Case Study: Total Combustion Technology (Fjöblendir) achieves up to 20% fuel savings and 80% CO emission reduction with SolidWorks Flow Simulation

Innovating Clean, Fuel-efficient Engine Technologies With SolidWorks Flow Simulation

Total Combustion Technology needed a way to develop its TCT fuel system to deliver cleaner, more fuel‑efficient engines but struggled to visualize and analyze air–fuel flow inside closed carburetor systems. Historically the team relied on costly physical testing, many prototype iterations, and hand calculations, so they adopted SolidWorks 3D CAD together with SolidWorks Flow Simulation CFD to gain better insight into mixing behavior and fuel atomization.

Using SolidWorks Flow Simulation directly on CAD models, engineers eliminated most prototype cycles, shortened design time by 25%, cut development costs by 33% and reduced scrap/rework by 20%. The SolidWorks solution enabled designs that may reduce fuel use by nearly 20% and carbon monoxide emissions by almost 80%, supported faster validation and helped capture significant market share in target segments such as forklift fuel systems.

Total Combustion Technology

Kristján Björn Ómarsson

Chief Designer