January 24, 2024 @ 10:30 AM (central US time)

ONLINE WEBINAR: CONVERGE for Hydrogen Combustion Modeling: Transportation, Aerospace & Safety

 

Presented by: 

Adam Klingbeil, Senior Engineer – Advanced Engine R&D  

Wabtec Corporation 

 

Sameera Wijeyakulasuriya, Project Manager  

Convergent Science 

 

With global efforts underway to transition to carbon-free  

mobility, hydrogen (H2) is receiving significant interest  

for its potential as an energy carrier. Several OEMs have  

already developed H2-powered internal combustion engines  

(H2ICEs), and auxiliary technologies around H2ICEs are being  

investigated to enable broader commercialization. Auxiliary  

technologies such as flame arrestors and durable storage  

tanks are necessary to ensure the safety of H2 combustion  

devices. Other ongoing research efforts are dedicated to  

studying processes that promote the proper operation of H2  

devices, such as H2 injector flows and tank  

filling/emptying. CFD is an effective tool for designing H2- 

powered ICEs and gas turbines, as well as relevant auxiliary  

technologies. CFD provides insight into the governing  

physics of these systems and offers an economical method to  

test possible solutions and methods. However, H2 poses a  

number of modeling challenges: high injection velocities,  

low density, high mass diffusivity in air, wide flammability  

range, high burning velocities, and low ignition energy. In  

this webinar, we will demonstrate how CONVERGE CFD software  

is uniquely suited to address these challenges for a variety  

of applications, including flame arrestors, self-ignition of  

H2 tank leakages, H2 tank filling and emptying, H2 fuel  

injection, rotating detonation engines, and H2ICEs. We’ll  

take a closer look at a specific application of CONVERGE for  

analyzing a large-bore, medium-speed locomotive engine that  

is being modified for dual-fuel H2-diesel operation. The  

analysis explores the effect of temperature and compression  

ratio on the combustion event. Furthermore, additional  

analysis is investigating undesirable combustion events in  

the intake port.  

 

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