Sixth Two-day Meeting on
Propulsion Simulations Using OpenFOAM® Technology

11 - 12 March 2024, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano

The sixth edition of the "Two Day Meeting on Propulsion Simulations using OpenFOAM Tecnology" will be held at Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano on 11 and 12 March 2024.

The meeting was co-organized by:
- Internal Combustion Engine Group (ICEG), Politecnico di Milano
- Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems (STFS), Technical University of Darmstadt.

OpenFOAM is now a consolidated platform for computational fluid dynamics whose capabilities are continuously extended thanks to its object-oriented structure, making it a very efficient platform for the development of advanced numerical and physical models. This Two-Day Meeting is dedicated to researchers and engineers interested in the use of the OpenFOAM technology for the simulation of propulsion systems: internal combustion engines, fuel cells, battery electric powertrains.

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Final Program

First Day

  • 9.30 - 10.00: Registration
  • 10.00 - 10.15: Welcome and greetings
  • Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels (part 1)
    • 10.15 - 10.40: LES-FGM of hydrogen jets including preferential diffusion
    Alessandro Ballatore (Eindhoven University of Technology)

    10.40 - 11.05: Numerical investigation of the combustion behavior in a CI oxy-fuel engine fueled with OME3 for pollutant emissions reduction
    Gabriela Bracho (Universitat Politècnica de València)

    11.05 - 11.30: Modeling of hydrogen-fueled spark-ignition engines for light-duty applications
    Lorenzo Sforza (Politecnico di Milano)

    11.30 - 11.55: Modeling of preferential evaporation in iso-octane/ethanol sprays
    Viktoria Kübler-Tesch (STFS TU Darmstadt)

    11.55 - 12.20: Modelling hydrogen injection for internal combustion engines using WENO schemes in the OpenFOAM framework
    Pietro De Palma (Politecnico di Bari)

    12.20 - 12.45: The Gasdyn code for 0D/1D Simulations of IC Engines Fed with Renewable Fuels
    Angelo Onorati (Politecnico di Milano)

  • 12.45 - 14.00: Lunch
  • Advanced IC Engine Concepts
    • 14.00 - 14.25: Investigation of near-wall processes in an optically accessible SI-Engine using wall-resolved Large Eddy Simulations
    Max Hasenzahl (STFS, TU Darmstadt)

    14.25 - 14.50: Combustion optimisation of a passive pre-chamber motorcycle engine and of an innovative rotary engine using OpenFoam
    Gabriele Milano (Marmotors s.r.l.)

  • Mesh Generation and Management
    • 14.50 - 15.15: Automating the boring stuff: Mesh generation and simulation setup workflow
    Clemens Gößnitzer (LEC GmbH)

    15.15 - 15.40: AATE (/'α:tex/): Advanced Analysis Tool for Engines
    Éric Lendormy (Wärtsilä)

    15.40 - 16.05: Full cycle IC Engine simulation methodology with flexible automatic mesh generation
    Giovanni Gianetti (Politecnico di Milano)

  • 16.05 - 16.45: Coffee Break
  • Exhaust After-Treatment Systems
    • 16.45 - 17.10: CFD assessment of heating strategies of aftertreatment systems for the reduction of the catalyst light-off time
    Augusto Della Torre (Politecnico di Milano)

    17.10 - 17.35: Full scale CFD simulation of an advanced exhaust after treatment
    Lorenzo Pace (Emitec Technologies GmbH)

    17.35 - 18.00: Understanding Spray-Wall Interaction in SCR Systems based Reference Data Insights
    Roberto Lange (Technical University Darmstadt)

Second Day

  • Spray - Combustion Modeling (part 1)
    • 9.00 - 9.25: Investigation of knocking combustion initiation based on multi-cycle engine LES
    Magnus Kircher (Technical University Darmstadt)

    9.25 - 9.50: CFD Simulation of Injection Processes in OpenFOAM: Under-expanded Jets and Lagrangian Sprays
    Francesco Duronio (Università degli studi dell'Aquila)

    9.50 - 10.15: Effect of turbulent mixing on ignition behavior of high-pressure spray
    Andrea Di Matteo (Eindhoven University of Technology )

  • 10.15 - 11.00: Coffe Break
  • Spray - Combustion Modeling (part 2)
    • 11.00 - 11.25: Accelerating CFD Simulations of Reactive Flows through Cell Agglomeration and Adaptive Chemistry Techniques
    Alberto Cuoci (Politecnico di Milano)

    11.25 - 11.50: High fidelity volume-of-fluid simulations of multiple transient injection in diesel condition
    Hong G. Im (KAUST)

    11.50 - 12.15: Combustion models for hydrogen and ammonia operating under premixed and diffusive dual-fuel combustion modes
    Tommaso Lucchini (Politecnico di Milano)

  • 12.15 - 13.30: Lunch
  • Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels (part 2)
    • 13.30 - 13.55: Comprehensive validation data for IC engines: The Approach of the Darmstadt Engine Workshop for Hydrogen
    Benjamin Boehm (Technical University Darmstadt)

    13.55 - 14.20: Numerical modelling of 2-stroke marine engines for future fuels applications: Ammonia and Methanol dual-fuel combustion system development
    Ludovico Viglione (Wärtsilä)

    14.20 - 14.45: Accelerating multi-phase flow simulations with neural network models in OpenFOAM for fuel-air mixing under transcritical conditions
    Michele Battistoni (University of Perugia)

    14.45 - 15.10: Modeling of turbulent hydrogen combustion
    Vinzenz Schuh (Technical University Darmstadt)

  • 15.10 - 15.50: Coffee Break
  • BEV - Fuel Cells
    • 15.50 - 16.15: Application of a CFD Methodology for the Design of PEM Fuel Cells for propulsion applications
    Margherita Bulgarini (Politecnico di Milano)

    16.15 - 16.40: Progress on adjoint-CHT for the design of battery cooling plates
    Francesco Clerici (Engys)

    16.40 - 17.05: Development and Application of a CFD Framework for the Simulation of Fully Coupled Electromagnetic and Heat Transfer Process Inside Electric Motors
    Gianluca Montenegro (Politecnico di Milano)

Registration

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