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WIND TURBINE SIMULATIONS: ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART

Published April 13, 2022
Wind energy has emerged as one of the major types of renewable energy sources in recent times. In the United States alone, the past decade has seen a 15% growth per year in wind power capaci...

Urea Deposits: Risk Assessment or Direct Prediction?

Published March 29, 2022
Prevention of solid deposit formation in urea/Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) aftertreatment systems is a primary concern for design engineers. There are significant resource and rep...

2021: Making Waves with CONVERGE

Published December 30, 2021
2021 was a complicated year. The second full year of the pandemic offered reasons for hope and optimism, along with times of hardship and uncertainty. I sincerely hope that this next year is a turnin...

Efficient and accurate modeling of heat transfer in an engine head and block

Published November 4, 2021
The extreme conditions in internal combustion (IC) engines make it important to understand the thermal and structural stresses experienced by critical components of the device. In the cylinder, study...

Concurrent Perturbation Method: A Timesaving Alternative to Capture Cycle-to-Cycle Variability

Published October 8, 2021
Significant cycle-to-cycle variations (CCV) in internal combustion (IC) engines can lead to undesirable effects like noise and vibration, engine damage, and poor drivability. It is important for engi...

In Memoriam: Remembering Tarique Shaikh, Our Colleague and Friend

Published September 13, 2021
Tarique Shaikh joined Convergent Science in March 2018, after earning his master’s degree from the Technical University of Munich Asia. In his three and a half years with us, Tarique made a signi...

Fighting COVID with CFD: How Portable Air Purifiers Make Music Classrooms Safer

Published August 23, 2021
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, determining how to safely reopen schools, colleges, and universities has been a primary focus. A number of studies conducted this past year have investigated airflow and v...

CONVERGE FOR BATTERIES: DESIGNING SAFER BATTERIES THROUGH SIMULATION

Published July 21, 2021
In the quest to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the world is searching for more environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Aided by policy decisions and massive improvements in batte...

The Collaboration Effect: Optimizing Drones for Future Missions

Published June 21, 2021
From the Argonne National Laboratory + Convergent Science Blog Series As the coronavirus vaccine continues to be administered around the world, you’ve likely heard about the challenges associated...

Academic Spotlight: Investigating Hydrogen-Diesel Dual-Fuel Engines

Published May 20, 2021
Until a few years ago, I never thought much about diesel engines. In the United States, very few passenger cars have diesel engines, and while I was aware that they were used in vehicles lik...