11-12 March 2024 6th Two-Day Meeting on Propulsion Simulations Using OpenFOAM Technology
The Department of Energy – Politecnico di Milano hosted a two day meeting on “PROPULSION SIMULATIONS USING OPENFOAM TECHNOLOGY” in collaboration with Technische Universität Darmstadt. This meeting was dedicated to researchers and engineers interested in the use of the OpenFOAM technology for the simulation of propulsion systems: internal combustion engines, fuel cells, battery electric powertrains.
PROGRAM & LEARNING MATERIALS
DAY 1 – 11 MARCH 2024
| Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels (part 1) | |
| Gabriela Bracho (Universitat Politècnica de València) | Numerical investigation of the combustion behavior in a CI oxy-fuel engine fueled with OME3 for pollutant emissions reduction |
| Lorenzo Sforza (Politecnico di Milano) | Modeling of hydrogen-fueled spark-ignition engines for light-duty applications |
| Viktoria Kübler-Tesch (TU Darmstadt) | Modeling of preferential evaporation in iso-octane/ethanol sprays |
| Pietro De Palma (Politecnico di Bari) | Modelling hydrogen injection for internal combustion engines using WENO schemes in the OpenFOAM framework. |
| Angelo Onorati (Politecnico di Milano) | The Gasdyn code for 0D/1D simulations of IC Engines fed with renewable fuels |
| Advanced IC Engine Concepts | |
| Max Hasenzahl (TU Darmstadt) | Investigation of near-wall processes in an optically accessible SI-Engine using wall-resolved Large Eddy Simulations |
| Gabriele Milano (Marmotors s.r.l.) | Combustion optimisation of a passive pre-chamber motorcycle engine and of an innovative rotary engine using OpenFoam |
| Mesh Generation and Management | |
| Rajat Soni (LEC GmbH) | Automating the boring stuff: Mesh generation and simulation setup workflow |
| Éric Lendormy (Wärtsilä) | AATE (/ˈɑːteˣ/): Advanced Analysis Tool for Engines |
| Bishal Shrestha (Aalto University) | Simulation and validation of an internal combustion engine under motored condition using OpenFOAM |
| Giovanni Gianetti (Politecnico di Milano) | Full cycle IC Engine simulation methodology with flexible automatic mesh generation |
| Exhaust After-Treatment Systems | |
| Augusto Della Torre (Politecnico di Milano) | CFD assessment of heating strategies of aftertreatment systems for the reduction of the catalyst light-off time |
| Lorenzo Pace & Naroa Zaldua Moreno (Emitec Technologies GmbH) | Full scale CFD simulation of an advanced exhaust after treatment. |
| Roberto Lange (TU Darmstadt) | Understanding Spray-Wall Interaction in SCR Systems based Reference Data Insights |
DAY 2 – 12 MARCH 2024
| Spray – Combustion Modeling (part 1) | |
| Magnus Kircher (STFS – TU Darmstadt) | Investigation of knocking combustion initiation based on multi-cycle engine LES |
| Francesco Duronio (Università degli studi dell’Aquila) | CFD Simulation of Injection Processes in OpenFOAM: Under-expanded Jets and Lagrangian Sprays |
| Andrea Di Matteo (Eindhoven University of Technology ) | Effect of turbulent mixing on ignition behavior of high-pressure spray |
| Spray – Combustion Modeling (part 2) | |
| Alberto Cuoci (Politecnico di Milano) | Accelerating CFD Simulations of Reactive Flows through Cell Agglomeration and Adaptive Chemistry Techniques |
| Hong G. Im (KAUST) | High fidelity volume-of-fluid simulations of multiple transient injection in dieselcondition |
| Tommaso Lucchini (Politecnico di Milano) | Combustion models for hydrogen and ammonia operating under premixed and diffusive dual-fuel combustion modes |
| Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels (part 2) | |
| Benjamin Boehm (TU Darmstadt) | Comprehensive validation data for IC engines: The Approach of the Darmstadt Engine Workshop for Hydrogen |
| Ludovico Viglione (Wärtsilä) | Numerical modelling of 2-stroke marine engines for future fuels applications: Ammonia and Methanol dual-fuel combustion system development |
| Michele Battistoni (University of Perugia) | Accelerating multi-phase flow simulations with neural network models in OpenFOAM for fuel-air mixing under transcritical conditions |
| Vinzenz Schuh (TU Darmstadt) | Modeling of turbulent hydrogen combustion |
| BEV – Fuel Cells | |
| Margherita Bulgarini (Politecnico di Milano) | Application of a CFD Methodology for the Design of PEM Fuel Cells for propulsion applications |
| Gianluca Montenegro (Politecnico di Milano) | Development and Application of a CFD Framework for the Simulation of Fully Coupled Electromagnetic and Heat Transfer Process Inside Electric Motors |