Modern research techniques
ACA have a unique capability to develop reactors, methods, computer programs and instruments related to combustors. We have assisted in developing combustors which are more fuel-efficient and emit lower levels of pollutant chemicals

Advanced Fuel Research
We have developed miniature combustor reactors which are able to burn fuels with different molecular sizes and structures. We use the reactors to show how molecular size and structure influence such problems as ignition and formation of emissions. The reactors provide a means of predicting the combustion properties, and emissions properties of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels. New fuels can be investigated in reactors prior to full combustor studies, significantly reducing the need for extended studies in actual combustors

Measurements of Exhaust Emissions
World wide the allowed levels for chemical emissions from combustors are gradually lowered. This increases the importance in a understanding transient conditions (within a few seconds) during which most of the emissions are released. A natural measuring technique is on-line gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS). We have used GCMS to investigate emissions from various Otto (SI) engines and Diesel engines