Contact Us

Distinguished Speaker Series

Connecting with Industry Leaders

Reaction Design presents thought leaders in the industry to encourage dialogue and raise awareness about issues impacting our world today. Reaction Design introduces Professor Rolf Reitz, Dr. Hasan Karim and Dr. Charlie Westbrook.


Professor Rolf Reitz, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at the Unviersity of Wisconsin-Madison and member of the Wisconsin
Engine Research Center (WERC).

Combustion Modeling - Interview with Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Rolf Reitz

Professor Reitz discusses how combustion modeling allows improvements to engine design,
enabling vehicles to take advantage of alternative fuels.


 

3D Simulation on Fuel Chemistry - Interview with Distinguished Professor
Rolf Reitz

Professor Reitz discusses how advances in combustion modeling has led to advances in
research.


 

RCCI and Other Highly Efficient Engine Concepts - Interview with Wisconsin
Distinguished Professor Rolf Reitz
Professor Reitz discusses the benefit that accurate spray modeling and combustion
simulation can have in bringing forth new engine concepts like RCCI.


 

Spray Modeling for Fuel Efficiency - Interview with Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Rolf Reitz

Professor Reitz discusses how his research in spray modeling could help in the
design of highly efficient, low-emission vehicles.


 

Combustion Modeling and Simulation - Interview with Wisconsin Distinguished
Professor Rolf Reitz
Professor Reitz discusses how combustion modeling and simulation help his research.


 

Dr. Hasan Karim, technical leader for combustion and emissions in the advanced
technology organization of GE Energy.

GE Energy uses combustion and simulation for gas turbine fuel flexibility -
Interview with Dr. Hasan Karim

Dr. Karim discusses the use of detailed chemical reaction mechanisms with
Equivalent Reactor Network (ERN) models.


 

Dr. Charlie Westbrook, senior scientist at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, president of the Combustion Institute, and chief scientist of the
Model Fuels Consortium.

What is the Model Fuels Consortium? - Interview with Dr. Charlie Westbrook
Dr. Westbrook discusses the work of the Model Fuels Consortium (MFC).

 

Solving Grand Challenge Problems - Interview with Dr. Charlie Westbrook
Dr. Westbrook explains that the best way to solve grand challenge problems is
with large-scale computational models.

 

Modeling Hydrocarbon Fuels: From 5 to 50 Atoms - Interview with
Dr. Charlie Westbroook
Dr. Westbrook tells us how powerful computers allowed him to simulate the
chemistry from methane in 1980 to hexadecane today.

 

Importance of Combustion Simulation - Interview with Dr. Charlie Westbrook
Dr. Westbrook believes combustion simulation is critical to quickly discovering how
to burn fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently.

 

Hydrocarbon Combustion or Alternative Fuels? - Interview with Dr. Charlie Westbrook
Dr. Westbrook discusses the need for clean combustion of hydrocarbon fuels.



Request your copy of the Clean-Combustion Design White Paper at info@reactiondesign.com. This white paper explores the benefits of using a detailed-chemistry solution like ENERGICO for clean combustion design.