U.S. Department of Energy Fuels & Lubricants Project on Lubricant Technology - Innovation, Discovery, Design, and Engineering (Final Report)

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1507137· OSTI ID:1569215

Fenske, George ^[1]; Demas, Nicholaos ^[1]; Ajayi, Layo ^[1]; Erdemir, Ali ^[1]; Lorenzo-Martin, Cinta ^[1]; Eryilmaz, Osman ^[1]; Erck, Robert ^[1]; Ramirez, Giovanni ^[1]; Storey, John ^[2]; Splitter, Derek ^[2]; West, Brian ^[2]; Toops, Todd ^[2]; DeBusk, Melanie ^[2]; Lewis, Samuel ^[2]; Zigler, Bradley T.  ^[3]; Huff, Shean ^[2]; Luecke, Jon H. ^[3]; Nafziger, Eric ^[2]; Thomas, John ^[2]; Kaul, Brian ^[2] ; Qu, Jun ^[2]; Cosimbescu, Lelia ^[4]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

In 2016, the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) of the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a solicitation for the AOP Lab Call research in FY2017 on a number of topics related to vehicles. Topic 6A of the Lab Call focused on research related to advanced lubricants: '...(in) support of the lubricants program goal to, by 2020, demonstrate novel formulations for powertrain and driveline lubricants, compatible with new and legacy vehicles, to achieve at least a 4 percent real-world fuel economy improvement.' Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was awarded a 3-year multilab project on 'Lubricant Technology - Innovation, Discovery, Design, and Engineering.' Research on the project began in FY2017 at the three laboratories with industry participation; however, in FY2018, the project was terminated due to budgetary constraints. The following is the final report for the project and highlights progress made during the first year of research. The report is divided into sections that highlight the following: goals, objectives, milestones and deliverables; project highlights; outreach - publications, conferences, and reports; milestones accomplished; research progress.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1569215
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-5400-72841; ANL/AMD-18/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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