A Fast Data-Acquisition System for Investigating Combustion Phenomena in Spark-Ignition Engines

A computer-controlled 16 channel fast data-acquisition system has been developed for the rapid capture of analogue and digital data from a spark-ignition engine. The system is to be used for diagnostic investigations of both single-cycle and cyclic combustion phenomena in engines.

Its use is not restricted to spark-ignition engines and it can be used for dynamic investigations with other suitably instrumented rotating machinery, such as turbines, compressors and diesel engines.