Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications

燃烧满足了当今人类90%以上的能源需求，在可预见的未来仍将是主要的可用能源。可持续发展对高能效和最小污染的双重要求迫切要求更好地了解和更准确地预测燃烧过程。燃烧具有内在的复杂性和跨学科的性质，对科学和工程研究界来说是一个重大挑战，只有使用最先进的工具进行合作研究才能解决这一问题。在过去的十年里，高端计算(HEC)一直是基础和应用燃烧研究中使用先进的数值和建模工具的推动力。十多年来，工程应用计算燃烧联盟(COCCFEA)一直站在联合开发HEC资源的前沿，以促进燃烧科学和技术的进步，该联盟从EPSRC对HEC的战略投资中受益匪浅。正在寻求一笔新的赠款，以继续其工作，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、安全以及微和纳米技术有关的新专题。新的重点放在方法和工具的整合、对博士生的培训和在最高一级传播成果。

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.