| Combustion Simulation Chronicles
October 2008 |
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| Greetings! |
Welcome to Combustion Simulation Chronicles, Reaction Design's newsletter, delivering you the latest news on our products and services.
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| In the Spotlight |
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Using Uncertainty Analysis to Study Output Variations
Most real-world applications do not have inputs that behave ideally. Varying input parameters can lead to variations in the behavior of a chemical process. Understanding these possible variations at the outset leads to understanding of the likely system response. In CHEMKIN-PRO, the Uncertainty Analysis Feature allows you to study the uncertainties of the model inputs, such as heat loss, equivalence ratio, reaction rate parameters, etc., and their effect on the model outputs. By performing an uncertainty analysis, you can gain insight into the effective error bars (uncertainties) for the model predictions.
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| Reaction Design Launches ENERGICO™ - A Revolutionary New Tool for Clean Combustion Design in Gas Turbine Applications |
Reaction Design is pleased to announce the release of ENERGICO™, a sophisticated system-design simulation package that works by applying detailed chemistry technology to predict the emissions and stability behavior of gas turbine and burner systems. Reaction Design has delivered a very powerful chemistry solver that automates the modeling of millions of variables. The algorithms used by the ENERGICO Simulation Package are optimized for the specific requirements of gas-turbine and other continuous-flow combustion systems, and enable new insights into the inner workings of fuel/air reactions. Designers can see the impact of design decisions in terms of efficiency, reliability and pollutant emissions without spending millions of dollars on prototyping and testing. Please click here for further details |
| ENERGICO Named One of Three Finalists for CONNECT's Most Innovative Clean Tech Product of 2008 |
CONNECT, one of the nation's most successful regional economic development programs for high technology and life science innovators, announced that Reaction Design's ENERGICO Simulation Package is a finalist for this year's Most Innovative New Product (MIP) Awards. The winner will be announced December 12th at the 21st Annual MIP Awards Luncheon. Please click here for more information about CONNECT's MIP Awards |
| Predicting Emissions with Auto-generated Equivalent Reactor Networks |
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The ENERGICO Simulation Package can be used to create an Equivalent Reactor Network from a CFD solution and then apply a fully detailed reaction mechanism for combustion analysis, including emissions predictions.
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| Take Advantage of Reaction Design's Experts with Engineering Services |
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Reaction Design's Applications Engineering Group is here to help get the greatest impact from your modeling. We can help with levels of service from custom training to developing full simulation models, or custom features for leaders in the combustion and materials processing fields. We have expert resources in the areas of mechanism development, assembly, and reduction to make sure you've got the best mechanism for your job.
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| Model Fuels Consortium II to Focus on Soot Modeling |
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Led by Reaction Design, the Model Fuels Consortium II (MFC-II) is a collaboration of engine and energy companies as well as research laboratories focused on the development of model fuels and modeling techniques to support the development of cleaner-burning, more efficient engines and fuels through accurate simulation.
Charter Members for the MFC-II include: ConocoPhillips, Mazda, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Saudi Aramco, Suzuki and Toyota.
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| Reaction Design Featured in Automotive Engineering Internatlonal |
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Find out how Reaction Design's new software tool, CHEMKIN-PRO, increases the speed of accurate combustion simulation to meet the needs of engineers designing clean, efficient engines and aftertreatment systems.
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