Planning IUCRC at Case Western Reserve University: Center for Industrial Energy Efficiency (CIEE)

凯斯西储大学工业能源效率中心 (CIEE) 规划 IUCRC

• 批准号: 1822112
• 负责人: Chris Yuan
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Case Western Reserve University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822112&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; IUCRC; Case; Western; Reserve

Industrial energy consumption is significant and accounts for approximately one-third of total U.S. energy consumptions. For the energy currently consumed in industry, about 64.4% is wasted, based on the U.S. Department of Energy's statistical data. There is a great potential to improve the energy efficiency of industrial operations to reduce the energy consumption, lower the utility cost and cut greenhouse gas emissions. This project is to plan for the establishment of an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center, by reaching out to potential manufacturing companies, utility companies and energy service companies which are interested in conducting collaborative research with CWRU faculty on industrial energy efficiency. The vision of the planned IUCRC is to establish a national/international research center dedicated to advancing the knowledge and techniques needed to improve industrial energy efficiency to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing industry in the global economy and to mitigate the carbon emissions from U.S. industrial sector. Simultaneously, the proposed IUCRC will develop advanced educational program to train a large cohort of engineering students. This planned IUCRC will generate significant impacts on the industrial operations and academic research on industrial energy efficiency, through joint efforts with Purdue University. The proposed IUCRC at CWRU will focus on improving energy efficiency of manufacturing companies, in collaborations with utility companies and energy service companies. The research objectives of this IUCRC are to: (1). Develop scientific modeling tools and experimental techniques for identifying the in-depth energy saving opportunities in industrial manufacturing systems. (2). Develop applicable control algorithms and tools for effectively reducing the energy consumption in industrial manufacturing systems. (3). Develop data analytics approaches and decision-support tools for supporting policy-making and strategy-planning on Industrial Energy Efficiency. (4). Develop educational programs for workforce training on Industrial Energy Efficiency. The planning project will leverage the expertise of CWRU faculty members in industrial energy efficiency, manufacturing system optimization, adaptive process control, and energy data analytics, to harness existing relationships of CWRU with industry to identify possible partners for the IUCRC and utilize an inclusive feedback process between researchers and potential members to determine the strategic direction of research projects to be conducted. The research results obtained from the center will provide novel insights into current industrial operations for in-depth energy savings, plant-wide implementations, and public policy support.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

工业能源消耗量很大，约占美国能源消耗总量的三分之一。根据美国能源部的统计数据，目前工业消耗的能源中，约有64.4%被浪费。提高工业运营的能源效率以减少能源消耗、降低公用事业成本和减少温室气体排放具有巨大潜力。该项目计划建立一个产学合作研究中心，通过接触有兴趣与CWRU教师进行工业能源效率合作研究的潜在制造公司，公用事业公司和能源服务公司。IUCRC的愿景是建立一个国家/国际研究中心，致力于推进提高工业能源效率所需的知识和技术，以提高美国制造业在全球经济中的竞争力，并减少美国工业部门的碳排放。同时，拟议的IUCRC将开发先进的教育计划，培养大批工程专业学生。通过与普渡大学的共同努力，计划中的IUCRC将对工业运营和工业能源效率的学术研究产生重大影响。CWRU拟议的IUCRC将与公用事业公司和能源服务公司合作，重点提高制造公司的能源效率。本中心的研究目标是：（1）。开发科学的建模工具和实验技术，以识别工业制造系统中的深度节能机会。（二）、开发适用的控制算法和工具，以有效降低工业制造系统的能耗。（三）、开发数据分析方法和决策支持工具，以支持工业能源效率的政策制定和战略规划。（四）、制定关于工业能源效率的劳动力培训教育计划。该规划项目将利用CWRU教师在工业能源效率，制造系统优化，自适应过程控制和能源数据分析方面的专业知识，利用CWRU与行业的现有关系，为IUCRC确定可能的合作伙伴，并利用研究人员和潜在成员之间的包容性反馈过程，以确定研究项目的战略方向。该中心的研究成果将为深入节能、工厂范围内的实施和公共政策支持提供对当前工业运营的新见解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。