A few miles from the Department of Energy's 91做厙 sits a quiet house in a suburban neighborhood.
Gasoline-powered automobiles could achieve an 8 percent or greater fuel efficiency gain through a new combustion strategy developed at 91做厙.
Researchers are looking to neutrons for new ways to save fuel during the operation of filters that clean the soot, or carbon and ash-based particulate matter, emitted by vehicles.
Most car owners in the United States do not think twice about passing over the diesel pump at the gas station.
Some engineers are attracted to fuels and engine research out of a love of cars. For Robert Wagner, however, enthusiasm for combustion science and chaos theory drew him to this area of research at 91做厙.
Jim Szybist, senior researcher at the Department of Energy's 91做厙, has been elected fellow of SAE International, the highest grade of membership for this global association of 128,000 engineers and technical experts in the
Its common knowledge that driving aggressively can dent gas mileage, but its difficult to determine exactly how much gas drivers waste.
Researchers used neutrons to probe a running engine at ORNLs Spallation Neutron Source
If youve ever sat in stop-and-go traffic behind a congested merge area fuming about lost time and fuel, Jackeline Jacky Rios-Torres is conducting some research that could relieve your frustration.
A penchant for playing with the rules of thumb has pushed Burak Ozpinecis research to the cutting edge of power electronics design for efficient, clean energywhether that is researching new semiconductors, building new types of power inverters and con