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CRF Research Demonstrates Wide Appeal
Post, August 9, 2013 • Adding to the numerous citings of CRF papers in the past, two new examples confirm the value that others place on our work. While visiting the website of the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, a biennial publication at the forefront of combustion science, Sandia Senior Scientist John Dec of the...
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CRF Research Presented at Workshop on Advanced Computing for Energy Innovation
Post, September 4, 2012 • Work conducted by CRF researcher Jackie Chen and her collaborators Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Ray Grout (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), and John Levesque (Cray Supercomputing Center for Excellence) was presented at the DOE-sponsored Workshop on the Grand Challenges of Advanced Computing for Energy Innovation, held from July 31-August...

CRF Research Seeks to Improve Confidence in Large Eddy Simulations
Post, May 30, 2014 • Allowing solutions unattainable with direct numerical simulation and offering far greater accuracy than conventional engineering methods, large eddy simulation (LES) is now widely used for studying complex thermophysics in propulsion and power systems. However, because LES demands extremely complex tools, predictive LES has been problematic, leading to sometimes ambiguous results...
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CRF Researcher on Organizing Committee for Turbulent (Non)Premixed Flames Workshop
Post, October 3, 2012 • CRF researcher Rob Barlow served on the organizing committee for the Turbulent (Non)Premixed Flames (TNF) workshop, held in Darmstadt, Germany from July 26-28, 2012. The TNF workshop, which was hosted by the Technical University of Darmstadt, was attended by several CRF researchers and focused on experimental and computation work in...

CRF Researchers answer Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge
Post, April 10, 2012 • Last month, Alan Alda posed a challenge to scientists and researchers in Science magazine: Can you explain what a flame is in a way that 11-year-olds will understand?  Entries could take any shape--prose, poetry, videos, cartoons and more! CRF researchers Guilhem Lacaze, Judit Zador, and Jens Prager got together to...

CRF Researchers answer Alan Alda's Flame Challenge
Post, April 10, 2012 • Last month, Alan Alda posed a challenge to scientists and researchers in Science magazine: Can you explain what a flame is in a way that 11-year-olds will understand?  Entries could take any shape--prose, poetry, videos, cartoons and more! CRF researchers Guilhem Lacaze, Judit Zador, and Jens Prager got together to...

CRF researchers attend 2013 SAE World Congress
Post, June 8, 2013 • Various CRF staff members attended the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2013 International Congress from April 16–18 in Detroit, Michigan. Each year this event draws over 10,000 people from 45 countries, representing original equipment manufacturers, suppliers, academia, research and development, and government. Chuck Mueller and Jacqueline O’Connor each received an...

CRF Researchers honored at SAE World Congress
Post, May 22, 2012 • Three Sandians from the Engine Combustion group were honored at the 2012 SAE World Congress Awards Ceremony on April 24 in Detroit. Lyle Pickett was presented with the 2011 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines, Ben Peterson received the Russell S. Springer Award, and Chuck Mueller...

CRF Researchers Honored by DOE
Post, July 10, 2014 • Two Sandians received the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program achievement award. Pictured (from left to right) are Erika Sutherland (DOE FCTO), Brian Somerday, Chris San Marchi, and Will James (DOE FCTO). The Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting held on June 17, 2014, gave two DOE groups, the...

CRF Researchers Lead Discussion on Laser Induced Incandescence
Post, July 3, 2012 • CRF researcher Hope Michelsen led discussions on Laser Induced Incandescence (LII) modeling at the 5th International Workshop on LII, held in France. Ray Bambha, also from Sandia, presented a talk entitled “Effects of particle coatings on LII” with Michelsen and CRF researchers Mark Dansson and Paul Schrader. CRF researcher Scott...

CRF Researchers Make Direct Kinetic Measurements of Criegee Intermediate
Post, May 29, 2013 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester, Bristol University, University of Southampton, and Hong Kong Polytechnic have successfully measured reaction rates of a second Criegee intermediate, CH3CHOO, and proven that the reactivity of the atmospheric chemical depends strongly on which way the molecule is twisted....
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CRF Researchers Make Significant Contributions to Laser Diagnostics in Combustion Conference
Post, September 6, 2013 • Tom Settersten, manager of the Combustion Chemistry and Diagnostics Department, chaired the biennial Laser Diagnostics in Combustion Gordon Research Conference, held August 11–16 in New Hampshire. Former CRF manager, Mark Linne (now director of the Combustion Engine Research Center at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden), who was vice-Chair for this meeting,...
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CRF researchers participate in 2013 DOE Annual Merit Review
Post, June 8, 2013 • Various staff members from the CRF and the Hydrogen Program participated in the 2013 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review (AMR) and Peer Evaluation Meeting, May 14–16 in Washington, DC. The AMR is sponsored by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and the...

CRF researchers visit NREL
Post, June 20, 2012 • Last month, Transportation Energy Center Director, Bob Carling, CRF manager Daniel Dedrick and staff researcher Aaron Harris met with Hydrogen Program Leadership at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The group discussed alignment of the Codes and Standards programs at both NREL and Sandia with respect to hydrogen safety.

CRF Reunion Luncheon Brings Together Staff, Retirees, Postdocs, and Visitors
Post, September 12, 2014 • With more than100 visiting researchers each year, many paths cross at the Combustion Research Facility. The CRF reunion luncheon, held during the 35th International Symposium on Combustion in San Francisco the first week of August, brought together a number of current staff, retirees, past and present postdocs, and other visitors....
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CRF Seismic Retrofit Complete
Post, September 29, 2014 • The installation of new exterior concrete/steel seismic buttress walls, which are attached to the building steel framework. They reinforce the building structure so the building acts like one “box” during an earthquake. On Friday, Sept. 12, Sandia National Laboratories completed a three-year seismic retrofit of the Combustion Research Facility’s (CRF’s)...
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CRF staff participates in hydrogen and safety meeting
Post, June 20, 2012 • CRF manager Daniel Dedrick and researcher Isaac Ekoto participated in a recent meeting of the International Energy Agency. Hosted by Air Liquide in Paris, the meeting focused on Task 31 of the Hydrogen Implementing Agreement, which focuses on Hydrogen Safety. Researchers at the CRF are leading the subtask focused on...

CRF Summer Undergraduate Internship Opportunities – Apply by January 10, 2014
Post, December 1, 2013 • The Combustion Research Facility is seeking undergraduate and community college interns for 10-week appointments in summer 2014. Interns will be paired with a CRF scientist to conduct experimental, computational, or modeling research related to CRF programs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens majoring in math, physical science, or engineering, with a...
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CRF Summer Visiting Faculty Opportunities – Apply by January 10, 2014
Post, December 1, 2013 • The Combustion Research Facility is seeking visiting faculty researchers for 10-week appointments in summer 2014. The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) seeks faculty members and their students at institutions historically underrepresented in the research community in order to expand the workforce vital to DOE mission areas. Faculty members develop a proposal...
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CRF Visitor Program News August 2011
Post, August 22, 2011 • Gaurav Bansal, post-doc with Jackie Chen Gaurav‘s research was supported by the Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center. He worked on direct numerical simulation (DNS) of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion with di-methyl ether, an oxygenated fuel, DNS of pulsating flame instabilities, and isometric mapping to identify reduced parameterizations in combustion....
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CRF Visitor Program News May 2011
Post, May 22, 2011 • CRF Visitors Darwin Arifin and Torrie Aston, visitors with Tony McDaniel Darwin Arifin Torrie Aston Torrie and Darwin are part of an ongoing collaboration between the CRF and students from the University of Colorado, Boulder.   Brian Fisher, post-doc with Chuck Meuller Brian Fisher Brian Fisher worked as a post-doctoral...
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CRF Visitor Program News Winter-Spring 2012
Post, May 1, 2012 • CRF Visitors Darwin Arifin Darwin Arifin is a return graduate student visitor from the University of Colorado. He will be participating in experiments related to the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide via thermochemical redox cycles of ceria and doped ceria. Such thermochemical cycles are a means to produce precursors...
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CRF Visitors, April-May 2013
Post, June 8, 2013 • Berta Matas Güell, SINTEF Host: Chris Shaddix During a month-long stay at the CRF, Berta employed Sandia’s unique reactor facilities to study the high-temperature entrained flow gasification rates of coal and biomass particles. Findings will be used to model gasifier performance, an important step toward an approach for producing liquid...
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