The UCI Combustion Laboratory, (UCICL) is one of the components of the Advanced Power & Energy Program (APEP) at the University of California, Irvine. The UCICL is addressing the challenges associated with the combustion of alternative and fossil fuels by developing and applying (1) advanced experimental capabilities including specialized test rigs, laser and conventional diagnostics, (2) numerical tools, and (3) statistically designed testing to problems of practical relevance. These tools are necessary to unravel the complex, multidisciplinary nature of combustion that heretofore has eluded understanding. A fundamental understanding of the interaction between turbulent mixing and chemical reaction is required if practical combustion systems are to be improved beyond the current state of the art.
General supporting resources available to the UCICL include:
Research Summaries
- CFD Modeling (pdf)
- Design of Experiments (pdf)
- Diagnostics (pdf)
- Kinetics Modeling (pdf)
- Fuel Flexible Microturbine and Gasifier System for Combined Heat and Power (pdf)
- Pressure-Swirl Atomization of Water-in-Oil Emulsions (pdf)
- Biodiesel | Ethanol (pdf)
- H2 Mixing (pdf)
- Gas Fuel Interchange (pdf)
- Hydrogen in Gas Turbine Engine (pdf)
- Hydrogen in Model Combustor (pdf)
- Ignition Characteristics of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuels (pdf)
- Landfill and Digester (pdf)
- Evaluation of Impacts of Alternative Liquid Fuels on Advanced Gas Turbine Materials (pdf)
- Gaseous Pollutant Emissions (pdf)
- Industrial Burners (pdf)
- Impact of Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (pdf)
- Particulate Emissions (pdf)
- Rich Burn | Quick Mix | Lean Burn (pdf)
- Exhaust Enthalpy Control Unit (pdf)
- Sensors and Control (pdf)