Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Faculty of Engineering & the Environment
Abstract
Combustion meets more than 90% of the mankind's needs for energy today and will remain the predominant source of usable energy for the foreseeable future. The dual requirements for high energy efficiency and minimal pollution for sustainable developments place an urgent demand on better understanding of and more accurate predictive tools for combustion processes. With its inherent complex and interdisciplinary nature, combustion is a major challenge for the science and engineering research communities, which can only be met through collaborative research using the most advanced tools available. Over the past decade, High End Computing (HEC) has been a driving force for deploying advanced numerical and modelling tools for fundamental and applied combustion research. The Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications (COCCFEA) has been at the forefront of joint exploitation of HEC resources for the advancement of combustion science and technology over a decade, which has benefited immensely from EPSRC's strategic investment in HEC. A new grant is sought to continue its work, with the aim of exploiting HPCx and in particular, the proposed HECToR to tackle more realistic combustion problems in engineering applications as well as emerging topics related to sustainability, security and micro and nanotechnologies. New emphasizes are placed on integration of methods and tools, training of PhD students and dissemination of results at the highest level.
Organisations
Publications
BRADLEY D
(2008)
Turbulent flame speeds in ducts and the deflagration/detonation transition
in Combustion and Flame
BRUCHMÜLLER J
(2011)
DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD FOR MULTISCALE MODELING
in Journal of Multiscale Modelling
Dunstan T
(2009)
The effects of hydrogen substitution on turbulent premixed methane-air kernels using direct numerical simulation
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Jagus K
(2011)
Large Eddy Simulation of Diesel Fuel Injection and Mixing in a HSDI Engine
in Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Jiang X
(2010)
Swirling and Impinging Effects in an Annular Nonpremixed Jet Flame
in Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Jones W
(2011)
LES-pdf simulation of a spark ignited turbulent methane jet
in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Jones W
(2010)
Large Eddy Simulation of the Sandia Flame Series (D-F) using the Eulerian stochastic field method
in Combustion and Flame
LUO K
(2011)
MULTISCALE MODELING OF MULTIPHASE FLOW WITH COMPLEX INTERACTIONS
in Journal of Multiscale Modelling
Luo K
(2011)
Preface
in Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Navarro-Martinez S
(2009)
LES-CMC simulations of a lifted methane flame
in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
| Description | The Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications (COCCFEA) has been at the forefront of joint exploitation of HEC resources for the advancement of combustion science and technology, which has benefited immensely from EPSRC's strategic investment in HEC. During the grant period (06/2006 - 03/2010), COCCFEA members made full and effective use of the awarded HEC resources on HPCx and HECToR in a collaborative manner. Cutting-edge direct numerical simulation and large-eddy simulation were performed for a variety of challenging combustion problems that were impossible to solve on less capable computing facilities. Collectively, COCCFEA members, together with our industrial and international collaborators, published more than 200 refereed journal papers, 3 books and numerous conference papers. These papers covered fundamental topics in premixed, non-premixed and partially premixed flames as well as applied areas such as gas turbine combustors, internal combustion engines, industrial burners and fire safety. The focus was on clean combustion technologies that would lead to high efficiency, low carbon and other harmful emissions. |
| Exploitation Route | Effective dissemination and exploitation of results within the Consortium and in the wider scientific and end-user communities was one of the main functions of COCCFEA. Regular technical meetings were held twice each year to present the latest computational and modelling results, which were attended by COCCFEA academic members, their research assistants and students. A two-day (interim) International Workshop was held in the University of Leeds in April 2008. In addition to speakers within the consortium, Dr. Laurent Gicquel of CERFACS, France and Dr. Andreas Dreizler of Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany gave an invited lecture on computational and experimental combustion, respectively. A Final International Workshop was held over a two-day period at the Imperial College London in September 2009, which was well attended by researchers from universities within and outside of the COCCFEA as well as representatives from the EPSRC (Dr. Nick Cook) and industry. Twenty-five invited talks were given, including four by external speakers (Dr. Jackie Chen of Sandia, USA; Dr. Laurant Gicquel of CERFACS, France; Dr. Nick Pilatis of Rolls-Royce; and Prof. Luc Vervisch of CNRS/INSA Rouen, France). Full papers were published in a special issue of the journal Flow, Turbulence and Combustion in 2011, which was edited by Profs. Kai Luo, Andreas Kronenburg and Luc Vervisch. To train PhD students working in combustion simulation and modelling, COCCFEA organised a three-day Summer School in Cranfield University in July 2007 and a two-day Spring School in Cambridge University in April 2009. The lecture notes were freshly prepared each time by academic members of COCCFEA and proved to be valuable sources of information for PhD students from within and outside of the consortium as well as industrial participants. Feedback from participants was very positive on both occasions. These events were publicised openly on a dedicated website at http://www.coccfea.ac.uk/index.htm, and attracted widespread interest. In addition, COCCFEA funding was used to support members to attend the 31st and 32nd International Symposia on Combustion (2006 in Heidelberg and 2008 in Montreal), as planned. It should be noted that as an open consortium, COCCFEA admitted five new members from four universities over the grant period. Together with the twenty-two original members, the enlarged COCCFEA served as a truly national forum for collaboration in computational combustion with a significant national and international impact. Exploitation of COCCFEA's research research is on-going with industry and other end-users. Moreover, COCCFEA has its successor HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SUPPORT FOR UNITED KINGDOM CONSORTIUM ON TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS (UKCTRF), which consists of 16 grants from the EPSRC. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Education,Energy,Environment,Transport |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £267,459 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/I016570/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £97,845 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/I000801/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2010 |
| End | 02/2012 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £49,517 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/J016381/2 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £252,374 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/E011640/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2007 |
| End | 02/2010 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £325,834 (GGP) |
| Funding ID | EP/I012605/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2011 |
| End | 05/2014 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £426,844 (GIP) |
| Funding ID | EP/G034281/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2009 |
| End | 04/2013 |
| Description | EPSRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £67,872 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/J016381/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2012 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | EU 7th Framework Programme |
| Amount | € 300,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | No. 246772 |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 07/2011 |
| End | 06/2015 |