Objective DEVELOPING AND ADAPTING OF 3D COMBUSTION MODELLING, ADVANCED LASER DIAGNOSTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF SINGLE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF ENGINE COMBUSTION. VALIDATION OF THESE ANALYTICAL TOOLS UNDER ENGINE CONDITION - APPLICATION OF THESE TOOLS IN SPECIAL TRANSPARENT COMBUSTION CHAMBERS TO PROVIDE AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES CONTROLLING COMBUSTION - DERIVATION OF SCHEMES FOR ENHANCING COMBUSTION. TESTING OF CONTROL SCHEMES WITH REGARDS TO THEIR POTENTIAL FOR MINIMISING FUEL CONSUMPTION AND TOXIC RAW EMISSIONS ORIGINATING IN THE FINAL PHASE OF COMBUSTION. A) INCORPORATION OF RECENT KNOWLEDGES ON REACTION KINETICS AND TURBULENT COMBUSTION MODELLING INTO EXISTING 3D ENGINE CODE. B) DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED LASER DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF EXPERIMENTAL VALUES OF TEMPERATURE, SPECIES, TURBULENCE PARAMETERS AND FLAME SPEEDS. C) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC TEST RIGS FOR DEVELOPING THE ABOVE TOOLS INTO AN APPLICABLE FORM THREE WORKING STAGE ARE FORESEEN : - DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE MODELLING, DIAGNOSTIC AND EXPERIMENTAL TOOLS. - DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL PHASE OF ENGINE COMBUSTION AND DERIVATION OF CONTROLLING FACTORS. - SINGLE CYLINDER ENGINE TEST OF POSSIBLE CONTROL SCHEMES WITH REGARDS TO THEIR POTENTIAL FAR FUEL SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTION. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Daimler-Benz AG EU contribution No data Address Epplestraße 225 70567 Stuttgart Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 52056 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Germany EU contribution No data Address Albert-Überle-Strasse 3-5 69120 Heidelberg See on map Total cost No data UNIV. CAMBRIDGE EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germany EU contribution No data Address 31,Pfaffenwaldring 31 70569 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Harwell Laboratory OX11 0RA Didcot See on map Total cost No data