DOST opens vehicle testing lab for alternative fuels
- Alternative Fuels, Energy -
By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — After months of delays, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has finally opened the country’s first vehicle research and testing laboratory equipped with a chassis dynamometer and emission analyzer used to assess viability of different alternative fuels.
The facility is located at the Melchor Hall of the University of the Philippines, where the DOST’s academic partner institution, the UP Department of Mechanical Engineering is located. DOST is also represented by its sub-agency the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD).
The facility is created under the requirements of Republic Act 9637 or the Biofuels Act to provide infrastructure support for assessment, validation, and performance testing of biofuels . The facility will also develop test protocols, standards and regulations including the use fuel-saving emission and control devices.
