Last month, Alan Alda posed a challenge to scientists and researchers in Science magazine: Can you explain what a flame is in a way that 11-year-olds will understand? Entries could take any shape–prose, poetry, videos, cartoons and more! CRF researchers Guilhem Lazare, Judit Zador, and Jens Prager got together to answer the challenge with their [...]
In a breakthrough paper published in the January 13, 2012, issue of Science magazine, researchers from Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester, and Bristol University report direct measurements of reactions of a gas-phase Criegee intermediate using photoionization mass spectrometry. (Click here to see a short video of Sandia combustion chemists discussing the research.) Criegee [...]
Sandia is a Collaborating Institution of the ”International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER)” of Kyushu University. This institute is a “World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)” established by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). These institutes are structured to support projects aimed at creating preeminent research centers staffed at [...]
In the coming decades, personal transportation options and the required infrastructure must undergo a fundamental transformation to achieve the nation’s economic, environmental, and national security needs. New fuel sources, consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence, and application of new technologies will contribute to this transformation to sustainable transportation solutions. Moreover, the heterogeneous distribution [...]
Sandia provides the technical basis for assessing the safety of hydrogen fuel cell systems and infrastructure with the accumulation of knowledge feeding into the modification of relevant codes and standards. The effort at Sandia consists of four core components: Hydrogen Behavior– Provides the foundation for the scenario analysis and risk assessment. The understanding and validated [...]
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