customer project Fuel injection systems are becoming more and more critical to meet increasingly strict emission and fuel consumption targets for internal combustion engines. So when Delphi Automotive, a leading global supplier of technologies for the automotive and commercial vehicle markets, wanted to get a highly accurate, certification standard test cell they came to AVL. This fully integrated facility is capable of testing medium- and heavy-duty engines up to 440 kW. The dynamometer can run transient test cycles which include the non-road transient cycle (NRTC), European transient cycle (ETC) and the worldwide heavy-duty transient cycle (WHTC), for comparison of the emission certification procedure and the development of new FIE Systems. The emission equipment can measure gaseous, particulate matter and soot emissions; CO, HC, NMHC, NOX, 2 6 F O C U S MAJOR TEST CELL PROJECT FOR DELPHI COMPLETED IN THE UK AVL has completed the upgrade of a major emissions test cell for Delphi Automotive at their Diesel Technical Centre in Gillingham, England. The project uses a comprehensive array of AVL hardware that demonstrates a full range of measurement capabilities. PM and CO2. The AVL products in the test cell include the AVL FTIR, AMA i60, FuelExact Flexfuel, Smart Sampler, Opacimeter, Smoke Meter and Micro Soot Sensor, FlowSonix and Blow By Meter. Andrew Fitt, key account manager at AVL UK, says that the new test cell “offers the most state-of-the-art measurement solutions and an emissions certification lab standard that should shape the future of Delphi fuel injection system testing for many years to come.” The project began in January 2014 with an AVL team of 12 people. As a starting point, the existing test cell had to be stripped out. Then the AVL team, working closely with the Delphi Facilities Development Department began to put in the essential infrastructure: electrics, plumbing and fire system integration. The AVL installation team then installed the dynamometer, PUMA control system, fuel measurement and emissions equipment. The project is one of a number of continuous improvement projects that AVL has been working on at Delphi’s Technical Centre Gillingham in the UK. According to Andrew Fitt: “These projects have involved a high level of technical input and project planning co-ordination between the Engine Test Department, Facilities Development Department, Engineering Workshop, external contractors and suppliers.” “It is very rare for a customer to order such a full range of equipment all for one test cell and so this project stands as one of the most outstanding installations of its type with which we have been involved. The good working relationship at the Project Management level with Delphi has enabled the new facility to be delivered on time and to the customer’s satisfaction”. <
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