Transcript ERC Overview - Engine Research Center ~ UW

The Engine Research Center
http://www.erc.wisc.edu/
ERC Research Projects
Fuel Injection
and Sprays
Charge
Preparation
Combustion
Optimization and
Emissions
Internal Combustion
Engine Research
Controls
Exhaust
Aftertreatment
Diagnostics
Charge preparation
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Modeling
– Hao Lu – Direct Numerical Simulations and LES Modeling of
Rotating Turbulence
– Chan-Hee Son – Assessment of In Cylinder Turbulence
Models
– Diego Arias – Carburetor Model Development
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Experimental
– Nathan Haugle – Residual Gas Effects on Combustion and
Emissions of a Utility Engine
– Laura Kranendonk – Wavelength-Agile Absorption
Measurements of Gas Temperature and Composition in
HCCI Engines
– Ryan Michael Rudnitzki – Spray Visualization of Gasoline
Fuel Injectors
Fuel Injection and Sprays
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Modeling
– Neerav Abani – Spray Model Development for Advanced Diesel
Engines
– Wei Liu – Direct Numerical Simulations of Low Mach Number
Turbulence and Sprays
– Achuth Munnannur – Modeling Vaporization of Multicomponent
Fuels in High Pressure Environments
– Wei Ning – Development of a "Next-Generation Spray Model" For
Direct Injection Automotive Diesel Engines that considers Unstable
Wave Growth Processes that lead to Spray Formation
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Experimental
– Thomas Edward Briggs – A Study of Dense Spray Regions in
Diesel Sprays using Optical and X-Ray Spray Imaging
– Amaury Malave – Diesel Spray Imaging using X-Rays
– Paul Loeper – Evaluating the Potential of Micro-Hole Nozzles to
Achieve Clean Diesel Combustion
– Prakash Prashanth Ravi – Fabrication and Testing of MicroMachined 3D Nozzles for Diesel Fuel Injection
– Bo Yang – Diesel Spray Impingement Measurements
– Tanet Aroonsrisopon – Investigation of the Effects of Charge
Inhomogeneities on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
(HCCI) Combustion Characteristics
Combustion Optimization and Emissions
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Modeling
– Michael Bergin – Modeling Large Bore (Locomotive) Diesel Engine
Combustion Processes
– Caroline Dougan – Optimization of Piston Geometry and Fuel
Spray Characteristics for the Reduction of Emissions and Fuel
Consumption in a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
– Bing Hu – LES Combustion and Spray Modeling for IC Engines
– Yi Liu – Use of Multidimensional Modeling to Optimize Fuel
Injection Strategies for Emissions Reductions in HSDI Diesel
Engines
– Satbir Singh – Experimental and Computational Investigation of
Low Temperature Diesel Engine Combustion
– Laine Stager – Modeling the Effect of Piston Geometry on HSDI
Diesel Engine Performance and Emissions
– Rahul Jhavar – Investigating the Impact of Mixing on HCCI using
RANS and LES Techniques
– Chulhwa Jung – Modeling of Homogeneous Charge Compression
Ignition (HCCI) Combustion Processes
– Yong Sun – Development and Application of Engine CFD Models to
Diesel Engine Performance Optimization via Fuel Injection Rate
Control
– Long Liang – Modeling Stratified Charge Gasoline Engine
Combustion using Level Set Methods with Detailed Chemistry
Combustion Optimization and Emissions
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Experimental
– Sangsuk Lee – Investigation of Spray Targeting and PCI Combustion in HSDI
Diesel Engines
– Ben Druecke – Irreversibly Analyses of Different Engine Combustion Processes
– Victor Salazar – Investigation of Hydrocarbon Emission Mechanisms in a Utility
Engine
– Eric Schroeder – Investigation of Common Rail Injection Characteristics on the
Detailed Chemical Characteristics of a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
– Ryan Nevin – HCCI Control using Variable Valve Actuation (VVA) in a Heavy Duty
Diesel Engine
– Patrick Thomas – Experimental Diesel HCCI Combustion Optimization using
Variable Geometry Sprays
– Eric Weninger – Experimental Diesel HCCI Combustion Optimization using
Fumigation of the Intake Air with Diesel Fuel
– Richard Opat – Development of a New Diesel HCCI Laboratory
– Hyungsuk Kang – Strategies for Changing Combustion Regimes: Investigation of
Transient Emissions in a Four Cylinder HSDI Diesel Engine
– Mark Schrewe – Investigation of Light-Load HCCI Combustion
– John Waldman – Exploring High Speed Direction Injection Engine Operation as a
Means of Extending the HCCI Operating Range
– Sean Younger – Investigation of Light-Load HCCI Combustion
– Randy Herold – Measurements and Characterization of Gasoline HCCI Combustion
– Angelo Paolo Chialva – Analysis of Intake Charge Temperature Stratification and
EGR Unmixedness Effects on HCCI Combustion in a Gasoline HCCI Single
Cylinder Engine
Exhaust Aftertreatment
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Modeling
– Andrea Strzelec – Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment Model
Development
– Stephen England – System Simulation of Diesel
Aftertreatment Devices
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Experimental
– Matthew Bohm – Fundamental Performance of Four Way
Catalytic NOx-Particulate Traps for Different Engine
Operating Conditions
– Ekathai Wirojsakunchai – Investigation of the Impact of
Diesel Exhaust and Particulate Composition on the
Regeneration Processes of DPF's and DPNR
Diagnostics and Controls
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Experimental
– Natalie Bednar – Pointwise Optical Sensing by Two-Photon
Absorption in Xenon Gas
– Matt Borden – Tomographic Imaging of Fuel Sprays using
Wavelength-Agile Sensors
– Drew Caswell – Multispectral, Multi-Line-of-Sight Combustion
Measurements
– Chris Hagen – Mid-Infrared Wavelength-Agile Sources for TraceGas Sensing in Combustion
– Amanda Pertzborn – Spectrally Resolved Rayleigh Scattering for
Monitoring the Temperature and Pressure of Dense Gases
– Timothy Pfeifer – Engine Piston Temperature Measurement for
Thermal Loading using a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Embedded
into the Piston Surface
– Jon Filipa – Wavelength-Agile Absorption Spectroscopy Applied in
Gas Turbine Engines
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Modeling
– Kushal Narayanaswamy – DI-HCCI Engine Control System
Development using Engine Simulation Codes