SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- General Purpose Software Tool for Modeling Reciprocating Engines in Advanced Energy Systems Ayalysis at NETL
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 3610 Collins Ferry Road (MS-002) P.O. Box 880 Morgantown, WV 26507-0880
- ZIP Code
- 26507-0880
- Solicitation Number
- DE-RA26-02NT20773
- Point of Contact
- Robert Mohn, Contracting Officer, 412-386-4963, mohn@netl.doe.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBJECT: ACQUISITION OF THE ENGINE MODELING SOFTWARE PRODUCT.. DESC: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), intends to award a purchase order on a sole-source basis to Ricardo Software, Ricardo Inc., Burr Ridge, IL to complete the following statement of work. STATEMENT OF WORK: "SPECIFICATION STATEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF A GENERAL PURPOSE SOFTWARE TOOL FOR MODELING RECIPROCATING ENGINES IN ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AT NETL". The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) lab promoting development and commercialization of advanced energy systems encompassing a wide range of fossil fuel resources (coal, natural gas, petroleum) and fuel to power conversion technologies (gas turbines, fuel cells, internal combustion engines). Advanced energy systems often involve multiple resources or technologies (cofiring or combined cycles) whose complexity generally requires evaluation by means of computer based simulation. Fuel cell/gas turbine hybrids are integrated combined cycles of a high temperature fuel cell and a gas turbine which have been evaluated over the past several years in conjunction with the Vision 21 Program. Recently a need has arisen to evaluate fuel cell/reciprocating engine hybrids, and hence, to acquire modeling capability of the reciprocating engines. We believe the best approach for our purposes will be through a single software tool that is multipurpose, allowing for consistent treatment of the diverse types of engines that are possible with hybrid systems. Furthermore, since hybridization implies non-standard operating points for the underlying power cycles, the software tool needs to be flexible, allowing for predictive capabilities, and scalable, allowing for various levels of modeling detail through modern interfaces to external software products or detailed user models. Finally, in-as-much-as a commercially acceptable offering is already known (see Ricardo Software's WAVE), the software tool needs to be a widely accepted commercial offering with the full range of technical support including training and updating for advances in hardware and/or software. These requirements are further described below: 1. Multipurpose - it is necessary to have a convenient means of consistently modeling diverse engines such as 2-cycle versus 4-cycle, spark ignited versus diesel, natural gas versus distillates, etc.; overall engine performance parameters need to be computed, including energy balances, material balances, and emissions (e.g. brake efficiency, volumetric efficiency, scavenging efficiency, pumping losses, heat losses, NOX emissions, carbon emissions, etc.). 2. Flexible - it is necessary to have predictive capabilities with respect to operating conditions or design parameters which may be non-standard with respect to stand-alone engine applications; predictive capabilities need to be realistic and validated, with indicated limits and/or defaults for technically feasible operating conditions or design parameters (e.g. engine speed, compression ratio, knock intensity, valve timing, ignition timing, material temperatures, air: fuel ration, exhaust gas recycle, etc.). 3. Scalable - it is necessary that the level of modeling detail is scalable; while most evaluation needs will be best addressed with a simple multi-zonal cylinder model, the ability to link to more detailed cylinder models (discretized multi-dimensional cylinders) could be valuable in connection with modeling non-standard operating conditions or design points; the ability to link to external CFD codes or user kinetics models could be significant longer term value (Fluent is the CFD code used at NETL). 4. Commercial - as mentioned above, a widely accepted commercial offering with a full range of training and technical support is sought; it also needs to be executable on the standard NETL desktop (PC running Windows 2000). This purchase order is being issued to Ricardo Software, Ricardo Inc., because to our knowledge, there is one commercial offering which fully satisfies NETL's engine modeling requirements for a multipurpose tool that can be consistently used for different kinds of engines and fuels with flexibility and scalability concerning the levels of detail that are modeled. The engine and power train simulator is called WAVE and is licensed by Ricardo Software, a premier consulting company to the automotive industry. Ricardo Software is a veritable standard in the engine design industry and using ti to communicate ideas and concepts would enable such ideas to be set forth in a "universal" language that obviates translation problems between other potential modeling programs. Ricardo also hosts periodic training seminars and an annual worldwide users conference that would be valuable forums for communication with representatives from the engine design industry. No other commercial offering is known that provides both the technical capabilities and the communication commonality that is available with WAVE. This request is considered to be sole source to Ricardo Software, Ricardo Inc. Therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement. This award shall be made using simplified acquisition procedures. A purchase order will be awarded aproximately on September 20, 2002. Requests for solicitation will be considered non-responsive. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS. For technical questions please contact the Technical Representative Mr. Rodney Geisbrecht at 412-386-4870. Request for contract information should be addressed to Mr. Robert L. Mohn, FAX 412-386-5770 and e-mail mohn@netl.doe.gov.
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