Award Number: DE-EE0007984CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Bioenergy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): FLOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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June 28, 2017
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Multitude Characterization and Prediction of DOE Advanced Biofuels Properties
Award Number: DE-EE0007984
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): FL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop and provide a detailed data set of multiple combustion experiments relevant to engine combustion of Co-Optima fuels.
Activities associated with the proposed project would include the following nine separate experiments: spray, constant volume chamber, shock tube, high-temperature cell, flow reactor, carbon deposit, fractional facility, viscometer, and pressure seal cell. These studies would inform development of fuel matrices, characterization of each fuel, and better understanding of molecular relationships, These experiments, with the exception of the flow reactor experiment would be conducted on campus at UCF in their Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research (CATER) in Orlando, FL. The flow reactor experiment would be completed at the Advanced Light Source facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Berkeley, CA. No change in the use, mission or operation of existing facilities would arise out of this effort. The facilities have all applicable permits in place, and would not need additional permits for the proposed activities.