SOLUTIONS FOR CLEAN, ENERGY-EFFICIENT TRANSPORTMarch 2012
IATA 6th Aviation & Environment Summit
21-22 March 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
IFPEN will take part in the next IATA (International Air Transport Association) Environmental Summit in Geneva, in March 2012. This event will bring together international stakeholders concerned by the environmental impact of air transport. A stand will be shared with the European Alfa-Bird program and will give IFPEN the opportunity to present its expertise in the field of alternative fuel formulation, production and validation, as well as aircraft engine development and modeling.
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012 IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control, Simulation and Modeling
23-25 October 2012
IFPEN/Rueil-Malmaison
E-COSM'12 will be held at IFPEN, under the auspices of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control. E-COSM'12 will examine the most recent developments in the fields of engine and powertrain control and modeling, emphasizing the interplay between control design and validation, on the one hand, and physical modeling and simulation on the other.
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Les Rencontres Scientifiques d'IFP Energies nouvelles: LES for Internal Combustion Engine Flows (LES4ICE)
29-30 November 2012
IFPEN/Rueil-Malmaison
The LES4ICE conferences provide a forum for discussing recent advances in the field of Large-Eddy Simulation research applied to Internal Combustion Engine flows and related experimental techniques.
It brings together engine designers and research scientists working in the field of ICE to debate the state of the art in LES applied to ICEs and examine advanced experimental techniques capable of supporting and validating its development.
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FTIR - IFPEN boosts its expertise in exhaust emissions detailed analysis
Thanks to the acquisition of a new FTIR system, IFPEN is now able to get valuable real-time data on the composition of exhaust gases (NH3, oxygenated compounds, etc.). This system comes in addition to a variety of techniques already mastered in-house (chromatography, mass spectroscopy, UV methods, particle size measurement, etc.) and means that IFPEN can now propose a full range of methods in order to obtain a detailed composition of exhaust gases, including particles.
This type of analysis plays a fundamental role in combustion studies, fuel impact characterization, modeling and after-treatment system development.
Furthermore, this equipment will help IFPEN prepare for future regulations on specific compounds, such as ammonia for heavy-duty engines.
The LIP technique - Laser-induced Phosphorescence
Traditional thermometry techniques are not particularly well adapted for performing measurements of engine combustion chamber surface temperature. IFPEN has therefore developed an innovative surface temperature measurement technique based on Laser-induced Phosphorescence (LIP) which exploits the temperature-dependant characteristics of rare-earth or transition metal doped ceramic phosphors.
The LIP technique offers several important advantages for in-cylinder measurements of surface temperature compared to more conventional measurement techniques such as thermocouples and infra-red (IR) pyrometry. The LIP technique is non-intrusive and offers a temporal resolution enabling crank-angle resolved measurements of combustion chamber surface temperature in IC engines. Furthermore, the LIP technique does not depend on surface emissivity, a parameter which can vary significantly for combustion chamber surfaces due to the presence of soot deposits or liquid fuel films.
The LIP technique has been calibrated and validated at IFPEN first of all on single cylinder gasoline and diesel optical engines for a variety of operating conditions. IFPEN has subsequently developed a fiber-optic based probe (which can replace a cylinder pressure sensor) enabling piston surface temperature measurements to be conducted in standard metal single-cylinder and multi-cylinder engines.
At last, the LIP technique provides experimental data useful not only for the validation of a range of numerical models (from 0D to 3D) but can also provide complementary information which can aid the development process of new combustion concepts and the optimisation of thermal management strategies in single and multi-cylinder engines. For example, the LIP technique has been used at IFPEN to quantify the role of combustion chamber surface temperature on pre-ignition / rumble phenomena in highly-downsized, direct-injection gasoline engines.
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"Ethanol–biodiesel–Diesel fuel blends: Performances and emissions in conventional Diesel and advanced Low Temperature Combustions"
Ludivine Pidol, Bertrand Lecointe, Laurie Starck, Nicolas Jeuland, IFP Energies nouvelles
Fuel 93 (2012) 329–338 Fuel The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy
"HC-SCR on silver-based catalyst: from synthetic gas bench to real use"
Arnaud Frobert, Stéphane Raux, IFP Energies nouvelles, Arnaud Lahougue, Christian Hamon IRMA TECHNOLOGIES, K. Pajot, Gilbert Blanchard, PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN
SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 5, No 1, 2012, pp. 380-388, Society of Automotive Engineers
"Calendar aging of a Graphite/LiFePO4 cell"
M. Kassem, C. Delacourt, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, J. Bernard, R. Revel, IFP Energies nouvelles, S. Pélissier, Laboratoire Transports et Environnement, Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (Bron), F. Duclaud, Laboratoire d'Essais et d'Expérimentations Electrique, EIGSI (La Rochelle)
Reference: POWER 15446 - Journal of Power Sources
A selection of the upcoming IFP Energies nouvelles publications
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"Energy Management Strategy and Optimal Hybridization Level for a Diesel HEV"
Laurent Thibault, Olivier Grondin, Carole Querel, Gilles Corde, IFP Energies nouvelles
n° SAE : 2012-01-1019
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"State of the Art and Analysis of Control Oriented NOx Models"
Carole Quérel, Olivier Grondin, IFP Energies nouvelles, Christophe Letellier, CORIA de Rouen
n°SAE : 2012-01-0723
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"Intake System Diagnosis for Diesel Engine with Dual-Loop EGR"
Olivier Grondin, Jonathan Chauvin, IFP Energies nouvelles, Laurent Fontvieille, Renault
n°SAE : 2012-01-0904
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"Online Identification of the Turbocharger Efficiency For Diesel Engine Control"
Wissam DIB, Jonathan Chauvin, Olivier Grondin, IFP Energies nouvelles, Laurent Fontvieille, Remy Brunel, Renault SA
n° SAE : 2012-01-0439
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"A Sensorless-Based Control Scheme to Enhance the Accuracy of Position Encoders Used in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for Automotive Applications"
Jeremy Malaize, Wissam DIB, IFP Energies nouvelles
n°SAE : 2012-01-0343
Flex-Fuel 3G systems solutions
(FUI program led by Valeo, in partnership with Cristal Union)
The use of Ethanol (0 to 100%)
"Thanks to IFPEN's detailed analysis of physical phenomena and its innovative downsized “scavenging” engine concept, the properties of ethanol have now been harnessed, while minimizing consumption and maintaining a level of performance comparable to that of gasoline-powered vehicles. IFPEN's recommendations for the sizing of various engine parts, the calibration of engine control and the cold-start system as well as for test bench validation have largely contributed to the success of this 3G Flex-Fuel powertrain project."
Sébastien POTTEAU
R&D Branch/VEES
VALEO
D-LUBE system - Measurement of oil consumption and fuel dilution
Through the use of radiotracers, this new system now available at IFPEN can be used to continuously monitor fuel dilution and oil consumption. The tool can be employed on engine test beds as well as on-board vehicles. It can provide data that is essential for the development of control strategies for after-treatment systems, and also for research programs dedicated to combustion, lubricant validation and pollutant emissions.
As part of the European Cleansky initiative, IFPEN is taking part in a project that aims to develop a piston engines for aircraft fueled by kerosene. The project should lead to the development of dimensioning methodologies (combustion chamber design by 3D calculation, definition of global engine architecture by system simulation).
The CaPME'UP project, led by CETIM and conducted in partnership with CEA LIST and IFPEN through its IFPEN Transports and Energy Carnot Institute, has been selected as part of the “Carnot PME“ call for projects in the context of the Investments for the future government-backed spending program. Its objective is to help SMEs in the manufacturing sector and support them through the use of platforms (partners) focusing on product design and simulation and optimization of processes and system measurement and monitoring.
TRIPTIC-H: led by IFPEN in partnership with CTI, Ircelyon, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Saint-Gobain Recherche, this new ANR project dedicated to the characterization and treatment of particles emitted by gasoline direct injection engines for application to hybrid vehicles, has just been launched for a period of 3 years.
The new xMOD multi-model integration and exploitation platform developed by IFPEN has been sold to Renault.
According to a bibliometric study conducted over the period 2007-2010, IFPEN is now one of the world's top ten organizations in the field of engine and powertrain control in terms of scientific publications and quotations. >> Press release
April 26-27, 2012 : 33RD INTERNATIONAL VIENNA MOTOR SYMPOSIUM
Vienna (Austria)
www.övk.at
May 6-9, 2012 : EVS 26 ELECTRIC VEHICLE SYMPOSIUM
Los Angeles (California)
Booth # 1342
www.evs26.org
May 23-25, 2012 : JSAE ANNUAL CONGRESS
Yokohama (Japan)
www.jsae.or.jp
