Ryo Amano, professor of mechanical engineering and Richard and Joanne Grigg Faculty Fellow, was awarded $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp toward a three-year, $375,000 project to identify and generate new technologies to recommend to Wisconsin manufacturing industries and energy utility treatment facilities. He and his 51ÁÔÆæ team (pictured) will partner with several energy advisory sectors in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amano says the team will study efficient, renewable energy recovering technologies (wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and hybrids) and the manufacturing skillsets needed to produce them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe study will extend to include better buildings and manufacturing plants, and green and clean energy systems,\u201d he says. \u201cOur goal is to significantly contribute to Wisconsin industries by helping them make drastic improvements in their manufacturing technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team will study emerging technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The team will study several emerging technologies including the following: phase change material (PCM) for thermal management; heat pumps for manufacturing processes; combined heat and power (CHP); concentrating solar power for manufacturing; and cybersecurity technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAll these are energy efficient and promising for different situations,\u201d Amano says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultra-efficient heat pumps, for example, could use electricity to transfer heat from one space to another and could be suitable for certain industrial processes, Amano says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team also will explore battery-powered stationary energy systems that generate, store, and convert energy. \u201cThis system can store energy, including solar energy, and deliver smooth and predictable power for send the power to the grid,\u201d Amano explains. This technology could be particularly useful in instances of power outage situations and as an auxiliary power source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ryo Amano, professor of mechanical engineering and Richard and Joanne Grigg Faculty Fellow, was awarded $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp toward a three-year, $375,000 project to identify and generate new technologies to recommend to Wisconsin manufacturing industries and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":685,"featured_media":12806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[95,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-sustainability","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n