The Engine Research Center

1. The Engine Research Center http://www.erc.wisc.edu/

2. ERC Research Projects

3. Charge preparation • 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 • 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

4. Fuel Injection and Sprays • 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 • 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 Micro-Machined 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

5. Combustion Optimization and Emissions • 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

6. Combustion Optimization and Emissions • 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

7. Exhaust Aftertreatment • Modeling • Andrea Strzelec – Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment Model Development • Stephen England – System Simulation of Diesel Aftertreatment Devices • 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

8. Diagnostics and Controls • 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 Trace-Gas 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 • Modeling • Kushal Narayanaswamy – DI-HCCI Engine Control System Development using Engine Simulation Codes