FORTÉ--

Real fuel chemistry, really fast, for clean engine design

FORTÉ is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package that incorporates ground-breaking technology to enable multi-component surrogate fuel models to work with comprehensive spray fluid dynamics without blowing up simulation turn-around time. Accurate modeling of realistic fuel effects is finally viable with superior Time-to-Solution metrics that fit in commercial-development timeframes.

Existing CFD simulation packages cannot handle the complexity of real fuel models. Today's engine specifications demand fuel flexibility while achieving ultra-low emissions. Engine designers cannot rely on traditional combustion CFD solvers to predict values or even accurate trends in critical combustion behaviors such as ignition, flame propagation and emissions. What proved to be good enough for the design of yesterday's engines is insufficient for today's new engine designs.

FORTÉ is a comprehensive CFD package that allows you to go directly from CAD drawings to simulation results in far less time than other CFD software, while taking advantage of real fuel chemistry models for better results without the need for expert calibration. It employs a novel solver approach that dramatically reduces the chemistry calculation time. This technique can reduce simulation run times by almost two orders of magnitude. Chemistry models that previously were thought of as only practical for 0-D simulations are now practical for full 3-D engine simulations complete with moving pistons and valves. With innovative approaches to relieving the bottleneck in chemistry calculations, predictive engine simulation is now a reality.