Thermal Engineering for Transport: Optimal Thermal Simulation and Design Under Key Weight, Space and Cost Considerations

Name: Thermal Engineering for Transport: Optimal Thermal Simulation and Design Under Key Weight, Space and Cost Considerations
Start: 2016-06-02T09:00:00
Location: The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse, Derby

02 June 2016
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Key topics covered include:

Thermal modelling and simulation
Packaging, integration and design
Thermal energy management
Thermal energy flow
Utilising excess heat and thermal energy
The latest developments and challenges in materials and composites

Overview

Thermal Engineering for Transport will provide delegates with best practices for thermal management design, simulation and packaging in transportation. Delegates will also discover how the rail, aviation and automotive industries are optimising design under weight and cost restrictions.

The transport industry is currently being driven to dramatically reduce emissions, increase efficiency and keep costs low. Demand from governments and consumers is requiring air, rail and road transportation to meet these key directives but at the same time, demanding newer technologies and more advanced system integrations. Whilst emissions and efficiency targets demand dramatic weight loss and space saving, technological advances and consumer demands are hindering that development.

Thermal Engineering For Transport will provide cross-industry best practices, and lessons learned, for overcoming key challenges being faced through the simulation, design and packaging processes. Leading experts from air, rail and road will discuss innovations for optimising the thermal performance of the vehicle with minimal weight and cost implications.

Attend Thermal Engineering For Transport to:

Receive cross-industry lessons on efficiently packaging, designing and placing systems under weight, size, space and performance limitations and restrictions from Alstom, Bentley and Boeing
Understand how Jaguar Land Rover optimise thermal energy flow and runaways, and how excess heat and thermal energy can be utilised in other systems and areas of the vehicle from Ricardo
Learn how to effectively model thermal runaway and heat transfer between different materials, components and fluids from Aston Martin and Airbus
Hear from Rolls-Royce, WMG and the NCC on the latest developments being made with materials for the future and the conductive properties and durability performance
Take-away best practices for controlling the optimum temperature for electrified system performance from Mahindra Reva
Network with colleagues, peers and other industry thought-leaders at the forefront of thermal engineering technology
Understand how businesses can support the development of thermal engineering solutions across multiple industries
Gain access to the co-located Thermal Engineering Show and meet with over 700 attendees
Return to your workplace with the knowledge and tools to optimise thermal design and flow under weight, space and size, and cost limitations

The Thermal Engineering Show

The Thermal Engineering Show 2016, to be held on Thursday 2nd June, brings together the foremost products and services involved in the field of thermal engineering and processing. The event will welcome senior decision makers and users from across the global engineering and manufacturing industry who share a professional interest in the practice, technology and science of thermal engineering from cooling and refrigeration technology to combustion systems and engineering.

The Show is to be held at the iconic Derby Roundhouse at the centre of the UK’s engineering and manufacturing heritage. Building upon Derby’s reputation as the capital of engineering within the UK, this Show delivers an innovative and vibrant experience aimed at attracting the professional engineering community across the full range of industrial sectors. Driven by a high-profile, proactive marketing campaign, the event will attract a significant number of visitors and the highest calibre attendees in the industry. Entry to the exhibition for visitors is free.

Operated by GSE Media, the business behind the highly successful Engineering Simulation Show and Engineering Testing Show, The Thermal Engineering Show will provide a unique and additional opportunity for companies within this sector to network with potential clients and to build your sales pipeline.

The Thermal Engineering Show is a free to attend event and will run in conjunction with the IMechE's Thermal Engineering conference (this area of the event which is adjacent to the exhibition will be a paid for conference) held at the same venue.

Day 1

08:30 - Day 1 Programme

08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
	PACKAGING AND DESIGN
09:10	EXTENDED SESSION: CROSS-INDUSTRY INSIGHTS EFFECTIVELY PACKAGING, DESIGNING AND PLACING AND PLACING SYSTEMS UNDER SIZE, WEIGHT AND PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS 20 minute Case Studies from Aero, Auto and Rail Ali Tabbal, Core Competence Network Leader and Chief Aerodynamics Enginer, Alstom S.A. Sanjaat Jain, Technical Specialist – Engine Design, Bentley Motors Colin Sirett, CEO, AMRC with Boeing Understanding optimal temperatures, performance and the impact of component placement Identifying trade-offs between engine and system components, aerodynamics, thermal management, weight, space and efficiency across transport industries Encouraging heat exchange and flow through system design and placement and the impact of materials and components
10:10	CONTROLLING THE OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR ELECTRIFIED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE Gajanan Kale, Deputy General Manager, Mahindra Reva Understanding the impact of electrified systems and batteries on thermal and system designs Determining the limitations and impact of thermal runaway, heat exchange and conductivity, battery degradation, durability, life and performance Strategies for safely and efficiently heating engines, fuels, fluids and systems
10:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	THERMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT
11:10	OPTIMISING THERMAL ENERGY FLOW AND RUNAWAYS Robert Gilchrist, Project Manager – Powertrain Thermal Systems Research, Jaguar Land Rover Effectively insulating heat and preventing heat transfer when required Understanding the best materials and methods for heat transfer, exchange and flow Minimising thermal energy waste – Thermal Energy Management for the complete vehicle
11:40	UTILISING EXCESS HEAT AND THERMAL ENERGY FOR USE IN OTHER SYSTEMS AND AREAS Cedric Rouaud, Chief Engineer, Ricardo Identifying where excess heat is most commonly generated, where it is most required, and best practices for heat transfer and flow Assessing the future of heat extraction from the system as energy and minimising the need to draw energy from fuel and batteries Weighing up the cost implications and benefits for large scale use in transportation
12:10	THERMAL MANAGEMENT FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLES Nobuhiko Kamagata, Mechanical Engineer on Cooling and Heat Resistance, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Optimal heat exchanger layout for cooling performance Excess heat control for material toughness assurance
12:40	NETWORKING LUNCH
	MODELLING AND SIMULATION
13:40	BEST PRACTICES FOR THERMAL MODELLING: STREAMLINING, INTEGRATING AND REDUCING COMPLEXITY Rob Timmis, Senior Aerodynamicist, Aston Martin Assessing effective tool integration, including FMI Functional Mock-up Interface and Model based design Developing an approach for integrating existing modelling tools and ensuring communication across different platforms Improving modelling results, reliability and accuracy
14:10	THE CHALLENGES OF THERMAL SIMULATION WITHIN AN AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME DEVELOPMENT Bruno Estebe, Expert – Thermal Analysis and Structure, ESCSAT Thermal Tech Centre, Airbus Operations SAS From a global overview to detailed thermal simulation The challenge of prediction/measurement/validation of heat fluxes, heat loads and heat transfer coefficients Understanding the impact of thermal simulation within the engineering simulation processes for A/C
14:40	PANEL DISCUSSION: CROSS-INDUSTRY INSIGHTS DISCUSSING THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SIMULATION DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR ADVANCED THERMAL SIMULATION Panel will feature representatives from Aero, Auto and Rail Ali Tabbal, Core Competence Network Leader and Chief Aerodynamics Enginer, Alstom S.A. Bruno Estebe, Expert – Thermal Analysis and Structure, ESCSAT Thermal Tech Centre, Airbus Operations SAS Sanjaat Jain, Technical Specialist – Engine Design, Bentley Motors Reviewing current challenges and limitations with simulation and modelling, including reliability, accuracy, time consumption, thermal runaway and material property changes Determining which elements simulation software should cover and minimising the need for separate sub routines Understanding the limitations of current systems and greater demands and complexity required from future systems
15:10	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	MATERIAL ADVANCES
15:40	Building A Supply Chain For Affordable Composites: Automotive Perspective Paul Gallen, Sector Lead Automotive, National Composites Centre
16:10	PANEL DISCUSSION: CROSS-INDUSTRY INSIGHTS ASSESSING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS BEING MADE WITH MATERIALS FOR THE FUTURE Panel will feature representatives from Aero, Auto and Rail Neil Glover, Head of Materials, Rolls-Royce Dr. Darren Hughes, Assistant Professor in Materials, Very Light Rail Innovation Centre WMG Understanding the properties of materials and meeting certain requirements, including lightweight, high conductive ability, cost, availability, lifetime and durability and legal requirements Determining the regulatory challenges on developing and using new materials Addressing uses available for materials including surface finish, cure and their ability to be coloured Evaluating how far away from real-world production and use
16:40	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:50	END OF SEMINAR

Ali Tabbal: Core Competence Network Leader and Chief Aerodynamics Engineer, Alstom S.A.

Cedric Rouaud: Chief Engineer, Ricardo

Dr. Rouaud is currently involved in gasoline engine projects (especially low CO2 emissions technology development, such as Spray Guided GDI engines, engine development for mild hybrid and REEV), thermal management and waste heat recovery systems for passenger car and heavy duty vehicles.

Dr. Darren Hughes: Assistant Professor in Materials, Very Light Rail Innovation Centre WMG

Dr Darren Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Materials and Manufacturing at WMG. He is currently engaged in a number of multi-material projects together with industrial partners including Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel. He is Co-I on several current TSB-funded projects. Recently, he was part of an ERDF-funded project to exploit thermoplastic composites in automotive structures and specifically developed a route for joining them with minimal modification to existing manufacturing processes. Prior to starting at WMG in 2010 he was responsible for engineering instruments at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France, having been seconded there from the University of Salford in 2002 to create a new materials science laboratory. He is a world-leading expert in the evaluation of materials by non-destructive techniques (NDT) and in particular has nearly 20 years of experience in characterisation using X-rays and neutrons.

Dr Hughes currently supervises 9 PhD students, is module leader for Design for Manufacture on the university undergraduate degree, leads professional programmes in automotive body joining and has a variety of on-going research projects including for example joining optimisation, lightweight structures and nano-composites. In addition to being a member of national/international panels, he has authored over 50 publications including 20 peer-reviewed outputs since 2008. He was a member of the panel which delivered the first international standard for the non-destructive evaluation of residual stress using neutrons (ISO/TS 21432:2005).

Paul Gallen: Sector Lead Automotive, National Composites Centre

Paul Gallen is the NCC’s lead for the Automotive market within our Strategy and Business Development Team, with over 20 years management level leadership of industrialising new technologies, facilitating technology transfer and supporting advanced manufacturing in the UK. He is currently developing sector roadmaps, future programmes and support requirements for UK automotive lightweighting, working with industry leadership groups. This involves working with OEMS and Tier 1s to define requirements and future capabilities.

He has supported many successful collaborative bids into UK and EU grant funded programmes, secured over £25M of funding to industry, as well as leading joint development projects with UK, European and American Universities. Paul brings extensive experience of facilitating new product development as well as leading industrial scale rollouts of new manufacturing technologies. Paul’s recent projects include setting up of pilot plants for high volume manufacture of composite components and development of new IPR through collaborative R&D.

Sanjaat Jain: Technical Specialist – Engine Design, Bentley Motors

He is Technical Specialist for Engine Design at Bentley Motors and responsible for powertrain integration for Bentley and Group Engines into existing and new products and harmonizing future engine technologies and Group platforms and systems.

With 8 years of experience in engine-design, engine-thermal-management and boosting methodology in performance and downsized engines, a career spanning OEM’s like Ford, JLR, Suzuki and Caterpillar, in the UK and Asia.

At JLR, he was responsible for thermal management of the new Ingenium class of engines, leading critical systems for base engine design. At Caterpillar, lead the design for IPSD for their next gen Tier 4 power units for power generation business and fuel/emissions/economy uplifts.

With off-highway, heavy duty and performance diesels’ industry experience, he harnesses scalable technologies with applications ranging to different end users and modulating horizontal product integration.

Primary qualifications: Master’s degree in Automotive Design from Bath and youngest Chartered with the IMechE.

Neil Glover: Head of Materials, Rolls-Royce

Joined Rolls-Royce in 1996 after completing studies at Cambridge University. Experienced in a variety of roles in both Aerospace and Nuclear businesses spanning the product life cycle from Research and Technology through to service support. Currently responsible for the definition and execution of global technology acquisition strategy for Materials within Rolls-Royce. Also responsible for the health and development of the global research network.

Bob Gilchrist: Project Manager – Powertrain Thermal Systems Research, Jaguar Land Rover

Bob gained an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in 1987, and an MBA in 1998. He is also qualified as a chartered engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Bob has experience working in the automotive sector both on the OEM and consultancy sides. He has held the roles in powertrain component design, system design and calibration engineer at JLR. He then joined Roush and worked on a number of calibration projects for Land Rover and Ford. Later he joined Ricardo as the manager of the Performance and Emissions Department and then moved internally as Chief Engineer to the Research department. In 2010 Bob moved back to JLR as a Project Manager in Powertrain Thermal Systems Research Department.

Nobuhiko Kamagata: Mechanical Engineer on Cooling and Heat Resistance, Honda R&D Co., Ltd

Nobuhiko Kamagata has been working as a member of the Dynamic Performance Group in Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Automobile R&D Center since 2010.

His experience includes setting acceleration and assuring cooling performance and heat resistance of vehicles including the Accord, ILX and the Clarity Fuel Cell. During this time he has acquired knowledge of vehicle thermal management including airflow through heat exchangers and heat damage frequency analysis.

Colin Sirett: Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)

Colin holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) based in Sheffield.

He joined the AMRC from Airbus where he held the position of Head of Research & Technology for Airbus in the UK. He joined the R&T team on 1st February 2010 from his previous position of Head of Landing Gear PDT (Product Delivery Team) on the A350XWB Programme, which he had held for four years.

He is former Chairman of the Steering Board for the National Composites Centre, and previously member of the Aerospace Growth Partnership Strategy Working Group and Deputy Chairman of the Aerospace Technology Institute Technology Advisory Group.

Colin has over 30 years global industry experience starting as an apprentice with Lister-Petter Diesel Engines.

He holds an Honours Degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, Production Technology and Management, a MBA from the University of Bath, he is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and sits on the Learned Society Board.

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