Research & Development
Adiabatics Technologies has performed research and development on low heat rejection engines with significant power and efficiency gains to high output diesel engines since 1997. Adiabatics Technologies has worked closely with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) and in particular its research and development engineering center (TARDEC/RDECOM) under the Army SBIR program. Over the years Adiabatics Technologies has consistently met TACOM goals and achieved development of many new concepts. After procuring a SBIR Phase I for “Compact Turbochargers for High Power Density Diesel Engines” Adiabatics Technologies built up our engine test facilities, and we were the first to run a 400-hour NATO durability cycle for any military diesel engine. This ability gave us the opportunity to improve engine performance in both power and fuel consumption. With an advanced test facility, we were also able to procure work from neighboring businesses and become a local business leader.
During Phase I and Phase II work (under TACOM Contract No. W56HZV-06-C-0589), we developed a near-term power retrofit kit (PRK) that improved engine horsepower by 14% and decreased fuel consumption by 10%. We contacted General Engine Products LLC and pursued new research to test and perfect hardware. This became an advanced PRK2 package with the potential to serve the General Engine Products engine for the next 10 to 15 years.