worldwide markets and technology impacts on
each.
- Participation - $120,000 per year ($70,000
for suppliers and manufacturers)
- Years anticipated - Four years
- Contact - Charlie Roberts, Ph.D., (210)
522-5521 or
croberts@swri.org
- Website:
chedevi.swri.org
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ESSES Consortium: Energy Storage System
Evaluation and Safety
- Summary - The mission of the SwRI ESSES
Consortium is to provide transparency in the
automotive battery market as a means to advance
the development of energy storage systems.
- Participation - $65,000 per year
- Years anticipated - Three years
- Contact - Bapiraju Surampudi, Ph.D., (210)
522-3278 or
bsurampudi@swri.org
- Website:
batteryconsortium.swri.org
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High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine (HEDGE®)
- Summary - The SwRI HEDGE Consortium is
designed to seek to improve gasoline engine
technology for heavy-duty applications.
- Participation - $120,000 per year ($70,000
for suppliers)
- Years anticipated - Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec.
31, 2016
- Contact - Terence F. Alger II, Ph.D., (210)
522-5505 or
talger@swri.org
- Website:
hedge-III.swri.org
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Particle Sensor Performance and Durability
Consortium (PSPD)
- Summary - The SwRI PSPD™ Consortium is a
cooperative research consortium to investigate
the performance and durability of particle
sensors designed for onboard diagnostics and
diesel engine emissions control.
- Participation - $55,000
- Years anticipated - Ongoing, yearly renewal
- Contact - Imad Khalek, Ph.D., (210) 522-2536
or
ikahlek@swri.org
- Website:
pspd.swri.org
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Powertrain Consulting Support Services
- Summary - Members will gain an engineering
consulting service that provides regular updates
of fuels, lubricants, engines and powertrain
technology advancements in the automotive
industry.
- Participation - Contact
Charlie Roberts, Ph.D. for more information
- Years anticipated - Ongoing, yearly renewal
- Contact - Charlie Roberts,Ph.D., (210)
522-5521 or
croberts@swri.org
- Website:
pcs.swri.org
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Preignition Prevention Program (P3)
- Summary - SwRI launched the Preignition
Prevention Program (P3) consortium to focus on
fuels and lubricants to discover ways to
suppress low-speed preignition (LSPI), a
condition that causes heavy engine knock and can
seriously damage engine parts or cause complete
engine failure.
- Participation - Fees for the first two years
will be $225,000, and the third year is an
additional $100,000.
- Years anticipated - June 2011 to June 2013,
with an expected extension to June 2014
- Contact - Thomas E. Briggs, Jr., Ph.D.,
(210) 522-5153 or
tbriggs@swri.org
- Website:
p3consortium.swri.org
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