November 2011

November 18, 2011 CRF manager Dennis Siebers hosted a visit with scientists Waldir Martignoni, Edimilson de Oliveira and Luiz Lopreato from Petrobras, a multinational energy corporation headquartered in Brazil. Traditionally an oil company, Petrobras is invested in developing environmentally friendly alternate energy sources. November 16, 2011 Hal Stillman, Director of Technology at the International Copper…

Turbulent Jet Flame Database Generated for Sooty Fuels

The CRF has a long and distinguished history of performing laser diagnostic measurements in turbulent flames and documenting the processed data and corresponding boundary conditions in an online database accessible to modelers. Because of the desire for highly refined measurements of species concentrations and local temperature (using combined Rayleigh and Raman scattering), these measurements have…

Student Interns Return to the CRF

The Summer Technical Student Internship Program at Sandia National Laboratories provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in science, math, engineering, and other technical fields to integrate their academic program with work-related experience during their summer break. The CRF offers students training and practical work experience in the operation of state-of-the-art equipment and instruments.…