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There should be separate vehicle access and personnel doors for safety.
The room layout must have provisions for room ventilation, vehicle
cooling blower(s), exhaust extraction, and (where applicable) the
differential oil cooler.
For safety and environmental reasons, it is generally not recommended
to provide a workspace inside the dynamometer room, but cabinets are a
good idea to store dynamometer accessories and ancillary equipment.
Finally, a chassis dynamometer room can quickly accumulate dirt from
the test vehicles. Floor maintenance should be considered in the room
layout. An appropriate floor drain is recommended; this drain should be
routed to an oil separator.
4.3. Safety and environmental issues
4.3.1. Safety
Testing vehicles at high speed and power levels is hazardous. The room
construction and layout should provide optimal safety to the vehicle
operator and to bystanders. The first rule for safety is to prevent room
access to personnel (other than the operator) during testing. Install
warning lights and signs to this effect. Make sure there is good
visibility all around the room. This includes good lighting and the
installation of wide-field mirrors so the operator can see all areas of the
cell from the driver’s seat of the test vehicle.
If projections from the tires could cause damage or a hazard, install
adequate shields. In all cases, barriers or guards should be installed
around the vehicle test area to prevent contact with rotating tires or
dynamometer rolls.
Personnel doors should be escape doors, opening outwards from the
cell. Proper fire fighting equipment must be available (fire blanket,
extinguishers). An industrial-quality CO monitor is recommended.
WARNING if your dynamometer is installed in a pit, poisonous CO gas will tend to
accumulate in the pit. Provide forced pit ventilation before any intervention on the
dynamometer inside the pit!
All electrical outlets in the dynamometer room should be
protected by a Ground Fault Interrupt (GFI) circuit.
4.3.2. Environmental
The installation of a dynamometer test cell normally requires permits.
You will have to contact local zoning, building, and environmental
authorities. You should expect having to comply with regulations for
noise control, pollution (exhaust gas), fire hazard, and employee safety.