A FIVE-PARAMETER ENGINE MAPPING TEST FACILITY
Part of the responsibilities of BL Technology is to investigate and develop advanced test facilities and techniques. A pair of engine test beds was installed at BL Technology's Gaydon Proving Ground during 1982/83 with the object of providing five-parameter mapping for car and light van petrol and diesel engines. The paper describes the control and instrumentation equipment with which the cells are equipped, and discusses the techniques used in acquiring and processing the data. The facilities depend fundamentally on computer-based control of the five parameters in conjunction with a Host system affording test sequence preparation and data processing and storage, together with communications interfacing. Particular advantages of these test beds are the speed with which a large quantity of data can be processed and presented in useful formats, and the accuracy of data.
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Supplemental Notes:
- ISATA 83. Volume 1. International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation with particular reference to Electronics and Energy Saving in the Automotive Industries: Product and Process, Cologne, 19-23 September 1983.
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Corporate Authors:
Automotive Automotion Limited
42 Lloyd Park Avenue
Croydon CRO 5SB, Surrey, EnglandFord Werke AG
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Authors:
- Crump, D H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 407-428
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accuracy; Control systems; Data collection; Information processing; Instrumentation; Test facilities
- Old TRIS Terms: Engine mapping
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00393108
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding, HS-037 234, HS-037 235
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM