Virginia Active Combustion Control Group/ Reacting Flow Lab
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What We Do
The Reacting Flows Lab and the Virginia Active Combustion Control Group (RFL/VACCG) coexist with the joint purpose of better understanding combustion and flow phenomena.
Research
- Building Fire Research--The Reacting Flows Lab has been very active for many years researching the transport of Carbon Monoxide in building fires.
- Flow/Mixing Control--Flow and mixing control has been researched in the rfl/vaccg since the organization's inception. We've studied many original and unique flow actuators and actuation methodologies.
- Active Combustion Control--The majority of the researchers in the reacting flows lab are studying combustion nonlinearities and acoustics of reacting species normally found in power generation turbines and aircraft engines. The primary goals of active combustion control are to reduce the occurrence of thermoacoustic instabilities and minimize emissions of lean, pre-vaporized, premixed and lean direct injection combustors.
- Modeling--rfl/vaccg personnel are usually involved in building a model that possesses characteristics of the phenomena under investigation. The rfl/vaccg uses Fluent and original, handwritten programs in the development of some models.
- Fundamental Research--the results of these research projects, currently being conducted in the rfl/vaccg, will be used for future work.
- Completed Projects--Here you will find information on past research projects conducted at the rfl/vaccg.
Our Projects are funded by government agencies and industrial manufacturers
Facilities
- Prices Fork Fire Research Lab
- Reacting Flows Lab-Randolph Hall
- Active Combustion Control Laboratory-Plantation Road
- Computational-ICAM