Clever fluid management is critical to the design of Perkins Engines

Whether it is hot or cold, understanding how to manage the flow of fluids is critical to engine design, optimisation and performance across every application.

So, for the latest episode in our 'Discovering the Power of Perkins’ series, Peter Haddock delves into the very clever world of computational fluid dynamics and simulation with expert Tim Ward.

And it's not just all about fuel types, oils, and hydraulic fluids - coolants also play their part, as Tim explains: "Everyone knows we need fluids to make an engine operate, so when we look at designing new engines, we now turn to simulation using our own software to model the flow of fluids. 

"This helps us to see how each component impacts the overall performance of an engine and how to prevent things like air pockets in the coolant system from forming, for example. 

"We can even model how components in an engine would perform in very cold and hot conditions, spotting areas where we can change a design before we even get to the physical prototype."

Tim gives us such an in-depth view of fluid dynamics that we have broken down the sections in this video after our introduction for those interested in different areas:

- At 1.50, Tim talks about the combustion process. 

- At 4.58, Tim talks about coolants and removing air pockets.

- At 6.05, Tim talks about the oil system and different fluid types of cold and hot environments.

- At 8.35, Tim talks about controlling emissions, which is critical with Stage V engines. 

- At 10.00, Tim talks about the importance of fluid flows in after-treatment solutions and other systems powered by the engine.

For anyone interested in how engines are designed and all of the simulation and testing that goes into the production process, visit our dedicated Perkins Engine page here - 

https://www.contentforindustry.com/organisation?organisation=perkins-engines