Pollutant control for diesel engines
Reducing emissions from diesel engines is one of the most significant challenges today because of its adverse effects on air quality. Investigating the increasingly important area of clean diesel engine technology is leading researcher Dr Philip Teakle.
Dr Philip Teakle from the CSIRO Exploration and Mining investigated clean diesel engine technology for his PhD research. His research specifically involved the development and application of computational internal combustion engine models. Dr Teakle’s research required the use of the QCIF-funded high performance computing facilities at QUT, and was sponsored by Rotec Design Ltd., a Brisbane based company who develop clean diesel engine technology.
To successfully undertake his research Dr Teakle needed to develop computer-based design and simulation tools for Rotec Design’s two-stroke poppet-valved diesel engines. Each tool was a program requiring millions of calculations and vast amounts of memory. Furthermore, each tool had to be extensively validated for several engine configurations and operating conditions. The task was therefore beyond the capabilities of a PC. QUT’s high performance computing and research support facilities provided Dr Teakle with state of the art development tools to construct his engine models.
This enabled several jobs to be run simultaneously on the high performance computer thus freeing up Dr Teakle’s PC for other applications. The high performance computer enabled Dr Teakle to complete his engine model more efficiently and effectively with the quality of the research outcomes being enhanced also.
Dr Teakle’s work makes an important contribution to society by investigating clean diesel engine technologies to improve the quality of the air we breathe.
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Dr Philip Teakle, CSIRO. Research conducted at QUT