The reviewer provided feedback on the Infrastructure Platform projects focusing on ethanol. Several projects tested intermediate ethanol blends and found benefits but some gaps remained. University research programs showed promise but needed refinement. The Biofuels Atlas was highlighted as a useful tool if data quality improved. Key recommendations included expanding work on other biofuels beyond ethanol, lowering distribution costs, and improving technology transfer and coordination across projects.
Top engineers with the California Department of Transportation (Calrans) Materials Engineering & Testing Services provide an update on various initiatives. Presenters: Jeremy Peterson-Self, Richard Hibbard and Sarah Hartz. Presentation delivered Oct. 13, 2021 at the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference in Sacramento.
Caltrans presentation by Jeremy Peterson-Self on the centralization of the Independent Assurance program and impacts to shtakeholders. Delivered May 6, 2020 to the CalAPA Technical Committee webinar.
Top engineers with the California Department of Transportation (Calrans) Materials Engineering & Testing Services provide an update on various initiatives. Presenters: Jeremy Peterson-Self, Richard Hibbard and Sarah Hartz. Presentation delivered Oct. 13, 2021 at the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference in Sacramento.
Caltrans presentation by Jeremy Peterson-Self on the centralization of the Independent Assurance program and impacts to shtakeholders. Delivered May 6, 2020 to the CalAPA Technical Committee webinar.
Case Study: Johnson Controls and Optimum EnergyOptimum Energy
Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization™ 30 (CPO 30) is a holistic strategy that considers everything from infrastructure design and component selection to measurement, verification and maintenance of the central plant. Backed by patented software algorithms, the whole-system approach to optimization helps customers reach
the highest potential in plant efficiency and can deliver sustained energy savings of up to 60 percent.
At the laboratory, Johnson Controls — in collaboration with its partner Optimum Energy — conducted a detailed engineering simulation and analysis which showed that by optimizing the central plant, facility managers could achieve greater operating efficiency, substantial energy savings and a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Application of Bio-FAEG, a Biofouling Assessment Model in Engine Performance...Tosin Onabanjo
The recent advances for flexible fuel operation and the integration of biofuels and blends in gas turbines raise concern on engine health and quality. One of such potential threats involves the contamination and the growth of microorganisms in fuels and fuel systems with consequential effect on engine performance and health. In the past, the effects of microbial growth in fuels have been qualitatively described; however their effects in gas turbines have not necessarily been quantified. In this presentation, the effects of fuel deterioration are examined on a simulated aero-derivative gas turbine. A diesel-type fuel comprising of thirteen (13) hydrocarbon fractions was formulated and degraded with Bio-fAEG, a bio fouling assessment model that defines degraded fuels for performance simulation and analysis, predicts biodegradation rates as well as calculates the amount of water required to initiate degradation under aerobic conditions. The degraded fuels were integrated in the fuel library of Turbomatch (v2.0) and a twin shaft gas turbine was modeled for fuel performance analysis. The results indicate a significant loss in performance with reduced thermal efficiency of 1% and 10.4% and increased heat rate of 1% and 11.6% for the use of 1% and 10% degraded fuels respectively. Also parameters such as exhaust gas temperature and mass flow deviated from the baseline data indicating potential impact on engine health. Therefore, for reliable and safe operation, it is important to ensure engines run on good quality of fuel. This computational study provides insights on fuel deterioration in gas turbines and how it affects engine health.
The federal perspective on transportation funding, research and partnering with the construction industry to advance mobility, sustainability, equity and other goals and what that means for California. Presenters: Chris Long and Chu Wei, FHWA. Presentation made at the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference, Oct. 13, 2021 in Sacramento.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
EXCO Resources VP & COO Hal Hickey's presentation to the LOGA Annual Meeting on Tuesday April 5th, 2011 at L'auberge Du Lac in Lake Charles, LA.
www.loga.la
www.twitter/LaOilGasAssoc
www.facebook.com/LouisianaOilGasAssociation
Years in the development, the head of the University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC) and the City & County Pavement Improvement Center (CCPIC) discusses the Hot Mix Asphalt specification created specifically for use by cities and counties on local routes with mix properties and testing appropriate for roads that experience a lower volume of traffic. Presented by Dr. John Harvey, Director, University of California Pavement Research Center. at teh
Overcoming the Challenges of Large Capital Programs/ProjectsScottMadden, Inc.
Effective capital program/project delivery is a critical competency for any electric utility to achieve high performance. However, project scope creep, schedule delays, and cost increases have become the rule rather than the exception. Over the past 10 years, the electric utility industry has seen large demands on its projects and construction management organizations to ensure compliance with a number of concerns. Large capital programs/projects come with a variety of complicated planning, implementation, and workforce/vendor management challenges. Using EPU projects as an example, we will provide you with ways to overcome these challenges for any large capital program/project. This article can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project.
ScottMadden can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project. Contact us to discuss any questions you may have.
ScottMadden’s Capital Program Assessment examines how the capital program is implemented with a look at the PMO and a review of the performance reporting and tools in place.
Liked or In Charge: The Womens' Management DilemmaPatricia Raymond
Are you their buddy, or their boss? Sometimes have difficulty separating the two? The role of women in the workplace as employer and employee is fraught with difficulty as we lack the tools to comfortably be in charge, when we really want to be friends. The socialization of women in childhood to play well together, and to avoid being labeled ‘bossy’, causes women physicians to have experience conflict in the estrogen-laden hierarchy of medicine.
Case Study: Johnson Controls and Optimum EnergyOptimum Energy
Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization™ 30 (CPO 30) is a holistic strategy that considers everything from infrastructure design and component selection to measurement, verification and maintenance of the central plant. Backed by patented software algorithms, the whole-system approach to optimization helps customers reach
the highest potential in plant efficiency and can deliver sustained energy savings of up to 60 percent.
At the laboratory, Johnson Controls — in collaboration with its partner Optimum Energy — conducted a detailed engineering simulation and analysis which showed that by optimizing the central plant, facility managers could achieve greater operating efficiency, substantial energy savings and a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Application of Bio-FAEG, a Biofouling Assessment Model in Engine Performance...Tosin Onabanjo
The recent advances for flexible fuel operation and the integration of biofuels and blends in gas turbines raise concern on engine health and quality. One of such potential threats involves the contamination and the growth of microorganisms in fuels and fuel systems with consequential effect on engine performance and health. In the past, the effects of microbial growth in fuels have been qualitatively described; however their effects in gas turbines have not necessarily been quantified. In this presentation, the effects of fuel deterioration are examined on a simulated aero-derivative gas turbine. A diesel-type fuel comprising of thirteen (13) hydrocarbon fractions was formulated and degraded with Bio-fAEG, a bio fouling assessment model that defines degraded fuels for performance simulation and analysis, predicts biodegradation rates as well as calculates the amount of water required to initiate degradation under aerobic conditions. The degraded fuels were integrated in the fuel library of Turbomatch (v2.0) and a twin shaft gas turbine was modeled for fuel performance analysis. The results indicate a significant loss in performance with reduced thermal efficiency of 1% and 10.4% and increased heat rate of 1% and 11.6% for the use of 1% and 10% degraded fuels respectively. Also parameters such as exhaust gas temperature and mass flow deviated from the baseline data indicating potential impact on engine health. Therefore, for reliable and safe operation, it is important to ensure engines run on good quality of fuel. This computational study provides insights on fuel deterioration in gas turbines and how it affects engine health.
The federal perspective on transportation funding, research and partnering with the construction industry to advance mobility, sustainability, equity and other goals and what that means for California. Presenters: Chris Long and Chu Wei, FHWA. Presentation made at the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference, Oct. 13, 2021 in Sacramento.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
EXCO Resources VP & COO Hal Hickey's presentation to the LOGA Annual Meeting on Tuesday April 5th, 2011 at L'auberge Du Lac in Lake Charles, LA.
www.loga.la
www.twitter/LaOilGasAssoc
www.facebook.com/LouisianaOilGasAssociation
Years in the development, the head of the University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC) and the City & County Pavement Improvement Center (CCPIC) discusses the Hot Mix Asphalt specification created specifically for use by cities and counties on local routes with mix properties and testing appropriate for roads that experience a lower volume of traffic. Presented by Dr. John Harvey, Director, University of California Pavement Research Center. at teh
Overcoming the Challenges of Large Capital Programs/ProjectsScottMadden, Inc.
Effective capital program/project delivery is a critical competency for any electric utility to achieve high performance. However, project scope creep, schedule delays, and cost increases have become the rule rather than the exception. Over the past 10 years, the electric utility industry has seen large demands on its projects and construction management organizations to ensure compliance with a number of concerns. Large capital programs/projects come with a variety of complicated planning, implementation, and workforce/vendor management challenges. Using EPU projects as an example, we will provide you with ways to overcome these challenges for any large capital program/project. This article can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project.
ScottMadden can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project. Contact us to discuss any questions you may have.
ScottMadden’s Capital Program Assessment examines how the capital program is implemented with a look at the PMO and a review of the performance reporting and tools in place.
Liked or In Charge: The Womens' Management DilemmaPatricia Raymond
Are you their buddy, or their boss? Sometimes have difficulty separating the two? The role of women in the workplace as employer and employee is fraught with difficulty as we lack the tools to comfortably be in charge, when we really want to be friends. The socialization of women in childhood to play well together, and to avoid being labeled ‘bossy’, causes women physicians to have experience conflict in the estrogen-laden hierarchy of medicine.
Celiac disease. One in 132 Americans has it. We know about the malabsorption, the anemia, the osteoporosis associated with celiac disease. But what of associations with neurological disease, reproductive health, and other organ systems? What DON'T you know about this common condition?
The Skinny on he Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric SurgeryPatricia Raymond
Obesity epidemic; so where does endoscopy fit in with current bariatric surgery in preoperative assessment and management of complications, and what's under development for primary endoscopic bariatric techniques-- get the skinny here!
Do You Believe in Reflux: Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPatricia Raymond
Recent studies suggest that if you have IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), that you may not perceive the GERD (reflux) that you have, and that this acid reflux may cause the fibrosis to progress. Ask for proper testing and treatment to see if you are one of the almost 80% of IPF patients who have reflux, often silent reflux.
Kiss Your Hemorrhoids Goodbye: Surgical and Non-Surgical Management OptionsPatricia Raymond
Kiss Your Hemorrhoids Goodbye: Surgical and Non-Surgical Management Options
Patricia L. Raymond MD FACG, Rx For Sanity
There seem to be many options to manage our patients' hemorrhoids: hemorrhoidectomy, banding, sclerotherapy, laser photocoagulation, topical medications. Which option is the best for your patient? The physiology and management of the bitter end of the gastrointestinal tract.
Objectives: The participant will…
Distinguish between internal and external hemorrhoids, review the anorectal anatomy and understand the grading system for internal hemorrhoids.
Categorize the differential diagnosis of hemorrhoids, including proctalgia fugax, anal fissure, perianal crohns disease, anal cancer, condyloma, skin tags and rectal prolapse
Examine specific medical, endoscopic, office, and surgical treatment options for hemorrhoids and their stated efficacy
A presentation dedicated to the BIG 4 of getting uptick and success in Foodservice Selling.
- Selling Strategies
- On Premise Marketing
- Swanky Design
- Powerful Unified Branding
This presentation is geared toward C-Stores, Branders who wish to sell more food at retail, Supermarkets & Restaurant Chains
Towards a systems approach in Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: How to make the...Leonardo ENERGY
View recordings of the workshop at https://youtu.be/06U1MXlLaNs
It is widely recognised that there are substantial additional energy savings to be made from taking a system approach – considering how products are combined and operate together. However, political ambition has not resulted in regulation. During this workshop, policy makers and key stakeholders will discuss implementation barriers and explore possible remedies.
The European Copper Institute commissioned research to look into the experience with developing system related ecodesign and energy labelling regulations to date (Brocklehurst, 2021). In their review, the authors analysed the common characteristics and challenges related to ecodesign and energy labelling of eight product groups that, at least to some extent, go beyond a ‘simple’ product.
During this workshop, the authors will present the findings of their study. Policy makers will be invited to present their views on taking the systems approach in ongoing product regulation initiatives. During a debate, we will invite stakeholders to share their experiences and views on systems approach in product regulation. We will evaluate implementation barriers and explore possible remedies.
PRESENTATIONS
* Welcome and introduction (Diedert Debusscher, ECI)
* A review of systems approaches in Ecodesign and Energy Labelling (Fiona Brocklehurst, Ballarat Consulting)
* Transforming product efficiency policy into system efficiency policy (Hans-Paul Siderius, Netherlands Enterprise Agency)
* Views from the EU Commission (Ronald Piers De Raveschoot, ENER.B3)
* Case study: Pump systems (Michael Könen, Europump)
Presentation of Arnaldo Walter for the "2nd Workshop on the Impact of New Technologies on the Sustainability of the Sugarcane/Bioethanol Production Cycle"
Apresentação de Arnaldo Walter realizada no "2nd Workshop on the Impact of New Technologies on the Sustainability of the Sugarcane/Bioethanol Production Cycle "
Date / Data : Novr 11th - 12th 2009/
11 e 12 de novembro de 2009
Place / Local: CTBE, Campinas, Brazil
Event Website / Website do evento: http://www.bioetanol.org.br/workshop5
This presentation details the NASA Tech Integration project. This portion of the project covers the interface developed for predicting NAS impact on carbon dioxide emissions.
Advanced Energy Design and Retrofit Guides Summary from the 2013 DOE BTO Peer...Shanti Pless
Our peer review slides from the 2013 DOE BTO Peer Review: http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/2013-building-technologies-office-program-peer-review-report.
Refining a Pork Production Carbon Footprint Mitigation Tool: A Case Study of ...LPE Learning Center
Swine production systems in the U.S. have long been guided by efforts to increase productivity, decrease costs of production and minimize environmental impacts. Public policy is currently considering the impacts of these production systems on regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their potential impact on global climate change. There is a gap between our understanding of these impacts and our ability to make informed decisions to guide changes in breeding, feeding, waste management and other production practices. Therefore, a USDA NIFA project was funded to experimentally evaluate mitigation technologies to support development of a robust and accurate process-based Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) model of GHG emission from swine production systems; to couple this model with Life Cycle Cost Analysis; and utilize this model as an education and outreach tool for evaluating the environmental footprint of swine production facilities. The project objectives are:
Perform experimental validation of the effectiveness of selected mitigation strategies, including dietary feeding strategies (reduced nitrogen, growth enhancers), health status, barn and manure management options (solids separation, algal nutrient removal, gasification).
Integrate process models of swine production with coupled LCA and economic model to create a decision support tool to identify economical swine production system options which minimize GHG emissions and increase sustainability of swine production systems.
Develop and implement education and outreach programs utilizing the interaction between climate and swine science to introduce life cycle thinking and systems analysis into the national sustainable agriculture conversation.
http://www.extension.org/pages/67626/refining-a-pork-production-carbon-footprint-mitigation-tool:-a-case-study-of-an-integrated-researchex
3. Infrastructure Review Panel
Member Affiliation Expertise
Jason Bittner U. Wisconsin Vehicle Technology
Albert M. Hochhauser Consultant Fuels Technology
(ExxonMobil, retired)
Manoj Jha Morgan State U. Transportation Systems
Todd Potas U. S. Water Environmental
Engineering
George Parks FuelScience LLC Fuels Technology
(Conoco Phillips, retired)
Pam Serino U. S. DOD Logistics
4. Summary Observations/ Impressions
• Platform achieved a number of important technical goals
with respect to intermediate ethanol blends (IEBs)
• Projects to enable/increase use of E85 varied in quality
• University research programs are a good start but should
be upgraded
• Platform should add focus on
– technology transfer
– fuels beyond ethanol
• Need guidelines on who should generate needed data
• Overall program should conform to MYPP and roadmap.
Major goals of MYPP should be addressed more directly
– Reduce distribution costs
– Develop infrastructure for target volumes
5. Major Platform Areas Reviewed
• End-Use/Vehicles
– Intermediate Blends Testing (NREL)
– Center for Clean Fuels (U. Houston) [Includes alga effort]
– Feedstock to Tailpipe Initiative (U. Kansas) [includes alga effort]
• Transport/Storage, Fuel Dispensing
– Materials Compatibility, IEB (ORNL)
– Fuel Dispensing Infrastructure, IEB (NREL)
– Protec E85 station construction (Protec)
– MI E85 station construction
– MO E85 station construction
• Cross Cutting
– Improving Fungibility and Compatibility (ORNL)
– BioFuels Atlas (NREL)
6. Average Project Ratings
IEB Testing - Overview and Vehicles Testing
IEB Testing - Performance Testing
BioFuels Atlas
Protec Fuel E85 Infrastructure Projects
IEB Testing - Infrastructure Components Testing
Missouri Ethanol Blends Infrastructure Project…
Center for Clean Fuels and Power…
Michigan E85 Infrastructure Project
Fungibility and Compatibility of Advanced Biofuels
Kansas Biofuels Certification Laboratory
0 2 4 6 8 10
7. Intermediate Ethanol Blends
Vehicles Testing
Performance Testing
Infrastructure Components
Testing
0 2 4 6 8 10
• Excellent design and execution of projects
• Materials testing on components and functional parts did not
seem to match. Need to understand reasons. Scope/severity
of problems not clear.
• Concern about
– Baseline fuel: E0 or E10
– Testing severity for long term tests
8. E85 Service Station Construction
Protec Fuel E85 Infrastructure
Projects
Missouri Ethanol Blends
Infrastructure Project (MoEBIP)
Michigan E85 Infrastructure Project
0 2 4 6 8 10
• Goal should not be to build service stations, but to
– Sell E85
– Provide a good investment opportunity
• E85 retailer toolkit needed
• Protec had good coordination with Biofuels Atlas
9. University Research Projects
Center for Clean Fuels and
Power Generation, U. Houston
Kansas Biofuels Certification
Laboratory
0 2 4 6 8 10
• U. Houston
– Good suite of emissions, combustion projects
– Questioned pyrolysis of biofuels to produce gasoline, not diesel
– Should be coordinated with rest of MYPP
• Kansas U.
– Questioned need to build ASTM testing facility
– Engine/emissions facility may be too limited to provide meaningful research
10. Support Projects
BioFuels Atlas
Fungibility and Compatibility of
Advanced Biofuels
0 2 4 6 8 10
• Utility of fungibility study not clear
– How will DOE use the information?
• BioFuels Atlas has high potential if used appropriately
11. Platform Gap Assessment
• Not enough effort on reducing biofuel delivery cost
• Data on IEB use in small engines
• Data on fuels besides ethanol
• Long term effects, especially in infrastructure
• How to deal with product quality issues when scale of
production is small
12. Platform Resource Assessment
• Most effort has been devoted to ethanol, which is
appropriate. Going forward, DOE should focus on other
biofuels as well.
• Not clear how university research fits in with the rest of
the program
• Lack of IEB data in small engines could be a major barrier
to increasing ethanol use
• How to encourage customers to use E85? Is it just cost?
13. Platform Notable Successes
• IEB efforts were excellent
– Broad view of area led to a well rounded suite of projects
– Excellent planning and execution of individual projects
– Collaborative efforts among government agencies, automotive and
petroleum industry groups
– Still some gaps to be filled
• BioFuels Atlas has great potential
– Limited use to date
– Tool can be used in other platforms as well
– Only as good as the data behind it
• Synergy and continuity an important goal
– Build on Protec’s use of BioFuels Atlas
– IEB projects were well coordinated
14. Project Technical Highlights
• IEB projects
– Determined short-term and long-term emissions impacts with
high precision
• Biofuels Atlas
– Excellent visualization tool integrating large data base
– Great potential for many other projects
• Beneficial partnerships
– IEB projects benefited from participation of industry groups
– Additional sharing of information would be useful among E85
projects
15. Key Reviewer Recommendations
• Scope
– Need to address use of biofuels other than ethanol
– Additional work needed to lower distribution costs, a key goal
• Budget
– Critical that budget funds are available to address key goals and
issues
• Schedule
– Panel would like to see a match of projects with schedule for
biofuel volumes
• Program-related recommendations
– Define responsibility for solving key problems (e.g. IEB in small
engines)
– Improve technology transfer [aside from IEB programs]
– Biofuels versus biocrude seems to be a key issue. Is it being
addressed in a systematic way?