Diesel Systems
The
diesel engine has long been a workhorse in the heavy-duty, industrial
and agricultural markets. In the 21st century, there is an ever
increasing focus on fuel consumption. In many countries around the
world, passenger car diesel engines have made significant inroads into
the marketplace. The North American manufacturing industry has recently
made substantial productivity advances and is preparing to expand its
presence as an international competitor, especially in Europe and Asia.
In these markets, the diesel engine plays a much more important role
than in the United States.
FEV is working with the manufacturing industry to meet their
goals on a worldwide basis. In parallel, we continue to conduct
government sponsored research, aimed at identifying new technologies
that will be beneficial in meeting anticipated emissions and
performance standards, without sacrificing efficiency.
Worldwide, our business is consists of approximately 50%
diesel cycle related activity. We have been, and are currently,
directly involved in the development of a number of diesel engine
designs. This involvement covers the full spectrum of diesel engines
from smaller, passenger car diesel powerplants to heavy-duty marine and
industrial engines.
FEV offers services to its diesel customers, which ranges
from advanced or pre-production engine problem identification and
solution to complete diesel engine layout, design and development.
The optimization of the combustion process for diesel engines represents the heart of each engine development program.
FEV has long term experience in the development and application of diesel exhaust gas aftertreatment technologies.
Fuel
injection technology represents one of the main drivers towards
improving current characteristics of diesel engines and identifies
future enhancements to reduce engine exhaust emissions, combustion
noise and fuel consumption.
Active
research and development programs have been created that deal with
alternative diesel combustion processes and the use of alternative
fuels.
FEV possesses a wide range of basic equipment and capabilities to support fundamental studies and research activities.
One
method of accelerating and optimizing the production development
process under stringent boundary conditions is to reorganize the
calibration process.
FEV supports the development process through the use of standardized methods for the appropriate tools.
The
global powertrain market is experiencing growing demands from consumers
for improving drivability, NVH and fuel economy, which led to an
increase in the application of electronic control systems within diesel
vehicles.
On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) is one of the dominating elements of engine and vehicle control systems.
Turbocharging
(TC) systems have been developed and refined progressively to deliver
ever improving performance and the benefits of lower emissions and
increased fuel economy.
While
development time for the combustion, calibration and application for
modern diesel engines is becoming increasingly limited, the demands
placed on performance, emissions, acoustic behavior, fuel efficiency,
drivability and production costs continue to escalate.