Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium (DERC) Information

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Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium (DERC)

DERC is an international consortium founded in 2004 and coordinated by the Engine Research Center (ERC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with 24 members funding 5 projects.

Objective

To assist diesel engine manufacturers and related industries in meeting future diesel engine emissions regulations

Background

With 60 years of comprehensive research experience in engine physics, the Engine Research Center has unique capabilities for improving fundamental understanding and control of diesel engines through:

In summary, ERC research integrates advanced experimental diagnostics and theoretical advancements to produce validated engine simulation codes for practical applications. Coupling of these technologies allows development of high fidelity tools for more comprehensive engine design. ERC goals for the 2006-2020 periods are the application of high fidelity models and analysis techniques for the optimization of low emission diesel combustion concepts, and the use of modeling for the development of advanced model-based control technologies.

The Consortium seeks broad membership from all segments of the diesel engine manufacturing and related industries.

Benefits

Participation in the Consortium provides significant leveraging of funds to members. Current ERC funding from government and industry is approximately $3.5 M, and involves six faculty, five research staff, and over 80 graduate students and post-docs. Access to these resources can be applied pre-competitively by Consortium member companies, for solving specific engineering problems within their own business strategy, to achieve future diesel engine emission regulations.

The Consortium provides a forum for sharing information and research findings to engine manufacturers and related industries via,

Industrial input and recommendations from participants complement on-going research at UW-ERC and research in Consortium member internal R&D labs. Informal benefits:

Planning

Input from Consortium members is used to direct Consortium research projects under the auspices of Consortium research funding. The Consortium coordinator consolidates discussion and recommendations with Consortium members to influence the planning of research projects.

Financial

Member contribution of $10,000 to the Consortium grants a year of membership. In-kind contributions will be accepted from companies also providing significant other monetary funding to ERC and must not exceed 25% of total contributions for research funding.

• Fee is low to attract participation from wide range of sponsors
• Sponsorship funding is less than 10% of total ERC funding
• Significant leveraging against government and other funding
• Separate research contracts with sponsors (largest ERC funding)
• DERC sponsorship fee supports basic research likely to impact a significant number of sponsors
• Companies can choose more than 1 sponsorship unit, or can pursue research contracts with ERC faculty
• Members can evaluate the option of having specific research contracts with ERC faculty to meet their company’s research needs

Contributions are considered gifts to the University of Wisconsin and are handled by:

University of Wisconsin Foundation
Account Number 12-57-4049
1848 University Ave. P.O. Box 8860
Madison, WI 53708-8860

Intellectual property developed under the consortium is handled under the University of Wisconsin-Madison standard research agreement.

For more information, please email the consortium coordinator at: 2010DERC@erc.wisc.edu