LABVIEW-BASED DATA ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SINGLE-CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINE

A single-cylinder engine research is conducted to study operational aspect of a singlecylinder
engine. The development of a LabVIEW-based data analysis program is
meant to reduce cost and increase flexibility of a data acquisition system. The
objective of the study is to study parameters used in determining performance of an
engine, specifically the combustion process, and to develop a post-processing
program for combustion analysis. The combustion analyses that are included in this
program are Indicated Mean Effective Pressure (IMEP), Mass Fraction Burned
(MFB) and Heat Release Rate (HRR). The result of this program will be compared to
a combustion analysis program called DEWETRON CA for verification. In the end,
the single-cylinder engine research can use the Lab VIEW program for the purpose of
test measurement display, logging and analysis. This program also can be revised and
upgrade so that it will be implemented inside the online data acquisition and
combustion analysis.