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DE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

FY 2005/06 Accomplishments

Complete DE Program FY05/06 Accomplishment Booklet (PDF)

Featured Accomplishments

ORNL Investigates Benefits of Distributed Generation at Municipal Utilities

ORNL Establishes Reactive Power Laboratory

ARES Accomplishments

Practical Lean NOx Trap Technology Achieves High Fuel Efficiency and Low Emissions

ORNL Adaptive Control Shows Potential for Extending Practical Lean Combustion Limit

Materials Accomplishments

Champion and ORNL Develop Erosion-Resistant Spark Plugs

New Recuperator Alloy Commercialized

Slurry-Coated Materials Withstand Corrosive Turbine Engine Environment

Graphite Foams Reduce Size and Weight of Heat Exchangers

Silicon Nitride-Based Turbine Components Improved Through New Forming Process

DE Systems Integration/CHP

Integrated Air Conditioning & Dehumidification System Wins R&D 100 Award

Novel CHP Technology Wins R&D 100 Award

CHP Capacity Optimizer Identifies "Best Fit" to Maximize Cost Savings

DE Packaged System Evaluated by Supermarket

Innovative CHP System Provides Affordable, Clean Energy to Butler Hospital

Hospital IES Provides Clean, Secure Energy

DE System Provides Power to Critical Verizon Switching Center

Initial Use of DE Packaged System Evaluated in Hospitality Sector

New CHP Option Made Available to Commercial Markets

Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) Receives "Critical Power Reliability" from CHP System

CHP System Supplies Emergency Power at East Hartford High School

New Projects

Integrated Energy System in Remote Co-op Application (Gas Technology Institute)

 

FY 2004 Accomplishments

Combined ARES(3), Materials(5), & CHP(6) Accomplishments (PDF)

Materials Accomplishments Only (from PDF above):

ORNL Facility Evaluates High Temperature Recuperator Materials

ORNL Partners with Industry for Testing of Ceramics and EBCs

Software Evaluates Ceramics Materials for Turbine Efficiency

Long-Term Testing of Recuperator Alloys Provides Insight Into Oxidation Mechanisms

Environmental Barrier Coating Formed by Low-Cost Pack Cementation Process

 

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