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    UP-VRTL - In the past, UPD provided counterpart fund for researchers that were funded by external agencies. Counterpart funding was, however, limited to the use of University resources and there was no equivalent cash outlay from the University.
    According to UPD Chancellor Sergio Cao, unlike in the past the University now give big chunks of money as counterpart funding.
    An example of this is the College of Engineering’s (CoE’s) Vehicle Research and Testing Laboratory (VRTL), a P178 million joint venture between UPD, the Department of Energy (DoE), the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
    UP provided P19 million as counterpart while partners DoE, PNOC and DOST will each provide about P50 million each.
    The only one of its kind in the Philippines, the VRTL is mainly a research facility that conducts detailed analysis of different alternative fuels as well as fuel-savings and emission control devices. It will also serve as a major tool for instruction of CoE students.
    Fuel and automotive companies as well as government may also avail of the services using these facilities for things such as fuel research and product and vehicle performance testing. This will help the laboratory become self-sufficient when the joint venture ends.
    The 200-square-meter facility was inaugurated in August 2008 at the Mechanical Engineering department of the CoE and houses state-of-the-art equipment.

    DRIVE CYCLES - A driving cycle is a standardised driving pattern. This pattern is described by means of velocity-time table. The track that is to be covered is divided in time-steps, mostly
    seconds. The acceleration during a time step is assumed to be constant. As a result the
    velocity during a time step is a linear function of time. Because velocity and acceleration
    are known for each point of time, the required mechanical power as a function of time can
    be determined with formulas, which will be discussed later. This function integrated over
    the duration of the driving cycle produces the mechanical energy needed for that driving
    cycle. Off the road a vehicle can execute a driving cycle on a dynamometer. In the case of
    ICE driven vehicles, the fuel consumption and emissions are directly measured.

    Three groups of DC's:
    (a) European DC's - NEDC
    (b) EPA DC's - UDDS
    (c) Japanese DC's - 10-15/JC08; I think this is the DC that is used by VRTL at the moment. Maybe next year or 2016, the WLTP will be adopted. Tamangtama sa 2016 when we will adopt Euro4.This is the Unified Worldwide Test Proceduces for Light-duty vehicles. It was developed by European, Japanese and Indian experts; commissioned by UNEP.

    These three groups of DC's - ONLY THESE TESTS - are accepted by governments all over the world as proof that a particular car has the emissions and fuel consumption that the mfr claims. When a fuel saving device presents results from an emission and/or fuel consumption DC, then there may be something in it

    The EPA has tested 104 devices for the last 20 years and found 7 that had slightly increase efficiency (max 6%) - Wikipedia. Unbelievable, isn't it?

    Someone said (gh, uls, niky, or lsb?) that without a dyno = BS. If with out dyno and DC = double BS?

    Its time all dvices/innovations undergo a DC, such as dvldoc's water injection, Khaos, Aerogas, Aeronox, etc.. including our nuvi-nuvi. I hope that we will be able to test our nuvi-nuvi innovation
    within this year or early next year, InshAllah. This tests would solve old issues once and for all; separating men from the boys.

    Let the fun begin!!
    Last edited by pyramid00; October 21st, 2014 at 11:23 PM. Reason: spelling and grammar

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    lowslowbenz, is the drive cycle test similar to the testing protocols of sgs?

    i understand that the cost of testing at vrtl is p50k. i am not sure if per test (i.e., if 50k for emissions, 50k for fuel consumption and 50k for the dyno bhp/torque. that will be a whopping 150k! to save a third of that, the dyno test could be done at speedlab. imo, the best option would be to test devices for fuel consumption, then the dyno at speedlab and the last test would be for fuel efficiency.

    for most motorist, this is the order of preference: savings, power and emissions.

    a test data from vrtl would not be questioned by any automotive expert, regardless, unless he has a valid question about the procedures. anyway, the test is repeatable.

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