TianjinThe Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute was founded in 1958 and is a directly affiliated institution of Tianjin University. Mainly engaged in research on application technology, product design and development, and testing and evaluation services for engines, vehicles, new energy power systems, and related equipment, it is a technical support unit of relevant national regulatory authorities. There are currently more than 420 employees, with technology personnel accounting for 90% of the total number of employees, including 15 professors and researchers, and more than 200 with intermediate and senior professional titles. We have established an operational system for scientific and technological research, evaluation technology research, testing technology research, and standard and regulatory research related to the fields of power and motor vehicles, which enables high-level product development. We have established national level testing platforms that are domestically leading and internationally first-class: the National Motorcycle Quality Inspection and Testing Center (Tianjin), the most powerful and earliest established testing platform in the internal combustion engine oil industry: the Machinery Industry Internal Combustion Engine Oil Inspection and Evaluation Center, and the Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center, which was rated as excellent in 2020: the Light Power Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education.

Since its establishment over 60 years ago, Tianjin Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute has completed more than 1000 scientific research projects in the fields of application technology research, product development, testing technology, standard and policy regulation research, inspection and evaluation in the areas of motor vehicles, internal combustion engines, components, oil products, etc., and has won more than 100 provincial, ministerial and national level scientific and technological awards. Made outstanding contributions to the development of domestic gas turbines and related industries.

• Development of hydrogen fuel engines

In response to the zero carbonization demand in the field of distributed power generation, research and development of a pure hydrogen fuel version engine is carried out based on a large cylinder inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine. By optimizing the valve profile design, fuel injection strategy, and combustion system organization, the problem of low power density in hydrogen fuel engines has been solved, and the development of large bore hydrogen fuel engines for vehicles has been achieved. Based on the current situation of distributed energy applications in China, a technical and economic feasibility study has been conducted on the application of hydrogen engines in the field of distributed power generation, and a solution for the zero carbon energy system of electricity hydrogen electricity has been jointly explored with central power enterprises.

• Hybrid power system development

Dedicated to researching hybrid powertrain configurations and developing control strategies, with a full process development system and toolchain for physical prototype vehicles, covering powertrain system matching and selection, network architecture construction, etc. We have established the capability for forward development, system simulation testing, and vehicle performance simulation testing of hybrid system control software, which can meet the personalized control model development needs of customers. In recent years, targeting the opportunities in the new energy vehicle market and meeting the market demand for small cars and low-power range extenders, we have laid out small and efficient range extender power products. This product not only fills the market gap, but also has the potential for series development, which can be expanded to various fields such as low altitude economy and non road. In addition, Tianjin Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute actively responds to national policy calls and focuses on tackling high-power diesel hybrid technology, injecting strong momentum into the localization of domestic agricultural machinery power systems.

We have an innovative technology system that covers the entire industry chain of vehicle development, from product planning, styling development, engineering development (vehicle and engine design), experimental verification, small-scale production to new product certification services.

Initial results have been achieved in the field of intelligent manufacturing, with the intelligent PACK production line for energy storage batteries realizing a series of highly intelligent systems including cell assembly, welding, online inspection, stacking, and packaging. Truly realizing the efficient combination of digitalization and automation in intelligent manufacturing has reduced the costs of manufacturing and logistics processes, and promoted the transformation of enterprises from traditional manufacturing models to intelligent models.