Integrated development on engine assessment on environment friendly fuel efficient combustion technology

Objective

While extensive research into combustion is currently in progress, it will certainly not manage to clarify the entire problem. Therefore further work must be done using the existing SPEED code as a basic tool to develop an integrated model which incorporates all aspects of fuel injection right through to pollutant formation.

The goal of the project will be to apply this model to gasoline and diesel engines. The "numerical engine" will be applied to model and real engine geometries. It will facilitate designing more efficient engines and thus conserve energy resources and reduce emissions (NOx, unburned HC and soot). It will also enable European industry to maintain its leadership of world gasoline and diesel engine technology.


Main emphasis will be directed to:
- the experimental and theoretical study of the fundamental phenomena such as injection, mixture formation, ignition, combustion and pollutant formation;
- the completion, improvement and extension (towards influence of turbulence kinetics, and real fuels) of existing numerical submodels, - the improvement of the existing 3D SPEED code and the incorporation of the different submodels,
- the extension of the existing consistent data base for model development and validation,
- the application of the 3D SPEED code to model and real engine geometries inside the JRC companies.

A well established collaboration between European car manufacturers and universities will ensure the success of the approach.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › liquid fuels
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › geometry

Programme(s)

• FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 040301 - Combustion

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Volkswagen AG

Address

38440 Wolfsburg
Germany

Participants (21)

AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Germany

Address

Templergraben 55
52056 Aachen

AVL LIST GMBH

Austria

Links

Advanced Combustion Technologies GmbH

Germany

Address

5100 Aachen

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Avenue De La Recherche Scientifique 1 C
45071 Orleans

CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A

Italy

Address

50,strada Torino, 50
10043 Orbassano

Links

CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Sweden

Address

2,sven Hultins Gata 2
41296 Goeteborg

Complexe de Recherche Interprofessionel en Aerothermochimie

France

Address

Place Emile-blondel
76130 Mont-saint-aignan

Computational Dynamics Research Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

Innovation Centre Singleton Park
SA2 8PP Swansea

GIE PSA Peugeot Citroën

France

Address

Chemin De La Malmaison
78140 Velizy-villacoublay

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Germany

Address

Bunsenstraße 10
37073 Göttingen

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

United Kingdom

Address

Exhibition Road
SW7 2BX London

Links

Institut Français du Pétrole

France

Address

1-4 Avenue De Bois Préau
92506 Rueil-malmaison

LUND UNIVERSITY

Sweden

Address

Professorsgatan 1
221 00 Lund

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

Address

Via Guglielmo Marconi 8
80125 Napoli

Links

Rover Group plc

United Kingdom

Address

Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Lighthorne
CV35 0BL Warwick

Régie Nationale des Usines Renault

France

Address

9-11 Avenue Du 18 Juin 1940
92500 Rueil-malmaison

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II

Italy

Address

Piazzale V.tecchio 80
80125 Napoli

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Address

Trumpington Street
CB2 1PZ Cambridge

University of Leeds

United Kingdom

Address

Woodhouse Lane
LS2 9JT Leeds

Universität Kaiserslautern

Germany

Address

Erwin-schrödinger-straße
67663 Kaiserslautern

VOLVO TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATION)

Sweden

Address

9,dept.6000, Pvh31
405 08 Goeteborg