Combustion System Development

A robust combustion system is an absolute key requirement to achieve increasingly stringent emissions and fuel economy targets worldwide. MAHLE Jet Ignition^® is an advanced pre-chamber combustion system which can provide benefits in both fuel economy and performance.

Our Value Add

• Significant analysis and simulation at early design stage
• Base combustion chamber layout design
• Injector targeting studies
• Moving geometry CFD for port, piston and injector optimisation
• Steady state port flow measurements
• Optimization of combustion chamber parameters
• Single and multi-cylinder optimisation

Our Tools, Facilities and Services

• System development considering all aspects of production components
• CFD code (Star-CCM)
• Steady state cylinder head flow rig
• Injector flow rig
• Single cylinder research engines (thermodynamic and optical)
• Novel approaches to Lean Burn

Customer Benefits

• Extensive experience of combustion system design for high Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP) operation
• Unique combination of engineering services with engine component expertise