Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Vehicle Technologies Office. — U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585-0121, December 2012. VII, 396 p
Table of Contents
Introduction
Subprogram Overview and Status
Project Highlights
Honors and Special Recognitions/Patents
Future Project Directions
Combustion Research
Argonne National Laboratory: Fuel Injection and Spray Research Using X-Ray Diagnostics
Sandia National Laboratories: Low-Temperature Automotive Diesel Combustion
Sandia National Laboratories: Heavy-Duty Low-Temperature and Diesel Combustion & Heavy-Duty Combustion Modeling
Sandia National Laboratories: Spray Combustion Cross-Cut Engine Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: High-Effiiency Clean Combustion in Light-Duty
Multi-Cylinder Diesel Engines
Sandia National Laboratories: Large Eddy Simulation Applied to Advanced Engine Combustion Research
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Computationally Effiient Modeling of High Effiiency Clean Combustion Engines
Sandia National Laboratories: HCCI and Stratifid-Charge CI Engine Combustion Research
Sandia National Laboratories: Automotive HCCI Combustion Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Engine Effiiency Fundamentals – Accelerating Predictive
Simulation of Internal Combustion Engines with High Performance Computing
Los Alamos National Laboratory: KIVA Development
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Chemical Kinetic Models for HCCI and Diesel Combustion
Sandia National Laboratories: Free-Piston Electric Generator (FPEG)
Argonne National Laboratory: Spray and Combustion Modeling using High-Performance
Computing (HPC) Tools
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Stretch Effiiency – Exploiting New Combustion Regimes
Argonne National Laboratory: Use of Low Cetane Fuel to Enable Low-Temperature Combustion
Argonne National Laboratory: Collaborative Combustion Research with Basic Energy Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Expanding Robust HCCI Operation with Advanced Valve and Fuel Control Technologies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Cummins-ORNL Combustion CRADA:Characterization and Reduction of Combustion Variations
Argonne National Laboratory: Engine Benchmarking CRADA Annual Report Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Neutron Imaging of Advanced Transportation Technologies
Argonne National Laboratory: Detailed Assessment of Particulate Characteristics from a Low-Temperature Combustion Engine
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Improved Solvers for Advanced Combustion Engine Simulation
University of Michigan: University Consortium on Effiient and Clean High-Pressure Lean-Burn (HPLB) Engines
University of Wisconsin: Optimization of Advanced Diesel Engine Combustion Strategies
Michigan State University: Flex Fuel Optimized SI and HCCI Engine
Emission Control R&D
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: CLEERS Aftertreatment Modeling and Analysis
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: Enhanced High-Temperature Performance of NOx Reduction Catalyst Materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Emissions Control for Lean Gasoline Engines
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Cummins-ORNL SmartCatalyst CRADA: NOx Control and Measurement Technology for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Cross-Cut Lean Exhaust Emission Reduction Simulation (CLEERS): Administrative Support
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Cross-Cut Lean Exhaust Emissions Reduction Simulations (CLEERS): Joint Development of Benchmark Kinetics
Argonne National Laboratory: Development of Advanced Diesel Particulate Filtration Systems
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: Combination and Integration of DPF-SCR After Treatment
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: Deactivation Mechanisms of Base Metal/Zeolite
Urea Selective Catalytic Reduction Materials, and Development of Zeolite-Based Hydrocarbon Adsorber Materials
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: Fuel-Neutral Studies of PM Transportation Emissions
Pacifi Northwest National Laboratory: Investigation of Mixed Oxide Catalysts for NO Oxidation
University of Houston: Development of Optimal Catalyst Designs and Operating Strategies for Lean NOx Reduction in Coupled LNT-SCR Systems
University of Connecticut: Three-Dimensional Composite Nanostructures for Lean NOx Emission Control
Michigan Technological University: Experimental Studies for DPF, and SCR Model, Control System, and OBD Development for Engines Using Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels
Health Effects Institute: The Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study (ACES)
High Effiiency Engine Technologies
Cummins Inc.: Recovery Act: Technology and System Level Demonstration of Highly Effiient and Clean, Diesel Powered Class 8 Trucks
Detroit Diesel Corporation: SuperTruck – Improving Transportation Effiiency through integrated Vehicle, Engine, and Powertrain Research; Fiscal Year 2012 Engine Activities
Navistar, Inc.: Development and Demonstration of a Fuel-Effiient Class 8 Tractor and Trailer Volvo: SuperTruck Initiative for Maximum Utilized Loading in the United States
Ford Motor Company: Advanced Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection (GTDI) Engine Development
General Motors, LLC: Lean Gasoline System Development for Fuel Effiient Small Cars
Chrysler Group, LLCL: Recovery Act – A MultiAir/MultiFuel Approach to Enhancing Engine System Effiiency
Robert Bosch LLC: Advanced Combustion Concepts – Enabling Systems and Solutions
Cummins Inc.: Cummins Next Generation Tier 2 Bin 2 Diesel
Filter Sensing Technologies, Inc.: Development of Radio Frequency Diesel Particulate Filter
Sensor and Controls for Advanced Low-Pressure Drop Systems to Reduce Engine Fuel Consumption
General Motors, LLC: The Application of High Energy Ignition and Boosting/Mixing
Technology to Increase Fuel Economy in Spark Ignition Gasoline Engines by Increasing EGR Dilution Capability
High Effiiency Engine Technologies (Continued)
Eaton Innovation Center: Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines Waste Heat Recovery Using Roots
Expander Organic Rankine Cycle System
MAHLE Powertain: Next Generation Ultra-Lean Burn Powertrain
Delphi: Gasoline Ultra-Effiient Vehicle with Advanced Low-Temperature Combustion
Ford Motor Company: Advanced Boost System Development For Diesel HCCI Application
Los Alamos National Laborator: Robust Nitrogen Oxide/Ammonia Sensors for Vehicle Onboard Emissions Control
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) Assessment to Enable
Higher Effiiency in Gasoline Engines
Solid State Energy Conversion
Gentherm Inc.: Gentherm Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Project for Passenger Vehicles
General Motors LLC: Improving Energy Effiiency by Developing Components for Distributed
Cooling and Heating Based on Thermal Comfort Modeling
General Motors Global Research & Development: Development of Cost-Competitive Advanced
Thermoelectric Generators for Direct Conversion of Vehicle Waste Heat into Useful Electrical Power
GMZ Energy: Nanostructured High-Temperature Bulk Thermoelectric Energy Conversion for Effiient Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Virginia Tech: NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership Project SEEBECK: Saving Energy
Effectively by Engaging in Collaborative Research and Sharing Knowledge Purdue University: NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership: Purdue – GM Partnership on Thermoelectrics for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery
Stanford University: Automotive Thermoelectric Modules with Scalable Thermo- and Electro Mechanical Interfaces
Stony Brook University: NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership: Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Cost-Effective and Industrial-Scalable TEG for Vehicle Applications Texas A&M University: NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership: Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Thermoelectrics
University of California, Los Angeles: Integration of Advanced Materials, Interfaces, and Heat Transfer Augmentation Methods for Affordable and Durable Thermoelectric Devices
University of California, Santa Cruz: High Performance Thermoelectric System Based on Zintl Phase Materials with Embedded Nanoparticles Virginia Tech: An Integrated Approach Towards Effiient, Scalable, and Low-Cost
Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Devices for Vehicles
University of Texas at Austin: NSF/DOE Thermoelectric Partnership: High-Performance
Thermoelectric Devices Based on Abundant Silicide Materials for Vehicle Waste Heat Recovery Report
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Defiitions
Index of Primary Contacts
