MISR: Miniature Ignition Screening Rapid Compression Machines for Kinetic Measurements of Novel Fuels Award Number: DE-EE0007985 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 5/1/2017 Location(s): MI Office(s): Golden Field Office
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MISR: Miniature Ignition Screening Rapid Compression Machines for Kinetic Measurements of Novel Fuels
Award Number: DE-EE0007985
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 5/1/2017
Location(s): MI
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to The Regents of the University of Michigan to develop and produce a device which can perform ignition screening of small volumes of biofuels and blends in a high throughput fashion.
Activities associated with the proposed project would include laboratory scale development, fabrication, and testing of a prototype miniature rapid compression machine, as well as data collection and analysis. Development and fabrication would occur in purpose-built facilities at the University of Michigan in Dearborn, MI. No change in the use, mission or operation of existing facilities would arise out of this effort. Testing activities would consist of ignition delay experiments performed with fuels selected by DOE. Less than 50 L in total of various fuels would be used by the proposed project. Testing would take place at the University of Michigan in either Dearborn or Ann Arbor, MI. The campus location has not yet been selected; however, experiments would take place indoors at a dedicated University research facility and would not involve physical modifications to existing structures excluding temporary equipment relocation. Data collection and analysis would be undertaken at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. All facilities in which project work would occur have applicable permits in place, and would not need additional permits for the proposed activities.