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...
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How low-temperature combustion enables cleaner, more efficient engines
Post, April 9, 2013 • If you ask a long-haul trucker or a European car driver what pump they pull up to at the fuel station, the answer will most likely be “diesel.” These drivers choose diesel-fueled vehicles because diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines. When burning tens of thousands of gallons per...
Lyle Pickett awarded SAE John Johnson Award
Post, May 15, 2012 • 2012 SAE President, Frank O. Klegon, Dr. John H. Johnson, Michigan Technological University and award winners Lyle Pickett, Cherian A. Idicheria, Caroline L. Genzale, and Dennis L. Siebers CRF researcher Lyle Pickett was recently awarded the 2011 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines. Lyle was recognized...
Lyle Pickett Named SAE Fellow
Post, October 21, 2013 • Lyle Pickett has been named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Established in 1975, the Fellow grade honors and recognizes important engineering, scientific, and leadership achievements to enhance the status of SAE’s contributions to the profession and to society. Lyle was selected based on his pioneering research...
New Conceptual Insights into Diesel Engine Fuel-Injection Processes
Post, March 12, 2014 • By Joe Oefelein By combining advanced theory and high-fidelity large eddy simulation, CRF researchers Rainer Dahms and Joe Oefelein have provided new conceptual insights that promise to improve the understanding and prediction of fuel-injection processes at high-pressure diesel engine conditions. Their results, which were corroborated by experiments performed by CRF...
The CRF Hosts the Livermore Rotary Club
Post, August 14, 2012 • Transportation Energy Center Director Bob Carling recently hosted a visit of nearly 100 members of the Livermore Rotary Club. Dr. Carling presented an overview of the Livermore Valley Open Campus and of the work done at Sandia/CA. CRF researchers then conducted tours of the Computational Combustion and Chemistry Lab, the...