Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millennia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue to be used for many decades. However, they will likely become more expensive, and pressure to minimize undesired combustion by-products (pollutants) will likely increase. The trends in the continued use of fossil fuels and likely use of alternative combustion fuels call for more rapid development of improved combustion systems. In January 2009, the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee on Combustion Research (MACCCR) requested that the National Research Council (NRC) conduct a study of the structure and use of a cyberinfrastructure (CI) for combustion research.
Author(s): Committee on Building Cyberinfrastructure for Combustion Research, National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 117
Tags: Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Топливо и теория горения;
Cover......Page 1
Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
Summary......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 22
2 Cyberinfrastructure......Page 29
3 Combustion and Cyberinfrastructure......Page 56
4 Recommendations......Page 83
Appendixes......Page 94
Appendix A. The GRIMech Model......Page 96
Appendix B. CHEMKIN Chemical Kinetics Software......Page 98
Appendix C. Direct Numerical Simulations......Page 101
Appendix D. Chemical Kinetic Reaction Mechanisms......Page 103
Appendix E. Committee Meeting Agendas......Page 106
Appendix F. Biographies of the Committee Members......Page 110
