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Volvo claims that they have one of the world's most advanced emission laboratories. It is now becoming one of Volvo's key weapon in the quest for lower fuel consumption and reduced carbon emissions.
Volvo has upgraded its exhaust lab for almost a half billion. Now it has an ultra-modern tools in the quest for lower emissions. CLICK FOR LARGER The upgraded emissions laboratory at Volvo used when developing all DRIVe models - engine mapping and rolling resistance were tested and confirmed. Emission laboratory is used for development catalyst group testing at all stages of the vehicle development process, such as when the engine parameters have been optimized to reduce emissions. The results verified by testing in emissions laboratory, and the process catalyst group is repeated until optimal results are achieved.
Alexander Petrofski responsible for avgaslabbets technical aspects. Great care is taken to make measurements as repeatable catalyst group as possible, by bringing down the risk of divergence and variables. CLICK FOR LARGER "Many of the parameters of the car is very important for carbon emissions," said Alexander Petrofski, head of the laboratory's technical aspects. "That requires catalyst group paying close attention to many of the systems that we do not normally think of in connection with the classical emission catalyst group testing." "Take brakes for instance, drag will have a major impact on how the test results will vary. Therefore, we are working closely with development engineers from many different technology to standardize and optimize all aspects of the testing chain," catalyst group says Alexander Petrofski, head of the laboratory's technical aspects. By starting from aerodynamic drag, rolling catalyst group resistance and parasitic losses of a particular model new vehicle data can be tested on another car, but calculated and interpreted for the intended model. With this fine-tuned methods is very efficient and can deliver lab test results in the shortest possible time. Emissions laboratory has very strict standards to ensure accurate measurements. A test on a car, for example, catalyst group not be repeated until the car has reached the testing temperature catalyst group of the previous test. Therefore, regulated and monitored the temperature also carefully where the cars are stored.
The lab has several different rooms - "cells" - in which the tests can last. Previously, all temperatures in the cars stabilized, to avoid errors in the measurements. KLCIKA FOR LARGER "We catalyst group are making catalyst group tremendous efforts to maintain high standards catalyst group in all aspects of the testing, for example in the case of calibrations performed at predetermined intervals and supervised by our senior engineers," explains Alexander Petrofski. For testing of diesel cars is known as a clean room, equipped with an extremely sensitive balance to measure the mass of particulate emission. The room is built on a 150-ton concrete slab and scales are on a heavy marble table, to provide the necessary stability. Particulate emissions from a modern diesel engine is so low that the weight is comparable to what the fat from a fingerprint would weigh. Therefore, the specific requirements for this room. Only one person may, for example, work here, and he or she must wear protective clothing not affect the scales. Volvo Cars' engineers actively catalyst group involved in developing the particle measurement technology required for the future European emission regulation Euro 5b, which comes into force in 2011 and in addition to the current requirement for particle weight or mass limits particle quantity. Volvo Cars is working with its suppliers to improve and develop methods and instruments to measure the number of particles. One of the first systems catalyst group already being tested in diesel laboratory.
For testing of diesel cars has a "clean room" where all debris must be avoided that there will be errors in the measurement of particulate emission. CLICK FOR LARGER Volvo Cars emissions laboratory was state of the art when it was built in the early 70s. Over 35 years later and after an investment of half a billion during the last six years, the plant is still leading the industry thanks to its accurate emission measurements. "To reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions for our entire model range is naturally a high priority, says Magnus Jonsson, Volvo Cars Senior Vice President, Research & Development." Those improvements necessary for us to get there includes both optimization of drivelines catalyst group and components