Engine Research Laboratory

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur, India (208016)

Team ERL 2011

News

• 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......

• Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar Maurya are awarded prestigious "Pool Scientist" fellowship  of CSIR for three years.

• Inauguration of Single Cylinder Research Engine facility by Prof. S. G. Dhande, Director IIT Kanpur. More.....

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