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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973896903321

Titolo

Transforming combustion research through cyberinfrastructure / / Committee on Building Cyberinfrastructure for Combustion Research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

9786613135025

9780309215138

0309215137

9781283135023

1283135027

9780309163880

0309163889

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Disciplina

333.79

Soggetti

Combustion - Research

Fossil fuels

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Cyberinfrastructure""; ""3 Combustion and Cyberinfrastructure""; ""4 Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: The GRIMech Model""; ""Appendix B: CHEMKIN Chemical Kinetics Software""; ""Appendix C: Direct Numerical Simulations""; ""Appendix D: Chemical Kinetic Reaction Mechanisms""; ""Appendix E: Committee Meeting Agendas""; ""Appendix F: Biographies of the Committee Members""

Sommario/riassunto

Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millennia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue to be used for many decades. However, they will likely become more expensive, and pressure to minimize undesired combustion by-products (pollutants) will likely increase. The trends in the continued use of fossil fuels and likely use of alternative



combustion fuels call for more rapid development of improved combustion systems. In January 2009, the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee on Combustion Research (MACCCR) requested that the National Research Council (NRC) conduct a study of the structure and use of a cyberinfrastructure (CI) for combustion research.