Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
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Objectives / concepts
Technical and economic objectives
- Reduction of specific CO2 emissions
- Increase of degree of (system) efficiency to reduce specific energy consumption (preservation of resources, economic viability)
- Reduction of emissions of pollutants (including particulate matter) to meet constantly more stringent regulations
- Capacity to use various energy sources, especially biogenic forms
- Enhancement of competitiveness of combustion systems for biogenic energy sources.
Research priorities for the period from 2008 to 2012
- Depiction of zero-emission systems for small-scale (10 to 100 kW) combined power production (electricity / heat / refrigeration), including heat pumps and biomass
- Incorporation of findings from experimental fundamental projects (laser diagnostics) into the development of miniaturised non-invasive sensors for real use in combustion machinery
- Optimisation of mixture preparation and combustion, and minimisation of pollutant emissions from (partial) use of biogenic fuels
- Implementation of basic findings for depicting technologies for meeting future emission regulations (EURO 6, USA 2010/14), with focus on medium-sized and large diesel engines
- Development of robust models (focus on computational reactive fluid dynamics) for application in the development, optimisation and diagnosis of new combustion systems (from fundamentals in need of improvement through to practical applications)
- Promotion of networking of experimental and numeric methods for optimising the overall system encompassing engine / exhaust / treatment.
Areas of research
- Physical fundamentals of combustion
- Measurement methods (for test models or applications)
- Numeric simulation
- Development of test models
- Combustibles (conventional, biogenic, synthetic mixtures)
- Fuel preparation (injection systems, preparation of fuel mixtures)
- Combustion processes (homogeneous charge compression ignition, catalytic)
- Exhaust treatment
- Combustion chain (fuel preparation, combustion, exhaust treatment)
Practical applications
- Diesel engines (cars, heavy goods vehicles, construction machinery, ship engines)
- Gas engines
- Petrol engines
- Gas turbines
- Boilers / furnaces.
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