Madison, WisconsinㅡJuly 16, 2018ㅡThe U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office held its 2018 Annual Merit Review (AMR) and Peer Evaluation from June 18-21 in Arlington, Virginia. Of the advanced vehicle technologies projects reviewed at the meeting, 17 referenced partnerships with Convergent Science and its CONVERGE computational fluid dynamics software. The research for these projects took place at Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge, and Sandia National Laboratories, as well as at the Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the University of Michigan.

The diversity of these 17 projects presented at the AMR highlights the versatility and broad applicability of CONVERGE. The presentations are publicly available, and links are provided below.

ACS001: Heavy-Duty Low-Temperature and Diesel Combustion & Heavy-Duty Combustion Modeling

ACS002: Light- and Medium-Duty Diesel Combustion

ACS004: Low-Temperature Gasoline Combustion (LTGC) Engine Research

ACS005: Spray Combustion Cross-Cut Engine Research

ACS010: Fuel Injection and Spray Research Using X-Ray Diagnostics

ACS012: Model Development and Analysis of Clean & Efficient Engine Combustion

ACS017: Accelerating Predictive Simulation of Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) with High-Performance Computing (HPC)

ACS022: Joint Development and Coordination of Emissions Control Data and Models (Cross-cut Lean Exhaust Emissions Reduction Simulations (CLEERS) Analysis and Coordination)

ACS075: Advancements in Fuel Spray and Combustion Modeling with High-Performance Computing (HPC) Resources

ACS918: DOE Advanced Combustion Systems Overview

FT037: Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) - Overview

FT052: Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) - Fuel Kinetics and Simulation Tool Development

FT053: Co-Optima Boosted Spark-Ignition and Multi-Mode Combustion, Part 1

FT054: Co-Optima Boosted Spark-Ignition and Multi-Mode Combustion, Part 2

FT055: Co-Optima Boosted Spark-Ignition and Multi-Mode Combustion, Part 3

FT065: Dynamic Species Reduction for Multi-Cycle Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulations (Co-Optima)

MAT057: Applied Computational Methods for New Propulsion Materials

The AMR reviewers come from a variety of scientific and engineering backgrounds, including the engine and automotive industries, academia, national laboratories, and government, and they evaluate how well the projects support the Department of Energy's missions and goals. The final reviews will be published in the Vehicles Technologies Office Annual Merit Reviews Reports.