Future fuels and ultra-clean engines for sustainable transport
The group uses numeric and experimental tools to develop the necessary understanding of new clean and efficient combustion concepts for Heavy-duty engines. We especially target fuels that have a low-carbon footprint in order to mitigate the climate impact. Combustion concept studies are performed on dedicated adapted heavy-duty (truck) engines. These concept studies guide the more detailed numerical and experimental campaigns. A series of special (unique) set-ups are available to study in detail the sub-processes applying advanced (laser) diagnostics techniques. Apart from the deeper level of understanding these provide the results also serve as a benchmark for the numerical models. The numerical models are used to explain the complicated interaction of fuels and emissions observed in the concepts studies especially the effect of future fuels (bio- and e-fuels).
The research is carried out within a consortium; the Zero-Emission Lab. This lab is a formal co-operation between DAF, TNO, Shell, Province Brabant and the TU/e especially to develop clean and efficient concepts for a sustainable transport system. The group also co-operates on a global level and is a well-recognized partner of the Engine Combustion Network (www.sandia.gov/ecn), an international co-operation with world leading institutes like the national laboratories in USA (SNL and ANL), France (IFPen) and universities around the world (USA, Italy, Spain, Australia etc..). Research within the group has been supported by industry, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP6, FP7, H2020).
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Related themes
Within the research group Power&Flow, Somers is specialized in the following themes:
Research projects
Somers is currently working on the following projects:
Recent Publications
Our most recent peer reviewed publications
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Characterizing and visualizing the direct injection of hydrogen into high-pressure argon and nitrogen environments
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2024) -
Combustion characteristics of oxymethylene dimethyl ether-diesel blends
Fuel (2024) -
Effects of oxygen enrichment on diesel spray flame soot formation in O2/Ar atmosphere
Combustion and Flame (2024) -
Large-eddy simulation of dual-fuel spray ignition at varying levels of methane diluted ambient oxidizer using FGM
Fuel (2023) -
Combining flamelet-generated manifold and machine learning models in simulation of a non-premixed diffusion flame
Energy and AI (2023)
Contact
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Gemini South 2.139 (Building 15)De Zaale5612 AJ EindhovenNetherlands -
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Gemini South 2.139 (Building 15)De Zaale5612 AJ EindhovenNetherlands -
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Department of Mechanical EngineeringP.O. Box 5135600 MB EindhovenNetherlands -
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Department of Mechanical EngineeringP.O. Box 5135600 MB EindhovenNetherlands -
Teamleadl.m.t.somers@ tue.nl
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SecretaryM.Beekmans@ tue.nl