| Over 700,000 non-road machines are sold in Europe and the US every year. Vast diversity in terms of customer needs, applications, and duty cycles is associated with the non-road market. Furthermore, environmental legislations demand a 90% reduction in the levels of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by 2014. In recognition of these needs and the technical complexities associated with the development and validation of such large-scale, integrated systems, Virtual Machine was set up in 2006 as a 5-year joint R&D partnership, co-funded by the UK government's Technology Strategy Board and One NorthEast |
| Within the R&D framework, reSolutions is responsible for the work in the areas of combustion and emissions modelling: |
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Combustion modelling:
This work package is focussed on the development of new, in-house
approaches to account for conventional as well as advanced combustion
modes and formulation of strategies to integrate these models within
1-D engine cycle codes.
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Soot modelling:
We are actively involved in creating new soot modelling tools and
benchmarking them with the existing soot models incorporated within 1-D
and 3-D CFD codes. |
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Validation of Future Non Road Machines (Virtual Machine) is co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board's Collaborative Research and Development programme and One NorthEast, a Regional Development Agency, following an open competition.
The Technology Strategy Board is a business-led executive non-departmental public body, established by the government. Its mission is to promote and support research into, and development and exploitation of, technology and innovation for the benefit of UK business, in order to increase economic growth and improve the quality of life. It is sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Please visit www.innovateuk.org for further information.
The companies participating in this R&D initiative are:
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