Pressure Sensors for Combustion Analysis

High quality sensors offering supreme measurement accuracy.

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Looking inside an engine and being able to understand pressure and combustion events offers OEMs the opportunity to refine an ICE powertrain as never before. At AVL, our unique pressure sensors help engine developers deliver improved performance and efficient operation. This is vital in the pursuit of reduced emissions while meeting end-user demands. Each measurement task and application requires a specific solution to achieve maximum precision and acquire high quality data. AVL offers a complete range of pressure sensors and accessories for combustion analysis.

Our pressure sensor portfolio for combustion analysis consists of a large number of pressure sensors for various measurement tasks. They can be used for research, development and to monitor all types of internal combustion engines. Our sensors follow the highest quality standards for any piezoelectric sensors, offering supreme measurement accuracy. A large spectrum of accessories completes the sensor portfolio. Based on the unique gallium orthophosphate crystals grown by the experts at our Piezocryst Advanced Sensorics labs, our pressure sensors are suitable for a wide range of applications. From racing to commercial vehicles and passenger car engines, these pressure sensors are best-in-class products built by a single supplier. 

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Engine monitoring and combustion analysis - our pressure sensors can be mounted in almost every possible mounting situation that is subject to extremes of temperature and pressure. Whether it’s cylinder pressure, intake and exhaust pressure or fuel pressure measurements that you need to conduct your combustion analysis, our sensors can help. Robust, accurate and stable, our sensors come in a range of sizes for different applications. A complete range of accessories is available for maintenance, mounting and machining, in order to fully exploit their potential.

 

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Sensor GU24DK

The industry benchmark for uncooled M8 sensors. Combines the convenient installation of thread-type indicating sensors with high accuracy and robustness. This makes it the ideal thermodynamic analysis solution for typical research and development work.
 

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Sensor ZI22
Sensor ZI22

The industry benchmark in M10 spark plug sensors. This sensor is a spark plug with integrated pressure sensor, designed for research and development tasks. Its spark function has an electric strength of 45 kV.

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Sensor ZI33

The industry benchmark in M12 spark plug sensors. This sensor is a spark plug with integrated pressure sensor, designed for research and development tasks in spark plug bores. Its spark function has an electric strength of 45 kV and no eccentricity.
 

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Sensor ZI45

The industry benchmark in M14 spark plug sensors. This sensor is a spark plug with an integrated combustion pressure sensor and is designed for research and development tasks. The spark function has an electric strength of 45 kV and 0.0mm eccentricity at the center electrode, allowing ignition to behave like a conventional spark plug.

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Sensor QC43D

The industry standard in size M14 for thermodynamic analysis. This combustion pressure sensor has an M14-sized mounting thread and includes active water cooling to ensure a long life and excellent thermodynamic behavior. It is especially suited for large diesel engines.
 

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Sensor LP12DA
Sensor LP12DA

This M5-size low pressure indicating sensor is designed to measure the absolute pressure in the intake and exhaust manifold of combustion engines. It is an accurate and robust piezoresistive sensor.

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Sensor GC24D

With M8-sized threads, the cooled sensor offers convenient installation. This robust and accurate engine development tool has an active water-cooling system to ensure a long lifetime and excellent thermodynamic behavior. Precise results in the most extreme conditions.

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Sensor GC24DK

The industry benchmark in M8 water cooled sensors for R&D. With thermally-optimized GaPO4 piezoelectric crystals and M8 thread for convenient installation, this sensor is extremely precise and reliable and designed to be used in supercharged engines with very high specific output.

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Sensor LP22DA
Sensor LP22DA

This M8-size, water-cooled piezoresistive sensor is designed to measure the absolute pressure in the exhaust manifold of combustion engines. Built to operate in engines with only minimal space, this low-pressure sensor measures static and dynamic pressure variations. It is equipped with an integrated amplifier and available with a pressure range of 10 bar.

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Sensor GO15DK Gen2
Sensor GO15DK Gen2

The industry benchmark in size M5 for monitoring tasks. Thanks to its M3 cable connector, this AVL sensor has a slim form factor. It is especially suited to pmax monitoring with maximum levels of knock. The special design of this sensor enables the decoupling of its piezoelectric crystal elements from the negative influences of mechanical stresses that occur during mounting

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