This document is a study of research opportunities that are important to developing advanced technologies for efficient energy use. The study's purpose is to describe a wide array of attractive technical areas from which specific research and development programs could be implemented. Research areas are presented for potential application in each of the major energy end-use sectors. The analysis is unique in that it employs a systematic process for both identifying and screening candidate energy conservation research areas. The study team was comprehensive in its review of aggregate energy consumption and employed explicit criteria to evaluate the technology research areas. This study was completed for the Division of Energy Conversion and Utilization Technologies (ECUT) in the Department of Energy. The division's mission is to identify and research long-range technology concepts that are attractive for more efficient energy use. To meet its goals, the ECUT staff has established a planning and systems analysis project that was responsible for conducting this study. This report is one of a series of studies in support of the ECUT research planning effort. Other documents in the series contain assessments of energy conservation technology areas, methods to appraise research projects for support, and data reference sources.
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A current and reliable source of information on energy consumption patterns and characteristics is a fundamental requirement for effective R&D planning in advanced energy technology programs. This document is the initial version of a program planning handbook that summarizes certain key data regarding U.S. energy conversion and use. It is intended as just such a source document. The most current data regarding energy conversion processes (consumption, losses, efficiencies, capital stocks) have•been assembled here to make diverse and sometimes inaccessible information more readily available to energy conversion and use R&D managers and planners.
PNL-3966UC-95 ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe research staff of this project would like to thank Theodore Willke and W. Bradford Ashton for their conceptual guidance and managerial support of this effort. We also thank Benjamin Johnson for his technical overview of our work. Finally, we extend our appreciation to our sponsors, E. Karl Bastress and Michael Shapiro of the Department of Energy, for the open-minded and enthusiastic support they gave us throughout this project.iii PREFACE This report provides a review and synthesis of several significant studies that were conducted to assess R&D needs and opportunities for advanced energy conservation systems. The authors feel that it is important to emphasize that this effort was not intended to be a comprehensive review of the energy conservation research literature. The purpose of this study was primarily to provide information that could be used in identifying candidate R&D opportunities for a companion report, An Overview of Energy Conservation Research Opportunities. It is also important to note that the studies that were reviewed in each of the energy end-use areas are not necessarily the most widely known or most complete studies that have been performed in those areas. Rather, this report provides a preliminary overview of a representative sample of 38 energy conservation research opportunities studies using a consistent critical review format. This format allows a comparison of the types of information typically provided in the reports and initial development of a master catalog of the energy conservation and research opportunities that have been identified by a variety of sources.This report is one of a series of studies in support of the research planning effort for the Division of Energy Conversion and Utilization Technologies in the U.S. Department of Energy. Other documents in the series contain assessments of energy conservation technology areas, methods to appraise research projects for support, and data reference sources. Publications from this project include:Hopp, W. et a1.
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