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Supercomputing Power Could Pave the Way to Energy-Efficient Engines

National Geographic -- Neon lines and dots of aqua, violet, crimson, and pink dissolve into smoky swirls—that's what the burning of fuel looks like when it is simulated on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

These psychedelic snapshots could pave the way for the development of cars that use 25 percent to 50 percent less fuel than the autos of today. But the problem of improving upon the 150-year-old internal combustion engine is so complex that the scientists who work on it are eager for a major development in the supercomputing world to occur later this year. The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee is set to deploy a massive upgrade to Jaguar, the nation's fastest supercomputer and Number 3 in the world. The new system, called Titan, is expected to work at

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leraar2 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,739 Points:782,705 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 10:10:15 PM Ignore leraar2 Report Abuse have they tried it on non-reciprocating engines?
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:7,465 Points:1,552,775 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 10:00:09 PM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse I'm certainly for more efficient engines.
CVA19 Champion Author Salem Posts:2,393 Points:605,225 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:46:56 PM Ignore CVA19 Report Abuse Supercomputers have been working on this and other problems for years. It is one of the reasons internal combustion engines continue to improve, and why they will continue to do so as these computers become more powerful.
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GetMaxCashBack Veteran Author Trenton Posts:386 Points:161,925 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 9:53:44 AM Ignore GetMaxCashBack Report Abuse So many more important projects like Fusion that could benefit from computation time using this new supercomputer. Unfortunately, it sounds like the combustion engine will be low on the list.
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RochBear Champion Author Minnesota Posts:10,449 Points:1,738,915 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:30:21 AM Ignore RochBear Report Abuse Even with a super computer, you can't change the laws of Physics. However, if you can get more complete combustion, it will make the pollution less.
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