Energy Systems

The Energy Systems Division conducts applied R&D to strengthen the economy, and enable energy independence, mobility, and national security.

The Energy Systems division pursues applied research and development to strengthen the economy, enable energy independence, mobility, and national security. The division conducts research, development, and demonstration from bench through development based on critical alliances/partnerships with industrial partners, universities, other national laboratories, and other Argonne divisions/directorates.

Researchers created this predictive cross-sectional view of an engine geometry showing in-cylinder and metal piston temperatures using a coupled conjugate heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics model.

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Caterpillar-Argonne team to pursue improved diesel engine combustion systems

Partnership will pursue a unique approach that combines high-performance computing, additive manufacturing and higher-fidelity design and simulation models.

Transportation, Vehicle Technologies

High-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations of spark ignition (SI) engines, like the one pictured, can facilitate engine designs with improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. Because the dynamics of the combustion process in an SI engine occur over long time scales, these simulations can be very time consuming. The newly developed parallel perturbation model can reduce the computing time of these simulations from a few months to 10 days. (Image courtesy of Shutterstock/Robert Cicchetti.)

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Argonne and Convergent Science join forces for better engines

Innovative software package could increase fuel economy and help automakers meet future emissions standards.

Transportation, Vehicle Technologies, Business Development

The Chicago Chapter of CHIBPSA introduced a scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students named after Ralph Muehleisen, a building scientist and engineer at Argonne, to honor him for his contributions to the field of building energy modeling and his professional involvement in CHIBPSA, IBPSA-USA, and ASHRAE. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Building a foundation

Scholarship named after pioneering Argonne scientist.

Civil Engineering, Buildings

Maria De La Cinta Lorenzo Martin, an Argonne scientist, oversees Northwestern University summer interns Ally O’Donnell, a senior in mechanical engineering, and Jacob Hechter, a junior in materials science, as they prepare wind turbine components for testing. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Making the makers

Northwestern University students and Argonne staff benefit from advanced manufacturing technologies internships.

Chemical Engineering, Catalysis, Manufacturing Engineering

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Nine ways Argonne advanced scientific frontiers in 2018

As 2019 nears, Argonne looks back at nine cool stories about discoveries in basic science and collaborations at the laboratory.

Global Security, Batteries and Fuel Cells, National Security

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Caterpillar-Argonne team to pursue improved diesel engine combustion systems

Argonne and Convergent Science join forces for better engines

Building a foundation

Making the makers

Nine ways Argonne advanced scientific frontiers in 2018

New tools in transportation

Argonne scientist elected as SAE Fellow

Machine learning award powers Argonne leadership in engine design

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Donald Gerard Hillebrand

James F. Miller

Guenter Conzelmann

Keith S. Hardy

Ann M. Schlenker

Rajesh K. Ahluwalia

Bruce P. Hamilton

Vladimir Koritarov

Douglas E. Longman

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