University of Toronto

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ENERGY AT UTIAS

• Professor David W. Zingg, Director
• 22 February 2008

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Energy Research at UTIAS

• Combustion
• Gulder, Groth
• Nuclear Fusion
• Stangeby, Haasz, Davis
• Sustainable Flight
• Zingg, Martins, Ekmekci, Lavoie

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COMBUSTION

• Experimental and numerical studies of new
  low-emission gas-turbine engine technologies,
  including alternative fuels
• A component of the UTIAS Sustainable Flight
  Initiative to develop new aircraft technologies
  with reduced greenhouse gas emissions

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Nuclear Fusion

• Ultimate goal abundant energy production outside
  the planetary carbon cycle
• Computer modeling reactor edge plasma modeling
  and impurity transport in tokomaks in the US and
  EU
• Experimental research on plasma particle
  interactions with reactor materials

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Sustainable Flight Initiative

• Ultimate goal aircraft with reduced impact on
  climate change
• Development of algorithms for aerodynamic
  optimization and application to the development
  of ultra-low drag aircraft concepts
• Multi-disciplinary optimization of novel aircraft
  configurations with reduced emissions
• Fundamental experimental studies of techniques
  for delaying transition to turbulence for
  application to hybrid laminar flow control

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Summary

• UTIAS Strategic Vision Next generation of
  aircraft must have a greatly reduced impact on
  the environment, especially climate change
• Aircraft Design
• Low drag
• Light weight
• Radical new concepts, e.g. blended wing-body
• Propulsion
• Low emissions gas-turbine engine technologies
• Alternative fuels
• Nuclear Fusion
• A sustainable long-term energy source