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Reaction Design Introduces Model Fuel LibraryNov 12, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Reaction Design, a developer of combustion simulation software, introduced the industry's the Model Fuel Library. In a release, the Company noted it is the result of seven years of research and validation under the Model Fuels Consortium whose members include Toyota, GE Energy, VW, Suzuki, Petrobras and Conoco. The Model Fuel Library is a subscription-based library which includes more than 40 components that can be used to simulate fuel effects in virtually all types of automotive and aircraft engines, as well as engines used for electric power generation. The components can be combined to model new or existing fuel blends. "The automotive industry has historically relied on experimentation and measurement as a means of understanding emissions, but such an empirical approach is costly, time-consuming and provides limited insight into new designs or operating conditions," said Bernie Rosenthal, CEO of Reaction Design. "Reaction Design has aggregated decades of combustion kinetics research to build a database of chemically accurate fuel component models that can be used to help reduce the time and costs of developing cleaner burning fuels and engines. Simulation and modeling have proven to speed time to market and improve product performance in many other industries, such as electronics and medicine. The combustion industry can now better harness the power of computational computing in R&D and look to reap similar benefits." The Model Fuel Library provides a set of models for real-fuel components that enables engine designers to develop engines. Further, subscribers will have the ability to target a fuel model for specific application and simulation goals such as ignition, flame propagation, or emissions of NOx, CO and soot/particulate matter emission rates. Reaction Design's Energico, Forte and Chemkin-Pro products include kinetic solvers. Using the Chemkin-Pro Reaction Workbench, fuel component models from the Model Fuel Library can be blended to create surrogate fuel representations that match the behavior of real fuels. Reaction Workbench can then be used to intelligently reduce the fuel model complexity in line with the simulation goals and the package to be used. "By creating the Model Fuel Library, Reaction Design has furthered its commitment to empowering engineers to simulate real world applications for automotive and combustion engines, helping address fundamental fuel efficiency and pollution reduction challenges," said Ellen Meeks, vice president of product development at Reaction Design. The Model Fuels Consortium members include, GE Energy, L'Institut Francais du Petrol Energie Nouvelles, Mazda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Petrobras, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Suzuki, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Reaction Design is a software supplier. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |