NFPA Technology Roadmap
Energy Storage
Working Group
Conference Call
Wed, May 31, 2017 - 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
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Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Jeffrey Lemonds
QingHui Yuan
Bill Haley
Yashodeep Lonari
Jim Kaas
Scott Maher
Tony Vaughan
Kaushik Mallick
Casappa
Eaton
FORCE America/Valve Division
Hitachi
Iowa Fluid Power
Kaman Industrial Technologies
Parker Hannifin
Steelhead Composites
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TENTATIVE
Bill Durr
Kevin Lingenfelter
Sid Moate
Caterpillar
Danfoss
Concentric AB
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[email protected]
POSSIBLE
Mike Gust
Rich Humason
Drew Kohler
Barry Schoenborn
Hui Ding
John Heckel
CCEFP
Clippard Instrument Laboratory
Evonik Oil Additives
HYDAC
Simerics
The Toro Company
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DECLINED
Martyn Molsom
JCB
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Agenda
0:05
Welcome, call to order
Roll call
Anti-trust guidelines
Agenda review
0:10
Review Roadmap Elements
0:20
Review and discuss Research Challenge definition and connection to
Customer Drivers
0:35
Discuss Research Challenge advances in the last two years
0:50
Review, discuss, revise and prioritize Research Targets and Objectives
1:20
Next steps
1:30
Adjourn
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Roadmap Elements
The NFPA Technology Roadmap has three primary elements, each connected to the next in a chain.
Customer Drivers
Customer drivers are the business or
technology objectives of fluid power
customers. They help them serve the needs of
their own customers, and are not necessarily
connected to their use of fluid power.
Research Challenges
Targets & Objectives
Research challenges are the broad areas of
attention that must be addressed if fluid
power is to meet or better meet the
customer needs described by the drivers.
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe
successful strategies for pursuing the research
challenges. As pre-competitive challenges, it is often
difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes
should provide direction for viable research projects.
Increase energy efficiency
Targets & Objectives?
Improve reliability
Targets & Objectives?
Reduce size
Targets & Objectives?
Lower total and life cycle costs
Build “smart” components and
systems
Targets & Objectives?
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
Reduce environmental impact
Targets & Objectives?
Improve energy storage
capabilities
Targets & Objectives?
Fast and accurate control
Targets & Objectives?
New materials
Targets & Objectives?
Increased productivity and
performance
Increased availability/up-time
Quieter machines
Machines that are compliant with
safety regulations
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Research Challenge
Research Challenges are the broad areas of attention that must be addressed if fluid power is to meet or better
meet the customer needs described by the Customer Drivers.
This Working Group will focus on the sixth Research Challenge.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems
Improving the reliability of fluid power components and systems (e.g., increasing up-time, reducing
maintenance requirements, making fluid power safe and easy to use)
Reducing the size of fluid power components and systems while maintaining or increasing their power output
Building “smart” fluid power components and systems (i.e., ones that perform self-diagnostics and
troubleshooting and that integrate easily with “plug and play” functionality)
Reducing the environmental impact of fluid power components and systems (e.g., lowering noise, eliminating
leaks)
6. Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components
and systems
7.
8.
Fast and accurate control
New materials
Questions for Discussion
• Is the definition of this Research Challenge clear and distinct from the other seven?
• If not, what changes would we recommend to the wording of the Research Challenge?
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Connection to Customer Drivers
Would improvements in this area of research
challenge increase fluid power’s ability to meet
the customer drivers?
1 = YES; 2 = MAYBE; 3 = NO
CUSTOMER DRIVERS
Improve
Energy
Storage
Capabilities
Increased productivity and performance
1.000
Increased availability/up-time
2.500
Lower total and life cycle costs
2.000
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
3.000
Quieter machines
1.750
Machines that are compliant with safety
regulations
2.500
These weighted averages reflect the relative fluid power
product sales volumes in each market segment (50%
mobile hydraulics, 25% industrial hydraulics, and 25%
pneumatics).
Increased productivity and
performance
Increased availability/up-time
Connections shown represent
weighted averages < 2.000
Lower total and life cycle costs
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
Quieter machines
Improve energy storage
capabilities
Machines that are compliant with
safety regulations
Questions for Discussion
• Have we correctly identified the strongest connections between improvements in the areas of research
challenge and fluid power’s ability to meet the needs represented by the customer drivers?
• If not, what changes would we recommend?
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Research Challenge Advances
Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components and systems
Research Targets and Objectives
Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update
Increase kilowatt hours per unit
volume of energy storage
methods
• Elastomeric strain energy storage device demonstrated for pneumatic system (low pressure) while
models for high pressure hydraulic versions predict up to 4X times the energy storage density over
conventional compressed gas systems. Manufacturability challenges remain.
• Open air accumulator concept licensed for wind power energy storage systems. Concept scales up
well so is best suited for large stationary systems.
• Concentric compressed air storage concept developed but no research taken.
• Hydraulically driven flywheel energy storage concept system study underway at UMN.
• Early simulation studies of the fast response time and rapid on/off capability of a Free Piston
Engine Pump system suggest conventional storage of energy in the fuel is sufficient.
Increase kilowatt hours per unit
weight of energy storage
methods
• Lightweight aluminum core with composite vessels for accumulators can significantly increase
kilowatt-hours per kg.
Decrease cost per kilowatt hour
of energy storage methods
Improve round trip efficiency of
storing and re-using energy
Explore novel uses of wasted
energy
• Vanderbilt is studying the use of a Stirling power unit to recover waste heat as either fluid or
electric power.
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Research Targets and Objectives
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe successful strategies for pursuing the research challenges. As
pre-competitive challenges, it is often difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes should provide direction
for viable research projects.
Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components and systems
1. Increase kilowatt hours per unit volume of energy storage methods
2. Increase kilowatt hours per unit weight of energy storage methods
3. Decrease cost per kilowatt hour of energy storage methods
4. Improve round trip efficiency of storing and re-using energy
5. Explore novel uses of wasted energy
Questions for Discussion
• Do the targets and objectives all represent fruitful areas of research investigation for this area? If not, what
changes would we recommend?
• Are the targets and objectives stated as specifically as possible, while still maintaining a focus on pre-competitive
inquiry? If not, what changes would we recommend?
• Are the targets and objectives listed in a priority order that reflects their likelihood of success? If not, what
changes would we recommend?
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Next Steps
Working Group conference calls are being held throughout May and June 2017.
At their conclusion, a draft of the full Roadmap document will be produced and circulated
for additional feedback.
A final draft will be presented at the August 2017 NFPA Industry and Economic Outlook
Conference.
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