by Michael Padilla Opening doors for innovation and entrepreneurships opportunities is key for Sandia/California. As part of that commitment, Sandia/California hosted a delegation of municipal leaders from Luzhou, China, on Thursday, April 20. Luzhou, located in the Sichuan Province of China, is known as the wine city of China. “Partnering with the City of Livermore to…
by Michael Padilla Sandia National Laboratories has formed an industry-funded Spray Combustion Consortium to better understand fuel injection by developing modeling tools. Control of fuel sprays is key to the development of clean, affordable fuel-efficient engines. Intended for industry, software vendors and national laboratories, the consortium provides a direct path from fundamental research to validated…
Sandia researchers focus on soot, furans, oxygenated hydrocarbons By Michael Padilla Researchers at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility are developing the understanding necessary to build cleaner combustion technologies that will in turn reduce climate impact. Their work focuses on understanding the oxidation chemistry of organic carbon species critical to many processes including controlling emissions of toxic…