Test Cells
AEI’s test
cell privacy configuration is structured for protecting
proprietary projects and providing a comfortable work
environment for customers and AEI support personnel.
Each test cell computer console room is isolated from the
other test cells and is equipped with an individual entry
door. Privacy blinds may be closed to prevent others
from viewing the engine or other hardware.
 These console
rooms provide a laboratory-like environment, where customers
may view the control screens and see the engine test cell
through a window. A single door provides front entry to
the test cell from the control console area. Large
double doors for installing and removing engines are located
on the opposite side of the cell from the console area.
This arrangement limits access to visitors, and only allows
authorized personnel in all
areas where
engines are stored, maintained, torn down, inspected etc.
Test Cell Specifications
The Analytical
Engineering, Inc. engine test cells are all roughly equivalent in
terms of
size and engine testing capacity. Odd numbered test cells have a
16 x 4 foot bedplate and even numbered have 14 x 4 foot bedplates.
The bedplates are 4 inch 1018 solid steel construction and are
bonded to 60,000 pound steel reinforced concrete inertia blocks.
The inertia blocks are isolated from the building through
vibration isolation foam seams. The bedplate and inertia block
combination are designed for engine / dynamometer combinations up
to approximately 3,000 horsepower. Six of the test cells provide
rear access through double doors with an opening dimension of 8
feet wide by 9 feet tall, thus accepting practically any
conventional engine size.
Each test cell is
ventilated with a totally separate, twin air handler system
with a bypass. With computer controlled variable speed
blowers, air velocity, test cell temperature and inside
barometric pressure (delta to outside) can be maintained and carefully controlled. The entering air from
outside is filtered through a separa te 99.7% efficient superfilter system.
Supercritical silencing mufflers provide approximately 45 dB
attenuation. Each test cell is equipped with 8 inch exhaust
with continuously variable damping to simulate a wide range of
vehicle exhaust system backpressure levels. These muffler
systems will provide excellent sound control with minimal
exhaust restriction for engines up through 2500 horsepower.
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