Engine Research Center
ERC Research Symposium: Future Fuels for IC Engines
June 6-7, 2007
Madison, WI
1800 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive
Wednesday June 6
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome and opening announcements
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote Address: John L. Robbins, Manager, Special Projects, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering; Introduced by Dave Foster
“The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030”
9:45 – 10:15 Refreshment break
10:15 – 12:15 Emission Requirements, chaired by Chris Rutland
Erik Koehler, Performance & Emissions, FEV Engine Technology, Inc. North American Technical Center
“Alternative Fuels for DI-Diesel Engines Meeting Future Emission Standards”
Tim Johnson, Corning
“Diesel Emission Control Review”
Bruce Bunting, Oak Ridge National Labs
“Strategies for Optimization of Engines, Fuels, and Aftertreatment”
Paul Morschauser, Diesel Program Director, Madison Area Technical College
“Biodiesel Engine Performance”
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:15 Combustion Fundamentals, chaired by Scott Sanders
Chuck Mueller, Principal Member Technical Staff, Engine Combustion Department, Sandia National Laboratories
“Using Unconventional Fuels and In-Cylinder Strategies to Achieve High-Efficiency, Clean Combustion”
Dave Foster, Phil and Jean Myers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
“Fuels as Enablers for Alternative Modes of Combustion”
Ellen Meeks, Reaction Design
“Strategies for incorporating detailed kinetics into engine simulation”
Harry Lehtiniemi, ADAPCO
“Efficient Engine CFD with Detailed Chemistry”
3:15 – 3:45 Refreshment break
3:45 – 5:15 Engine Perspectives, chaired by Rolf Reitz
Brad A. Boyer, Technical Specialist, Research and Advanced Powertrain, Ford Motor Company
“Benefits of Direct Injection in Hydrogen Engines”
Chris White, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire and University Summer Faculty at Sandia National Laboratories
“Advanced Hydrogen-Fueled Engines: Potential and Challenges”
Kevin Bruch, Caterpillar
“Future Fuels and Energy Systems”
7:15 – 8:30 Dinner, Monona Terrace
8:30 – 9:15 The Broad Energy Perspective, Harold Ray, Vice President (retired), Southern California Edison; Chaired by Jaal Ghandhi
Thursday June 7
8:45 – 9:00 Opening comments
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote Address: Norm Brinkman, GM; Introduced by Roger Krieger
“Fuels and Propulsion Systems for the Future”
9:45 – 10:15 Refreshment Break
10:15 – 12:15 Worldwide Perspectives, Session chaired by Dave Foster
Patrick Gastaldi, Renault
“Potential of the Mild HCCI Combustion for Worldwide Applications”
Gautam Kalghatgi, Shell Oil
“Is Gasoline the Best Fuel for Advanced Diesel Engines? Fuel Effects in 'Premixed-Enough' CI Engines”
Harrison Sigworth, Senior Consultant/Research Fellow, Chevron Energy Technology Company
“Transportation Fuels--Future Options and Opportunities”
Ron Graves, Oak Ridge National Labs
“Future Fuels? or More of the Same? – A High Altitude Perspective”
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 ERC Faculty Presentations of Current Work
Ghandhi
Sanders
Rutland
Reitz
2:15 – 3:30 ERC Student Presentations, Poster Session, and Lab Tours
3:30 Conference Ends