What do you do if you are interested in getting kinetic simulations done but don’t have time or the resources to do it yourself?  What if you are interested in learning what kinetic simulation software can do for you before buying a license? What if you have just purchased a license and want to get started quickly cases that have been setup by experts? Why not have Reaction Design do it for you?

Many customers come to Reaction Design to do full simulations for them using our CHEMKIN-PRO, ENERGICO and FORTÉ software.  The questions listed above are typical reasons for hiring Reaction Design to run our software in a simulation study and provide our expertise in the analysis of the results.  These projects are a fast and cost effective method of obtaining expert kinetic simulations for your design needs.

Reaction Design's simulation software provides general capabilities that allow users to solve a variety of reacting-flow problems. CHEMKIN's default reactor models, for example, are designed for efficient solution of chemical process problems under idealized or specific flow conditions.  ENERGICO allows you to apply detailed chemical kinetics to continuous flow combustion devices such as gas turbines, burners and rockets.  FORTÉ is a combustion simulation CFD package for internal combustion engines with the power to apply detailed chemistry in a reasonable amount of time.

Here are some examples of Reaction Design kinetic simulation projects:

• Soot formation in IC engines:
  A major Japanese car manufacturer used Reaction Design to predict the conditions of the gas entering their diesel particulate NOx-reduction aftertreatment system to evaluate the chemical reactions that may be taking place between the exhaust manifold fuel-injection point and the device.

• Custom CHEMKIN-PRO integration into design workflow:
  A major European car manufacturer used Reaction Design to create an interface between CHEMKIN-PRO and their CFD software to efficiently use complex fuel surrogates and detailed reaction mechanisms.
  

• CO emissions predictions from an industrial gas turbine:
  A leading large industrial gas turbine manufacturer used Reaction Design to model CO formation at low loads using detailed chemistry with ENERGICO.

• Emissions predictions from a liquid Jet-A fueled aviation turbine:
  A major manufacturer of small aviation turbines used Reaction Design to simulate the emissions of NOx, CO and UHC at high power and idle conditions with ENERGICO.

• CFD combustion performance predictions from a diesel engine:
  A leading European manufacturer of vehicles used Reaction Design to predict emissions and combustion performance for a diesel engine with FORTÉ.

• Comparison of CFD with severely reduced and detailed chemistry:
  A major manufacturer of heavy duty diesel engines for marine and power applications used FORTÉ to see how simulation accuracy is improved with larger, more accurate mechanisms.

Through services contracts, Reaction Design has delivered a number of custom models that have become important design tools for our customers, including:

• Reactor-network model of a reforming fuel-cell system
• Models of atomic-layer deposition reactor systems
• Linked simulation of engine combustion and exhaust systems
• Plasma models with custom RF sheath simulation capability, for simulation of plasma-etch processes