- R&D center was established for Design and development of Turbochargers to meet present and future needs of Engine manufacturers.
- Recognised by Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR),Govt of India, in the year 1985.
- Towards this objective, TEL has created advanced CAD, Gas Stand and engine test facilities.
- Certain component test facilities for development of control systems (actuator) and environmental testing are also available.
- Simulation facility for Turbocharger design and development.
- Matched and developed more than 150Part Nos Turbochargers for leading Indian engine manufacturers, for automotive, offhighway, agricultural and industrial applications
- It has a manpower strength of 60 led by highly experienced Team leaders
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Design and Development |
CAD Facilities |
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- The CAD center is equipped with modeling
software such as Pro E, UG and AutoCAD
- Development of 2D and 3D models of
Turbocharger assemblies and parts such as
Asymmetric Turbine housing, Turbine Housing
with Integral manifold and Water cooled
Bearing housing.
- Newly developed Products such as Variable
Turbine Geometry (VTG) and 2 Stage
Turbocharging systems
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Simulation Facilities |
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- Following software facilities are used for
Design and Simulation activities:
• Concepts NREC Agile software
• CFD CFX and Fluent including Meshing
• ANSYS Mechanical, for Static and
Dynamic analysis
• ABAQUS, for Nonlinear analysis
• Hypermesh for meshing
- Aerodynamic Design of Compressor and Turbine
wheels
• Stress and Vibration analysis compressor and
turbine wheels.
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Gas Stand Test Facilities |
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- Two gas stands for evaluation of
complete performance of Turbocharger.
- Automatic data acquisition and
generation of Compressor and Turbine
maps
- Gas Temperature upto 800 Deg C.
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Thermal shock Test Facility |
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- One Gas Stand for Thermal Shock
Testing of Turbocharger and Turbine
housing.
- Can handle upto four small Turbochargers
concurrently.
- Gas Temperature upto 800 Deg C.
Turbine Pressure Ratio upto 4
- Turbine Flow rate upto 0.20 Kg/s
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Engine Test Facilities (Engine Dynamometers) |
- One Eddy Current Dynamometer to tests
engines upto 350 kW is operational This has
a compatible Eddy Current Dynamometer
- Two more Engine Dynamometers, one for
testing engines upto 230 kW and another for engines upto 88 kW, are under
commissioning
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NVH and Component Test facilities |
- Test facility to test the Turbocharger components for evaluating the NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness).
---Modal analysis kit and FFT analysers
- Endurance testing of Actuators for turbochargers.
- Data acquisition system for data acquisition and analysis
of Test data such as Pressure, Temperature and Speed of
the Turbocharger
- Laser based system for measurement of Temperatures up
to 1000 deg C
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