March 15 to 16, 2017
Representatives from CCRC visited Saudi Aramco's Fuel Technology, Research and Development Division (FTR &DD) to review the progress of their collaborative project 'FUELCOM'. Teams from Saudi Aramco and KAUST have been meeting every six months since the beginning of the FUELCOM program to review project progress and plan future activities. The latest of these meetings was held recently in Dhahran.
March 6 to 8, 2017
The 2017 KAUST Research Conference: New Combustion Concepts, which took place from March 6 to 8, successfully brought leading experts from academia, national laboratories and industry to the KAUST campus to discuss all matters related to new combustion concepts. The three-day conference, which was organized by the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), investigated combustion research centered around specific areas, including plasma-assisted; electrically assisted; advanced engine; novel engine; and new combustion technology.
August 23, 2016
Dr. Gautam Kalghatgi from Saudi Aramco presented a seminar titled 'Knock intensity, superknock and preignition in SI engines'on August 23, 2016. Knock is an abnormal combustion phenomenon which limits the efficiency of spark ignition (SI) engines. It is caused by autoignition of the fuel/air mixture in hot spots in the “end-gas” ahead of the advancing flame front which depends on the evolution of pressure (P) and temperature (T) during the cycle and on the fuel anti-knock quality.
February 10, 2013
On February 10, 2013, the ‘Fuel Combustion for Next Generation Engines' program (FUELCOM), a collaborative project between CCRC and Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company was inaugurated. Fuels used today will be unsuitable for the engines of the future; pollution mitigation and a drive for higher efficiency will demand fuel combustion in increasingly extreme conditions.