Multiyear Program Plan for the High Temperature Materials Laboratory

Technical Report · Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/771209· OSTI ID:771209

Pasto, Arvid E

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (OHVT) prepared a Technology Roadmap describing the challenges facing development of higher fuel efficiency, less polluting sport utility vehicles, vans, and commercial trucks. Based on this roadmap, a multiyear program plan (MYPP) was also developed, in which approaches to solving the numerous challenges are enumerated. Additional planning has been performed by DOE and national laboratory staff, on approaches to solving the numerous challenges faced by heavy vehicle system improvements. Workshops and planning documents have been developed concerning advanced aerodynamics, frictional and other parasitic losses, and thermal management. Similarly, the Heavy Vehicle Propulsion Materials Program has developed its own multiyear program plan. The High Temperature Materials Laboratory, a major user facility sponsored by OHVT, has now developed its program plan, described herein. Information was gathered via participation in the development of OHVT's overall Technology Roadmap and MYPP, through personal contacts within the materials-user community, and from attendance at conferences and expositions. Major materials issues for the heavy vehicle industry currently center on trying to increase efficiency of (diesel) engines while at the same time reducing emissions (particularly NO{sub x} and particulates). These requirements dictate the use of increasingly stronger, higher-temperature capable and more corrosion-resistant materials of construction, as well as advanced catalysts, particulate traps, and other pollution-control devices. Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a technique which will certainly be applied to diesel engines in the near future, and its use represents a formidable challenge, as will be described later. Energy-efficient, low cost materials processing methods and surface treatments to improve wear, fracture, and corrosion resistance are also required.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (OHVT) (EE-33) (US)
• OSTI ID: 771209
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 17 Mar 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AERODYNAMICS
CATALYSTS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
DIESEL ENGINES
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PARTICULATES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
SURFACE TREATMENTS
VEHICLES
FUEL CONSUMPTION
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
WEAR RESISTANCE
FRACTURE PROPERTIES
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES