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HFDynamics’s Innovation Lab has several key capabilities:
- Optimize installed performance
- New Engine Development
- Engine simulation
- Engine design
- Engine prototyping
- Modification of existing engines
- Emissions Reduction
- Performance
- cost to manufacture
- Engine Benchmarking/testing
HFDynamics Engine technologies, in specific configurations:
- Reduce fuel consumption by as much as 40%
- Burn virtually any fuel (e.g. gasoline, diesel, kerosene, military fuels)
- Reduce the weight and bulk of “heavy fuel” burning engines by as much as 50% as compared to standard diesel engines
- Reduce emissions, and meet EPA standards
- Reduce manufacturing costs
Regulatory Compliance
HFDynamics has the unique ability to offer a low cost solution to producing gasoline engines that meet ever-tightening emission standards (EPA 2006 Clean Air Act, EURO4, EURO5 and EURO6).
Coupled with the ability to reduce fuel consumption by up to 40%, HFDynamics’s engine technology offers a compelling opportunity for manufacturers and operators alike.
Heavy or Multi-Fuel Operation
The same technologies which allow HFDynamics engines to run efficiently and compliant with regulatory requirements using gasoline fuel also allow for reliable operation on: heavy fuels (JP-5 or 8, kerosene, or diesel); gasoline or Jet A; alternative fuels (ethanol or methanol); or combinations of these fuels. HFDynamics has the ability to deliver this performance at costs well below current market offerings. Cost effective and reliable delivery of this technology allows HFDynamics to address market needs such as the U.S. Department of Defense one-fuel forward mandate; markets where gasoline is more costly than competing fuels; and other applications where the ability to burn heavy or multi fuels would increase performance, safety, or environmental regulation compliance. |
Lightweight Powerplants
HFDynamics architectures meet an evolving Department of Defense mandate to reduce the weight of our military by 40% by replacing its current inventory of heavy diesels with newer, lighter power plants. This highly mobile military scenario is expected to lead to “exponential” growth in the demand for the kinds of lightweight power sources now being developed by HFDynamics.
Lower Cost Manufacturing
HFDynamics’s engine and drive system architectures are based on simplified designs as compared to currently available products. These designs allow for increased performance and lower manufacturing costs.
