MOTI: Innovation and the Transformation of Clean Technologies: A Life-Cycle Approach to the Management of Gas Turbine Systems

9700218 Meo本研究将通过两个阶段的研究，检验改良的总物理系统、全生命周期评价（LCA）框架作为环境清洁系统技术创新管理指南的有效性。第一阶段包括对一系列商业上成功的燃气轮机技术和管理策略进行回顾性分析，这些策略指导了它们在不同市场和系统配置中的开发和应用。在与通用电气公司（GE）的合作下，调查人员将建立一套回溯轨迹，记录通用电气高效联合循环燃气轮机及其系统的关键发展。假设从设计、制造和部署过程的创新中产生的环境效益可以通过一系列单独的轨道充分地解释。在任何系统中，对焦点组合的上游和下游单元的研究都是极其重要的，因为任何特别不环保、安装和/或操作成本高、或能源消耗大的配置都可能显著降低焦点单元的吸引力。这些技术的可转让性，包括通用电气的燃气轮机和由私人和政府资助的研究开发的燃料供应元件，为发达国家和欠发达国家（LDCs）的发电和减轻环境影响提供了巨大的机会。在第二阶段，研究人员将严格检查典型系统，以确定最不发达国家潜在使用的核心创新和最终配置。这些研究将与通用电气合作进行，并以目前正在进行的研究为基础，如巴特尔·哥伦布实验室、天然气技术研究所和国家可再生能源实验室的研究。这些研究结果将提高对生命周期分析框架的理解和应用，以指导改善环境友好型技术管理、公共和私营部门的研发伙伴关系，以及开发适用于许多其他行业的创新清洁技术配置。

9700218 Meo This investigation will test the effectiveness of a modified total physical system, total life-cycle assessment (LCA) framework as a guide to the management of technological innovation of environmentally clean systems through a two-phase study. The first phase consists of a retrospective analysis of a series of commercially successful gas turbine technologies and the management strategies that guided their development and application in different markets and system configurations. In cooperation with the General Electric Company (GE), the investigators will construct a set of retrospective tracks that document key developments leading to GE's efficient combined-cycle gas turbine and its systems. It is hypothesized that the environmental benefits that accrue from innovations in the design, manufacturing, and deployment processes can be adequately accounted for by a series of individual tracks. The research on units upstream and downstream of the focal combination in any system is extremely important because any configurations that are especially environmentally unclean, costly to erect and/or operate, or profligate in energy consumption can markedly degrade the attractiveness of the focal units. Transferability of the technologies, including GE's gas turbines and the fuel supply elements developed both privately and with government-sponsored research, represents a tremendous opportunity for generating power and mitigating environmental impacts in developed and less developed countries (LDCs). In the second phase, the researchers will critically examine typical systems to identify core innovations and resulting configurations with respect to potential use by LDCS. The studies will be carried out with GE and based on studies currently underway such as those at the Battelle Columbus Laboratory, the Institute of Gas Technology, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. These research findings will improve the understanding and application of an LCA framework to guide improve ments in environmentally friendly technology management, public and private sector R&D partnerships, and the development of innovative clean technology configurations applicable to a broad number of other industries.