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A Cool New Take on a Switched Reluctance Motor
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Interest in home improvement has soared since the start of the pandemic, along with demand for the requisite tools. Saws, drills, sanders, and routers—what kind of motor do they use? Ideally, one that is powerful, easy to control, lightweight, affordable, robust, and low maintenance. In practice, no...
WIND TURBINE SIMULATIONS: ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART
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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 capacity, making wind energy the largest source of renewable power in the U.S.1 And as the market for wind energy...
Urea Deposits: Risk Assessment or Direct Prediction?
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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 reputation costs associated with urea deposits if they arise in the field. It is imperative that aftertreatment...
2021: Making Waves with CONVERGE
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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 turning point in the pandemic and that we see significant improvement around the world. Despite the...
Efficient and accurate modeling of heat transfer in an engine head and block
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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, studying the temperature distribution and the thermal stresses caused by combustion is essential to...
Concurrent Perturbation Method: A Timesaving Alternative to Capture Cycle-to-Cycle Variability
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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 engineers to estimate quantities such as peak cylinder pressure, combustion duration, and coefficient...
In Memoriam: Remembering Tarique Shaikh, Our Colleague and Friend
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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 significant and lasting impact on both the company and his coworkers. Ashish Joshi, general manager of...
Fighting COVID with CFD: How Portable Air Purifiers Make Music Classrooms Safer
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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 ventilation in classrooms, airborne pathogen transport, and how masks affect pathogen transmission....
CONVERGE FOR BATTERIES: DESIGNING SAFER BATTERIES THROUGH SIMULATION
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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 battery technology, each year of the last decade has witnessed a year-over-year increase in the market share of...
The Collaboration Effect: Optimizing Drones for Future Missions
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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 with distributing the vaccine to remote areas. You may not have heard, however, how a particular...