Appendix C
Funding for Research and Development on Combustion and After-treatment Technologies
The following list of projects is being funded by OHVT for R&D related to combustion and emissions control (Table C-1).
TABLE C-1 Funding for Projects on Combustion and Emission Control (thousands of dollars)
Project |
Performer |
FY00 OHVT Funding |
FY00 Cost Sharing from OAAT |
Diesel combustion CRADA: in-cylinder research on an optically accessible Cummins single-cylinder engine |
SNL |
500 |
0 |
Diesel Combustion CRADA: research utilizing a constant-volume combustion vessel |
SNL |
250 |
250 |
Homogeneous charge compression ignition |
SNL |
150 |
350 |
Combustion research at universities |
SNL/U. of Illinois, U. of Wisconsin, and Purdue |
140 |
0 |
Diesel combustion CRADA |
U. of Wisconsin/SNL |
100 |
0 |
Diesel combustion CRADA/CHAD modeling |
LANL |
250 |
0 |
Diesel combustion CRADA/chemical kinetics |
LLNL |
200 |
250 |
NOx after-treatment CRADA |
ORNL/DDC |
150 |
0 |
NOx after-treatment CRADA |
ORNL/Cummins |
200 |
0 |
Technology evaluation |
ORNL |
100 |
0 |
Zero-emission diesel |
ORNL |
150 |
0 |
Precompetitive catalyst R&D |
ORNL/Engelhard |
100 |
0 |
Real-time control |
ORNL/DDC |
150 |
0 |
Technical and cross-cut team support |
ORNL |
275 |
0 |
Nonthermal plasma CRADA |
PNNL/Caterpillar |
350 |
0 |
Nonthermal plasma CRADA |
PNNL/Delphi/ DDC |
350 |
0 |
Nonthermal plasma |
LLNL/Cummins |
200 |
0 |
Emissions CRADA/late-cycle injection of air or oxygen |
ANL/Caterpillar |
200 |
0 |
Total funding for combustion and emission control research at national laboratories |
4,215 |
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Note: The budget represented in this table constitutes one budget line in the OHVT program budget (see Table 1-5). The distribution of funding does not represent the distribution of funds for the OHVT program as a whole. Acronyms: ANL = Argonne National Laboratory; CRADA = cooperative research and development agreement; DDC = Detroit Diesel Corporation; LANL = Los Alamos National Laboratory; LLNL = Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; ORNL = Oak Ridge National Laboratory; PNNL = Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; SNL = Sandia National Laboratories Source: OHVT. |