Established by software and microelectronics engineer Rob Young, DMS's half - million pound test centre features a state of the art four - wheel drive, load -
controlled dynamometer, (rolling road).
Our modern test centre features a state of the art four - wheel drive, load -
controlled dynamometer (rolling road).
Not exact matches
The capabilities of Test Cell 1 include a fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current
dynamometer for precision power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and power
control channels.For measuring the thermal output of fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling engines, Test Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the engine by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.
AAA tested a 2013 Nissan Leaf, a 2012 Mitsubishi i - MiEV, and a 2014 Ford Focus Electric on a
dynamometer in a climate -
controlled room.
Gross horsepower is obtained by a
dynamometer test of an engine equipped only with the built - in accessories essential to its operation, such as fuel pump, oil pump, coolant pump and built - in emissions -
control equipment
Vazquez: The test itself is run on a chassis
dynamometer in a
controlled laboratory environment.
Horsepower ratings continued to drop, not only due to lower compression and tighter emissions
controls but, beginning with the 1972 model year, a switch from gross (on
dynamometer) to net ratings based on an engine in an actual vehicle with all accessories installed.
The numbers that appear on a new car's window sticker now come from
dynamometer testing in scientifically -
controlled conditions.