Fuel and Engine Performance
Monash University conducts research to assist industry to achieve greater efficiencies in fuel and engine performance. Monash’s Diesel Engine Facility (MDEF) is a research facility that houses a fully instrumented diesel engine test cell. This facility has been designed to enable detailed investigations of engine, alternative fuels and emissions, ranging from cutting-edge experimental and numerical research to industry-focused collaborations.
Using advanced measurement techniques such as high-speed cameras and lasers that the Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC) Laboratory specialises in, novel in-cylinder sensors and the latest industrial solutions for gas analysis, we research a wide spectrum of engine-related phenomena, from diesel sprays and combustion measurement to fault diagnostics and emissions.
Areas include:
- Engine performance and analysis
- Fuels and fuel systems
- Formation, control and measurement of emissions
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Fluid mechanics
- Combustion (pollutant formation, alternative and renewable fuels)
- Propulsion and transport (gas turbines, diesel and spark ignition engines)
- Fluid Mechanics (sprays, sonic and supersonic flows)
- Exhaust treatment including filtering systems and underground mining.
