CSU lab is ‘solutions-oriented’

The Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory has spent 20 years helping the energy industry solve some of its most daunting problems.

The lab, founded in 1992, began researching ways to improve engine efficiency and reduce harmful engine emissions. The large natural gas engines that power pipelines needed to be retrofitted so they could pass Environmental Protection Agency performance standards, said Morgan DeFoort, co-director of the lab.

Energy companies ”needed someone to help develop new technologies and test technologies for engines for the industry,” he said. The lab, housed in an old Fort Collins power plant, has since grown and…