scholarly journals Development of automotive emissions testing equipment and test methods in response to legislative, technical and commercial requirements

2013 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Piotr BIELACZYC ◽  
Andrzej SZCZOTKA ◽  
Piotr PAJDOWSKI ◽  
Joseph WOODBURN
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Converter ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Testing Laboratory ◽  
Automotive Emissions ◽  
Laboratory Design ◽  
Automobile Design ◽  
Sampling Locations ◽  
Emissions Testing

Legislation regarding the reduction of harmful exhaust emissions, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption is one of the strongest drivers of development in automobile design. Strict legislation requires changes to engine calibration and hardware, but also to test facilities and emissions analysis systems; indeed, emissions standards in the European Union (EU), USA and Japan determine not only maximum permissible emissions factors, but also emissions testing methods and laboratory design. This paper is a continuation of [1], and presents the most recent additions to BOSMAL’s emissions testing laboratory – a recently-installed analyzer bench for modal raw exhaust measurement at both pre- and post-catalytic converter sampling locations, as well as EGR ratio calculation, are described in the context of its sophisticated emissions measurement facilities and the increasingly complex testing demands of vehicle and aftertreatment system manufacturers.

scholarly journals Development of vehicle exhaust emission testing methods – BOSMAL’s new emission testing laboratory

2011 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Piotr BIELACZYC ◽  
Andrzej SZCZOTKA ◽  
Piotr PAJDOWSKI ◽  
Joseph WOODBURN
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Climate Simulation ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Testing Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Design ◽  
Emission Testing ◽  
Emissions Testing

Legislation regarding the reduction of harmful exhaust emissions, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption is one of the strongest drivers of development in automobile design. Emissions standards in the European Union (EU), USA and Japan determine not only maximum permissible emissions factors, but also emissions testing methods and laboratory design. BOSMAL has risen to meet these challenges by investing in a new, state-of-the-art emissions testing laboratory, housed within a climate chamber. This paper presents BOSMAL’s new M1/N1 vehicular emissions and fuel consumption laboratory in a climatic chamber for the testing of vehicles in accordance with the Euro 5 & 6 and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & California Air Resources Board (CARB) standards. The specifications, capabilities and design features of the sampling and analysis and climate simulation systems are presented and discussed in relation to the increasing drive for cleaner light duty road vehicles. A recently-installed particle number counting system is described in the context of European Union legislation on the emission of particle matter from CI and SI vehicles. The laboratory permits BOSMAL’s engineers to compete in the international automotive arena in the development and construction of new, more ecologically friendly and increasingly fuel efficient vehicles.

scholarly journals Exhaust emission testing methods – BOSMAL’s legislative and development emission testing laboratories

2019 ◽  
Vol 178 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr BIELACZYC ◽  
Dariusz KLIMKIEWICZ ◽  
Joseph WOODBURN ◽  
Andrzej SZCZOTKA
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Climate Simulation ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Climatic Chamber ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Laboratory Design ◽  
Emission Testing ◽  
New Research ◽  
Emissions Testing

The latest legislation regarding the reduction of harmful exhaust emissions, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption determines not only maximum permissible emissions factors, but also emissions testing methods and laboratory design and additionally leads to the development of new research methods. BOSMAL has risen to meet these challenges by investing in an updated, state-of-the-art emissions testing laboratory, housed within a climate chamber and in parallel investing in a completely new laboratory designed with incoming and future legislative requirements in mind. This paper presents BOSMAL’s improved M1/N1 vehicular emissions and fuel consumption laboratory in a climatic chamber and BOSMAL’s standard chamber for the testing of vehicles in accordance with European Union, US and Japanese standards. The specifications, capabilities and design features of the sampling, analysis and development research possi-bilities and climate simulation systems are presented and discussed in relation to the increasing drive for cleaner, light duty road vehi-cles (including hybrids and electric vehicles). The recently-renovated laboratory with extended standard temperature range and the laboratory with climatic chamber are described in the context of the newest European Union legislation on the emission in the range of Euro 6d testing requirements. The laboratories permit BOSMAL’s engineers to compete in the international automotive arena in the development of new, more ecologically friendly and increasingly fuel efficient vehicles.

TEST METHODS FOR POLYORGANOSILOXANE COMPOSITIONS USED AS PROTECTIVE COATINGS IN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ольга Владимировна Неёлова ◽  
Людмила Муратовна Кубалова ◽  
Анна Петровна Деревщикова
Keyword(s):  
Protective Coatings ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Organosilicon Polymer ◽  
Electronic Instrumentation

Представлен обзор по методам испытаний кремний органических полимерных композиций, применяемых в качестве защитных покрытий в современном электронном приборостроении. A review is given of testing methods for organosilicon polymer compositions used as protective coatings in modern electronic instrumentation.

Research the Test Method of the Voltage Transformer Secondary Load in the Three-Phase Three-Wire Electric Energy Metering Device

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 3110-3115
Author(s):  
Gu Li ◽  
Zi Ming Fu ◽  
Jie Feng Yan ◽  
Bing Wen Li ◽  
Zhi Rong Cen
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply System ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Voltage Transformer ◽  
Secondary Load ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Energy Metering ◽  
Definition Of

This paper analyzes and studies the definition of the voltage transformer secondary load, examines the practical purposes of the measured values of the voltage transformer secondary load, and presents a variety of testing methods to analyze and compare the differences. This paper gives the test methods of the voltage transformer secondary load when the connection of the voltage transformer is the Y / Y in a three-phase three-wire power supply system, filling the blank of this type of test method in the industry. When other units within the industry carry out such work, the conclusions of this paper are available for reference, and the conclusions of this paper can be referred when drafting relevant regulations in the future.

scholarly journals A new hollow fibre catalytic converter design for sustainable automotive emissions control

2019 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Izwanne Mahyon ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Ricardo Martinez-Botas ◽  
Zhentao Wu ◽  
Kang Li
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Converter ◽  
Hollow Fibre ◽  
Emissions Control ◽  
Automotive Emissions ◽  
Converter Design

scholarly journals Structural & Thermal Analysis of the Dental Refurbishment Ingredients using FEA Application

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S) ◽  
pp. 187-191
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Gold Alloy ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
The Other ◽  
Testing Laboratory ◽  
Composite Mixture ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Von Mises Stresses

Very little scientific information on dental renewables has recently been available. Before this experience, the utilization of these materials was entirely artistic, and the patient's mouth was the only testing laboratory. Today, despite the advanced technical devices and the improvement of consistent test methods for estimating the metallic and thermal properties of renewables, this test sometimes happens on the patient's mouth. The current work has considered, and compared, basic thermal & mechanical characteristic’s of some of the most commonly used restorative materials. The transport of these materials when they were used as a class I cup, mandibular 1st molar, was mixed under different thermal and structural strengths examining the use of ANSYS/work bench 15.0. Consideration was given to Amalgam materials, Composite/mixture, & gold alloy for this effort. The outcomes obtained from ANSYS indicated that the biggest update at the occlusal surface, particularly in the inflection, occurred and is rising to the other four (mesial, & buccal, & lingual & distal surfaces) characteristics & the roots, though Von-Mises was depicted on the cervical line/mark (a border between crown and roots) and spread to both crown & roots. There were 35 tests carried out and the values for the highest separation and von-Mises emphasis both against temperature and structure by using QTIPLOT software, and the final result shows that all values are the highest and highest concentrations of both re-fillers of gold and the mixed nutrients and of both deformation & von-Mises stresses respectively.

ECVAM'S Activities in the EU Candidate Countries

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 203-205
Author(s):  
Dariusz Sladowski ◽  
Marlies Halder
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Eu Candidate Countries ◽  
The Three Rs ◽  
The Eu

ECVAM has been given a special grant for collaborative projects on alternative/advanced testing methods involving eleven Candidate Countries for membership of the European Union (Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). The project involves the promotion of the Three Rs (reduction, refinement, replacement) concept of Russell & Burch, in cooperation with appropriate individuals and national and international organisations in the Candidate Countries themselves, and elsewhere. The scope of the programme's activities covers: conferences in some of the Candidate Countries, workshops, training courses, training visits, and technology development/transfer initiatives. A database of contacts in the Candidate Countries and in relevant institutions in other countries, is being compiled.

Research of Spindle Runout Testing Methods

2011 ◽  
Vol 121-126 ◽  
pp. 1455-1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Gao ◽  
Guo Hua Cao ◽  
Hong Ji Xu ◽  
Zheng Lin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Test System ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Displacement Sensor ◽  
Sensor Calibration ◽  
Laser Displacement Sensor ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Calibration Experiment ◽  
Calibration Device ◽  
Machine Spindle

The paper aims at the analysis of machine spindle runout characteristics and designs of a laser displacement sensor in non-contact spindle runout measurement system. To ensure accuracy, we designed the laser displacement sensor calibration device, and the test calibration experiment was carried out by using laser displacement sensor. Experimental results showed that the test methods met the accuracy requirements of test system.

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