Automotive_Transportation | GRUEN-TEC.CONSULTING

Thomas Gerlach

Director of

Gruen-Tec.Consulting

Areas of Expertise - Automotive

Alternative Fuel (CNG, LNG, Ethanol, Methanol, H2)
Emissions Enhancement and Emission After Treatment Systems
Engine Performance Enhancement
Engine Calibration
Engine Testing, Data collection, Analyses and Interpretation
Fuel Systems development
EMS and Control strategy development
Combustion development
Variety of Engine Applications and fuels (2-stroke, 4-stroke, rotary, UAV, etc.)

Combustion Development

Gasoline homogenous combustion (Lambda=1)
Gasoline lean-stratified combustion
Direct Injection – CNG, high performance demonstrator engine
Dual fuel combustion with LNG + Diesel (pilot diesel)
Dual fuel combustion with Ethanol+ Diesel (pilot diesel)
Diesel combustion Improvements

HCCI/CAI combustion
2-stroke high performance engine combustion development with direct injection

Fuel System Development

Intake manifold injection (EFI)
Direct injection solenoid (HPDI)
Direct injection piezo (HPDI piezo)
Direct injection Orbital Air Assist
Direct injection CNG
Diesel fuel injection (mechanical, unit injector, common rail )
Injector benchmarking
Fuel metering tests
Fuel injection event variation tests
Fuel droplet size measurement (MALVERN particle-sizer)
Fuel spray high speed imaging (LAVISION high speed camera)

Engine applications and Fuel

Single cylinder research engine (SCRE)
- Automotive SCRE 0.4 liter (CAI, Piezo HPDI, Orbital Air Assist)
- Heavy Duty SCRE 1.7 liter (Dual Fuel, CNG DI, Ethanol DI, Piezo HPDI, CI, SI)
Heavy duty engines
- Diesel (mechanical, Unit injector, Common rail)
- Dual fuel (LNG/Diesel)
- 100% Ethanol conversion, SI, DI, dual fuel
- Methanol/DME
Automotive engines
- Natural aspirated
- Turbo-charged
2-Stroke engines
Rotary Engines
General Purpose Engines
Fuels: Gasoline, Diesel, CNG/LNG, Ethanol, Methanol, JP5, AvGas, JP8

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