Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications

燃烧满足了当今人类90%以上的能源需求，在可预见的未来，它仍将是可用能源的主要来源。可持续发展对高能效和最小污染的双重要求迫切需要更好地理解和更准确地预测燃烧过程的工具。由于其固有的复杂性和跨学科性质，燃烧是科学和工程研究界面临的主要挑战，这只能通过使用最先进的工具进行合作研究来解决。在过去的十年中，高端计算（HEC）一直是为基础和应用燃烧研究部署先进数值和建模工具的推动力。十多年来，计算燃烧工程应用联盟（COCCFEA）一直走在联合开发HEC资源以促进燃烧科学和技术进步的前沿，并从EPSRC对HEC的战略投资中受益匪浅。一项新的拨款正在寻求继续其工作，目的是利用HPCx，特别是拟议的HECToR，以解决工程应用中更现实的燃烧问题，以及与可持续性，安全性和微纳米技术相关的新兴主题。新的重点放在方法和工具的整合，博士生的培训和最高水平的成果传播。

Combustion meets more than 90% of the mankind's needs for energy today and will remain the predominant source of usable energy for the foreseeable future. The dual requirements for high energy efficiency and minimal pollution for sustainable developments place an urgent demand on better understanding of and more accurate predictive tools for combustion processes. With its inherent complex and interdisciplinary nature, combustion is a major challenge for the science and engineering research communities, which can only be met through collaborative research using the most advanced tools available. Over the past decade, High End Computing (HEC) has been a driving force for deploying advanced numerical and modelling tools for fundamental and applied combustion research. The Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications (COCCFEA) has been at the forefront of joint exploitation of HEC resources for the advancement of combustion science and technology over a decade, which has benefited immensely from EPSRC's strategic investment in HEC. A new grant is sought to continue its work, with the aim of exploiting HPCx and in particular, the proposed HECToR to tackle more realistic combustion problems in engineering applications as well as emerging topics related to sustainability, security and micro and nanotechnologies. New emphasizes are placed on integration of methods and tools, training of PhD students and dissemination of results at the highest level.