Engine Research Laboratory

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur, India (208016)

News

• Professor Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received the INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award. Video...

• Dr. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, has received “Dr. C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award: 2011 for Excellence in the field of Engineering Education”,  by IES, Bhopal, in December 2011.

• Kewal Dharamashi has received First Prize in ASME's Asia Pacific Competition for his work on laser ignition of natural gas air mixtures. More....

• Flagging of ERL developed first rebuilt loco based on Electronic Fuel Injection System for Indian Railways by Shri Sanjiv Handa, Member (Mechanical), Railway Board. Photos......

Research focus at ERL

• Engine Combustion Investigations

• Combustion Visualization

• Alternative Fuels

• Biodiesel Development

• Utilization of Straight Vegetable Oils

• Utilization of Primary Alcohols and Bio-butanol

• Field Trials of Alternative Fuels

• Particulate Characterization and Control

• Direct Injection CNG

• Regulated and Non-Regulated Emissions

• Engine Endurance and Long Term Durability Studies

• Lubricating Oil Tribology

• Exhaust Gas After-Treatment

• HCCI of Gasoline and Diesel Like Fuels

• Laser Ignition of Engines

• Optical Diagnostic Techniques

• Laser Induced Fluorescence

• Particle Image Velocimetry for Engine In-Cylinder Flow Visualization

• Development of Micro-Sensors (Capacitance Sensors and Fiber Optic Probes)

• Large-Bore Engine Research