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Energy

Alternative energy

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Projects and Programs

Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility

Ongoing
Objective - To develop and progress an advanced multi-mode interacting measurement testbed that leverage cross-OU expertise to facilitate implementation, validation, and full characterization of smart grid interoperability standards and smart grid performance, with a particular emphasis on DER
SRM 3452 certified Seebeck coefficient data

Transport Property Measurements for Semiconductors and Energy Materials

Ongoing
The properties of materials and interfaces that govern reliability, performance, and thermal transport in advanced microelectronic packages are not fully characterized or understood, especially at device length scales wherein properties may differ significantly from bulk or literature values
TRIRemission

Hydrogen Storage Optimization in Thin Film Combinatorial Alloys

Ongoing
Infrared emission imaging and FTIR reflection spectroscopy is applied as a means to monitor thin-film hydrogenation reactions in temperature-controlled high pressure reaction chambers. Candidate alloyed and doped thin metallic films (<500 nm) are grown in-house on epi-alumina or silicon substrates
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Smart Grid Program

Completed
Objective: To develop and demonstrate advances in measurement science to enable integration of interoperable and secure real-time sensing, control, communications, information and power technologies, in order to increase the system efficiency, reliability, resiliency and sustainability of the nation

Publications

Software

AFUEBF

AFUEBF Program

CALCULATION OF ANNUAL FUEL UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL CENTRAL FURNACES AND BOILERS The AFUEBF program available at this website can be used to

LoopDA

LoopDA is a natural ventilation design tool developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Version 3.0 is an update to the original version 1

Tools and Instruments