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Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, University Politehnica Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
This paper presents the experimental methodology to carry out functional performance tests for an air filter with a particular design of its housing, generically named Super absorbing YXV "Air by Corneliu", patented and homologated by the Romanian Automotive Registry, to which numerous prizes and medals were awarded at national and international innovations salons. The tests were carried out in the Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory, within the specialization "Road vehicles" belonging to the Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, component of Politehnica University of Timisoara. The scope of the study is to optimise the air intake into the engine cylinders by reducing the gas-dynamic resistances caused by the air filter and, therefore, to achieve higher energy efficiency, i.e. fuel consumption reduction and engine performance increase. We present some comparative values of various operating parameters of the engine fitted, in the first measuring session, with the original filter, and then with the studied filter. The data collected shows a reduction in fuel consumption by using this type of filter, which leads to lower emissions.
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