The Combustion Modeling Lab at UC Berkeley is on the leading edge of energy science and technology research. Check out our current research projects!

Combustion Modeling Lab

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of California - Berkeley

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246 Hesse Hall

Berkeley, CA, USA 94720-1740

FAX (510) 642-1850

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The Combustion Modeling Lab (CML) at UC Berkeley undertakes research projects relating to clean energy, advanced energy techologies, and numerical modeling of energy systems. Some of our current research areas include:

• Reacting spray modeling of biofuels in an Ignition Quality Tester (IQT)
• Microwave-assisted ignition and combustion
• Linear Eddy Modeling (LEM) of hydrogen flames for low-carbon power generation
• Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines

We work closely with the Berkeley Combustion Analysis Lab (CAL). Resources available to CML and CAL include:

• Multiple-core computer clusters for large-scale simulations
• In-house code for generating reduced and skeletal chemical kinetic mechanisms
• Cooperative fuel reserach engine (CFR) with variable compression ratio and exhaust gas recirculation
• Constant volume combustion chamber for fundamental flame studies
• Vitiated coflow burner for jet flame studies at elevated pressures
• Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine
• Direct-injected spark-ignited engine

At the CML, we work with universities, national labs, and companies from across the country and around the world, including Saudi Arabia and Norway. Our work focuses on advanced simulations of combustion processes that include fluid dynamic, chemical kinetic, and heat transfer components. We utilize commercial software packages as well as custom in-house computational solvers for modeling advanced combustion problems. We closely collaborate with experimental researchers so that experimental data can guide our simulations and our simulations can guide experiments.

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