Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Thermal Energy Recovery, Refrigeration and Management (TERRM)

不断增长的能源需求，不断上涨的能源价格和环境问题迫使我们寻找更清洁和更可持续的能源。同时，便携式电力或使用本地可用能源按需生产电力的需求要求开发紧凑、高效和具有成本效益的发电机。回收和转移设备产生的废热并整合这些热管理解决方案的经济可行的技术将为发展新产业和扩大美国经济创造机会。对高性能小型化电子产品的需求不断增长，加速了设计和开发紧凑型热管理解决方案的需求，这些解决方案安静，重量轻，由可回收的材料组成。热能回收，制冷和管理工程研究中心（TERRM）解决了国家大挑战？恢复和改善城市基础设施？通过提供热能回收、固态制冷、分布式能源供应和先进制造所需的基础技术。它建立在NSF提供的基础上？的大思路覆盖？驾驭数据革命？?中型研究基础设施然后呢？量子跳跃？ERC试验台将改变我们设计基于热能的分布式发电系统的方式。申请的资金将用于开展有针对性的国家和国际活动，以建立一个与TERRM有关的综合团队。研讨会、现场考察、行业合作伙伴关系和会议将为热系统设计、制造、测试和实施提供系统的路线图。规划阶段事件将提供重大挑战和时间依赖性机会的列表，这将有助于发展针对基础物理，工作原理，性能测量，材料和设备的推力。在规划阶段，目标是确定TERRM所有目标领域的工业基础、技术路线图、技术障碍、法规和标准、商业化合作伙伴和知识产权。先进的热管理系统设计将通过与行业合作伙伴的广泛互动来确定。规划资助活动将建立一个多学科的工程团队，以解决在规划研讨会和工业访问中发现的技术障碍。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。

The ever-growing energy demand, escalating energy prices, and environmental concerns compel us to look for cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. Meanwhile, the need of portable power or on-demand production of electrical power using locally available energy sources demands the development of compact, efficient and cost-effective power generators. Economically viable technologies for recovering and transferring waste heat generated by devices and integrating these thermal management solutions will create the opportunity to develop new industries and expand the US economy. The growing demand for high-performance miniaturized electronics has accelerated the need to design and develop compact heat management solutions that are silent, lightweight and comprised of materials that can be recycled. The Engineering Research Center for Thermal Energy Recovery, Refrigeration and Management (TERRM) addresses the National Grand Challenge to ?Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure? by providing foundational technologies required for thermal energy recovery, solid-state refrigeration, distributed energy supply and advanced manufacturing. It builds on the foundation provided by NSF?s big ideas covering ?harnessing data revolution?, ?mid-scale research infrastructure?, and ?quantum leap?. The ERC testbeds will transform the way we design thermal energy based distributed electric generation systems. The requested funding will be used to conduct targeted national and international events to build a comprehensive team related to TERRM. Workshops, site visits, industry partnerships and conference sessions will provide a systematic roadmap for thermal system design, manufacturing, testing and implementation. Planning stage events will provide lists of grand challenges and time-dependent opportunities which will assist in the development of thrusts targeting basic physics, working principles, performance measurements, materials, and devices. During the planning phase, the goal will be to identify the industrial base, technology roadmap, technology barriers, regulations and standards, commercialization partners, and intellectual property in all targeted areas of TERRM. Advanced system designs for thermal management will be identified through extensive interactions with industry partners. The planning grant activities will build a multi-disciplinary engineering team to address the technology barriers identified during the planning workshop and industrial visits.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.