Capabilities and Case Studies

Example projects and capabilities include:

Power systems – recent and on-going projects include:

• Base engine emissions upgrade for major generator set manufacturer
• New two-cylinder generator set engine design
• Significant cost savings identified for a generator set manufacturer
• Design and support development of a compressed natural gas diesel engine for major power systems manufacturer

Wind energy

• Ricardo ‘MultiLife’ wind energy bearing technology project aiming to increase service life by up to 500 percent – funded by the UK Northern Wind Innovation Programme (NWIP)
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• Development assistance to General Compression on a novel wind energy based compressed air energy storage concept aiming to eliminate wind power intermittency
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• Collaboration with HORIBA on the design of a new 15MW drive train test system for offshore wind
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Marine energy

• Development assistance to OpenHydro on a new concept of tidal stream generator
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Fuel cell systems

• Clamping analysis for a planar solid oxide fuel cell
• Detailed design for a natural gas fuelled solid oxide fuel cell remote power system
• Hydrogen source diesel reformer for NOx trap regeneration
• Engineering design and prototype development of a pressure swing hydrogen reformer for an industrial vehicle fuel cell powertrain application
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