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Emission Certification Laboratory

Emission Certification Laboratory

  • Type Approval (TA), Conformity of Production (COP), In service conformity (ISE),
    Real Drive emissions (RDE) & Mileage accumulation durability testing for
    • 2/3 Wheeler, Passenger Cars, Light Commercial Vehicles
    • Heavy Commercial Vehicle (HCV) engines, Tractor, Construction Equipment,
      Stationary and Gen-set engines, On road and off road application vehicles.
  • Evaporative emission measurement in SHED facility
  • State-of-Art utilities for temperature and humidity control in all test areas,
    central gas handling system, eco-friendly firefighting system and emergency power back-up
  • Accredited and Certified – NABL- ISO / IEC 17025: 2017, ISO 9001:2015,
    ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018, TRIAS 31 – J044GTR002-01 by NTSEL.

Our Capabilities and Competence

  • Emission System / Laboratory / Facility approval at Vehicle / Engine Manufactures Place for COP tests
  • Certification as per EPA, CARB, European and Japanese standards
  • Evaluation of alternative fuel vehicle/engines- CNG, LPG, Hydrogen, Ethanol, Methanol, Bio-diesel
  • Development assignment to evaluate Buses and Trucks for pollution control devices for emission, fuel efficiency etc.
  • Special assignment on an evaluation of oil/ fuel/additive for performance, emission and fuel consumption
  • Study of Particulate matters for toxicity and evaluation of Non-particles
  • Ambient air quality Management- Air Quality Monitoring, Emission factor determination and source profile, inventory generation (line/ area/point sources), forecasting studies and health impact assessment
  • Formulation of Regulation/ Procedures on Emission and related issue
  • Knowledge sharing through workshop/ seminar and special training courses on emission/alternate fuel
  • Secretariat for Standing Committee on an implementation of Emission Legislation
  • Secretariat for working party on pollution and energy (GRPE) under WP 29

Two Wheeler Emission Test Facility

  • Compliance to BSVI, European, EPA Norms, GTR, China, Brazilian, Thailand,
    Indonesian, and other global Norms
  • Equipped with Chassis dynamometer, CVS system, Emission analyzer bench,
    Weather station
  • Fully capable with all the required accuracy of measurement, fully automated
    test bench with controlled ambient air parameters like humidity and temperature
  • Chassis Dyno capacity: Power: 70KW, Inertia Range: 100-550kg, Max Speed: 200kmph
  • Impinger system for carbonyl emission measurement from ethanol/methanol-fueled vehicles
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Flex Fuel vehicle certification test facility for Two, Three and Small four wheel vehicles.

  • Compliance to BSVI, European, EPA Norms, GTR, China, Brazilian, Thailand, Indonesian, and other global Norms
  • Equipped with Chassis dynamometer, CVS system with dilution tunnel, Emission analyzer bench, Weather station, 2.5 um PM measurement system
  • Equipped with flex fuel vehicle testing facility up to E100, M100 fuelled vehicles .
  • To ensure the accuracy of measurement, fully automated test bench with controlled ambient air parameters like humidity and temperature
  • Chassis Dyno capacity: Power:50Kw, Inertia range:100-1500 Kg, Max Speed: 200Kmph
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Four Wheeler Emission Test Facility

  • Compliance with BS III, BS IV, BS VI, Euro IV, EPA and future norm
  • Equipped with 4 X 4 vehicle chassis dynamometer, CVS system with dilution tunnel and latest generation exhaust gas analyser bench with dirty/clean line concept for distinguishing between clean and dirty vehicle during emission measurement
  • To ensure accuracy of measurement, fully automated test bench controlled ambient air parameter like humidity and temperature.
  • Chassis Dyno capacity: Power: 155kW, Inertia range: 450-4820 Kg.
  • Impinger system for carbonyl emission measurement from ethanol/ methanol-fueled vehicles
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SHED (Sealed Housing Evaporation Determination Chamber)

  • Make : Weiss Technik, Germany
  • Type : VV / VT 87 +15…50 JU
  • Inside Dimensions :

    • 2700mm (H) × 4505mm (W) × 7200mm (D)
  • Meets BSIV, BSVI, Euro V, Euro VI, CARB 2W
  • Evaporative emissions
  • Gasoline passenger cars, utility vehicles, 2W & 3W vehicles
  • Canister ageing tests, by fuel vapor flow system or by Butane nitrogen flow
  • Canister Break-through test


SHED Facility

Mileage Accumulation Chassis Dynamometer (MACD)

Parameter Details
Make Burke E. Porter, USA
Type AC Machine (Single Roller)
Maximum power 149 kW absorption / motoring
Maximum Speed 200 km/h
Maximum tractive effort 5844 N
Vehicle inertia range 120 to 5443 Kg.
Roller diameter 1220 mm


MACD Facility


MACD Testing

Real Drive Emission testing (RDE)

ECL RDE Capabilities includes:

  • 6 nos. of portable emission measurement systems (PEMS)
  • Range of different flow meters to cater requirement of each vehicle testing
  • System is compliant to RDE package 4 testing

ECL RDE test equipment’s are being used for:

  • Light Duty RDE Tests
  • HDV PEMS Tests
  • Raw Emission Measurement for Engine vehicle Calibration on Chassis Dyno
    in Different Environmental Conditions

RDE Testing Equipment

PEMS RDE Testing

Engine Certification Dynamometer

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Specification Cell 3 Cell 4 Cell 5 Cell 6
Dyno Power 250 kW @ 2000–5000 rpm 220 kW @ 2200–4500 rpm 500 kW @ 1600–3200 rpm 105 kW @ 2000–4400 rpm
20 kW @ 2800–8000 rpm
Dyno Torque 1200 Nm @ upto 2000 rpm 950 Nm 3000 Nm 501 Nm upto 2000 rpm
80 Nm @ 1400–2800 rpm
Emission Post Analyzer Pre & Post Analyzer Pre & Post Analyzer Post Analyzer
PM & PN Partial Flow Measurement Partial Flow Measurement + CVS Partial Flow Measurement + CVS Partial Flow Measurement
NH3 Measurement LDS FTIR LDS LDS
  • Engine certification BSVI, Stage IV and Stage V
  • Export Homologation for various automotive and Non Road application,
    like EURO III, EURO IV, Euro V, Euro VI, Stage IIIA, Stage IIIB,
    Stage IV, Stage V and EPA Tier 4 interim with Europe and
    US EPA reference fuel
  • Full Throttle Performance checking & Optimization with
    Conditioned air supply
  • Engine Friction Measurement with controlled Oil & Water temperature
  • ET & FMTC mapping for Common Rail Engine initial development
  • Basic Common Rail Engine ECU mapping
  • PreCAT & PostCAT emission measurement
  • High altitude simulation up to 1600 meter with the help of
    Exhaust Extraction unit
  • Vehicle Simulation on Engine Test Bed