San Diego, CA – February 16, 2010 – Reaction Design, the clean technology chemistry leader, today announced that General Electric (NYSE:GE) is the first gas turbine producer to join the Model Fuels Consortium II (MFC-II). GE’s interest in the MFC-II stems from the Consortium’s focus on modeling fuel combustion as a way to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

“Developing energy efficient and low emission combustors has become a key requirement for industrial turbines,” stated Lou Cerone, GE Energy Vice President, Energy Technology. “Modeling and simulation are critical elements in the cost-effective design of next-generation combustors that need to be cleaner burning, while capable of using a wide variety of fuels.”

The MFC-II is the second phase of an industry led effort, which Reaction Design founded in 2005, to create validated simulation models that describe in detail the combustion of both conventional and alternative, carbon-based fuels. To date, the MFC’s primary focus has been to analyze fuels typically used in internal combustion engine applications, but the groundbreaking work done in characterizing the fundamentals of fuel-component combustion is equally applicable to the simulation of turbine engines used in both power generation and aircraft propulsion. As an MFC Member, GE gains access to more than 40 verified chemical-kinetics mechanisms and a set of proprietary software that supports the use of these mechanisms in the representation of “real” fuels in practical design simulations.

“The addition of GE Energy, a leader in the energy industry, will help broaden the applicability of our Consortium’s work,” said Bernie Rosenthal, CEO of Reaction Design. “Minimizing emissions of Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrous Oxides (NOx), unburned hydrocarbons (UHCs) and soot is a requirement for producers of all types of combustion engines. The Consortium’s work will hasten the development of cleaner, more efficient engines that can work with both traditional and emerging fuels.”

In addition to GE Energy, current members of the Consortium include ConocoPhillips, l’Institut Français du Pétrol (IFP), Mazda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Saudi Aramco, Suzuki, Toyota and Volkswagen.

About Reaction Design
Reaction Design, a San Diego-based software supplier, enables transportation manufacturers and energy companies to rapidly achieve their Clean Technology goals by automating the analysis of chemical processes via computer simulation and modeling solutions. Reaction Design is the exclusive developer and distributor of CHEMKIN, the de facto standard for modeling gas-phase and surface chemistry that provides engineers ultra-fast access to reliable answers that save time and money in the Development process. Reaction Design’s world-class engineers, chemists and programmers have expertise that spans multi-scale engineering from the molecule to the production plant. Reaction Design serves more than 350 customers in the commercial, government and academic markets.

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