General
Motors Corporation and the Engine Research Center (ERC) at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a Collaborative Research Laboratory (CRL), for achieving the necessary understanding on the fundamentals of
in-cylinder and aftertreatment technologies, in order to support GM
technology implementations and prepare highly skilled graduate
students at the University of Wisconsin, Engine Research Center
This Collaborative Research Laboratory is based on a five year
agreement with GM funding. The CRL consists of 24 faculty, staff, graduate students
and numerous staff from GM R&D. Five research areas are involved.
Aftertreatment Modeling
Development of a modeling
capability for combined engine and aftertreatment systems
Turbulence / Combustion
Submodels for CFD
Develop and/or implement
improved submodels for turbulence and combustion modeling by CFD codes
Sprays
Develop improved
understanding of near-nozzle spray processes and utilize this
understanding to develop improved CFD spray submodels
Gasoline HCCI
Develop improved
understanding of species and thermal mixing processes in gasoline HCCI
engines
Diesel HCCI
Develop the technology
base for understanding how to optimize diesel HCCI-like combustion
processes
This Collaborative Research Laboratory is part of a comprehensive leveraging effort developed at the
Engine Research Center involving institutions like the United States Department of
Energy, Sandia National Laboratories and Argonne National Laboratory,
engine research consortiums like the Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium and
the Wisconsin Small Engine Consortium and interactions with other private
research sponsors and universities.
