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The Energy Institute sponsors the Fuel Injector Test Stand Project. The objective of the project is to create a test stand that will allow our sponsor to test alternative fuels in laboratory setting. Elana Chapman and Kimberly Wain, PHD (mechanical and chemical respectively) students at the Energy Institute who are working on the project and who are also our technical contact, have done previous experiments on dimethyl ether (DME) as an alternative fuel blend. Our sponsor wants to assist in the world’s effort to reduce air pollution caused by automobile emissions. Previous studies have shown that DME in combination with diesel fuel reduces engine emissions and the deterioration of fuel system hardware. Our sponsor wants our EE 403W to continue the assignment that the ME senior design course began last semester by creating a test stand that will allow them to do further analysis on DME’s performance in engine hardware.
The previous group installed the main mechanical hardware components. Our design team installed the electrical components of the project. These components include: a Fuel Injector Driver Control System, Data Acquisition Program, Power Distribution, and Safety Circuits.
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