Asia Pacific Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy Systems 2021 (APRISES21)
Abstract
Under a series of grants from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at the University of Ha,waii at Manoa (UH) has conducted research, development, testing, and evaluation across a range of alternative energy technologies su,pporting development of technologies in areas of interest to DOD as well as methodologies for design and implementation of reliable,, resilient grid systems in locations of interest to DOD. The work proposed in APRISES21 continues many of these efforts. In the con,duct of this work, HNEI proposes to continue to build collaborations with U.S. defense organizations, such as the Naval Research Lab,oratory, Navy Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Canter (NAVFAC EXWC), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAW,CAD) and the Marine Corps Installation Command (MCICOM). The proposed work comprises five major tasks summarized briefly, as follow,s: Task 1: Program Management and Outreach funds HNEI management of the in-house research and supports the monitoring of work cond,ucted by external subcontractors. This task serves to coordinate the various program activities to ensure continued relevance to ot,her ONR programs and HNEIs Asia Pacific Regional Energy System Assessment program (ONR N00014-17-1-2923) Task 2: Electrochemical T,echnologies proposes to continue work on cost-effective electrochemical systems including high temperature, contaminant-tolerant fu,el cells, development of improved non-invasive techniques to understand Li-ion battery performance, and methods for fabrication of p,rintable multifunctional thin film electronic materials. HNEI intends to collaborate with NRL in the development of attritable fuel,cell systems and components capable of meeting operational needs of the U.S. Navy surface and subsurface fleet. Task 3: Alternative, Fuels proposes work in three areas: the development of methods to stabilize and homogenize solid waste and/or biosolids representa,tive of waste streams relevant to the Navy; development of improved methodologies to characterize fuels of interest to Navy, and con,tinued evaluation of hydrogen applications to identify opportunities within DOD. Task 4: Resilient Energy Systems comprises two su,btasks focused on development and deployment of reliable and resilient energy systems. HNEI proposes to continue development of enab,ling technology and methodologies focused on the integration of new technology and reliable control at the grid edge and a second to, improve energy system reliability, resilience, and security in Hawaii in support of DOD facilities. Task 5: Advanced Heat Exchange,r Development will continue research utilizing the novel laser welding system developed by Makai Ocean Engineering to develop innov,ative, advanced heat exchangers for a range of Navy and other DOD applications with expanded effort to develop high pressure applica,tions such as the use of supercritical CO2.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 05, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212045
Entities
People
- Richard Rocheleau
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Hawaiʻi System