Fuels and Combustion
A Pioneer in Fuels and Combustion Research
Since 1976, UDRI has been developing and testing cleaner burning, more environmentally friendly, and more powerful fuels. Our researchers conduct basic and applied research in combustion, energy conservation, environmental engineering, fuel science, fuels engineering, and modeling and simulation.
Top: Computer-modeled image of supersonic jet exhaust. The rectangular nozzle is shown in gray with an isosurface of temperature (gold) cut along the center plane of the nozzle showing temperature contours (red/yellow). The acoustic field is visualized by (blue/cyan) contours of the pressure field taken along the same plane. Photo credit: Joseph Nichols, Center for Turbulence Research, Argonne National Laboratory
Combustion
UDRI performs research in alternative energy, fire science and safety, combustion science, well-stirred reactor studies, ignition and flame stabilization, gaseous and particulate emissions, and laser diagnostics of combustion processes.
Environmental Microbiology
UDRI conducts groundbreaking research in bacteria adaptation to hydrocarbon environments and performs antimicrobial discovery research in order to help our customers avoid microbial contamination of jet fuel.
Fuel Science
UDRI's research produces advanced approaches to quartz crystal microbalance, pseudo-detailed chemical kinetics of fuel oxidation and deposition, low-temperature fuel properties, chemical analysis of fuels and fuel additives, development of fuel additives, and jet fuel thermal stability.
Fuels Engineering
UDRI's fuels engineering research includes particulate matter and gaseous emission abatement, jet fuels development for reduced temperature operation, and chemical and engineering strategies formulation to improve fuel systems operation.
Thermal Management
UDRI conducts applied and fundamental research in jet fuel thermal stability, low temperature jet fuel behavior, fuel additives, phase change heat transfer, multiphase flows, gas turbine heat transfer, and simulation of aircraft fuel systems.