Bringing the Smart Grid to military bases
Our team at GE Global Research (GEGR) is very excited about a new project that will be undertaken in partnership with the Department of Defense to demonstrate the use of advanced Microgrid control technologies at a Marine Corps base. This technology will enhance the energy security of the base, ensuring continuous operation even when the grid comes down, while at the same time improving energy efficiency and operating costs.
Automated manufacturing for commercial use of carbon composites
My name is Julian O’Flynn and I work in the Composites Manufacturing Lab (CML) at Global Research. CML is the newest lab to be added to the GE Global Research site in Munich, Germany. Our group was started in the summer of 2007 and our 300 square metre (3,200 sq. ft) lab space was officially inaugurated on November 30, 2007. Today, our group consists of nine engineers from a variety of technical backgrounds including materials, control systems, and mechanical engineering. We are also a truly international group with already six countries represented! Our lab facilities include a 6-axis robotic cell for filament winding of complex geometries, a 70 tonne press for developing infusion technologies, and a 5-axis gantry fiber placement machine currently used to develop low cost carbon material applications.
GE technology a ‘guardian angel’ in the hospital room
As you know, the majority of the hospitals today face tough challenges in the delivery of care. Emergency Room waiting times can be excessive. Patient stays in the hospital are often long. And with the expected demand increase due to baby boomers and continued staff shortages and constrained budgets, hospitals are looking for innovative ways to improve theprocesses of care.
Waste heat recovery – the hidden source of energy
I’m Thomas Frey, research scientist at the Alternative Energy Lab of the GE Global Research Center Europe in Garching near Munich, Germany. I’m leader of a project that works on enabling the use of a hidden source of energy. You don’t believe me that there is such a thing? Let me tell you, there is one and this source is even so large that billions of dollars are wasted every year by not tapping into it. People drill costly holes up to 3 miles for hot water that can be used in geothermal power applications for CO2-free power production. At the same time thousands of megawatts of heat are wasted through stacks, chimneys and coolers to the atmosphere every day throughout the industry across the globe. Examples include, refineries, steel mills, cement plants, furnaces but also power plants. The latter have only an average electrical efficiency of 33% in the US. The rest is thermal heat and wasted to the atmosphere. A huge untapped source of energy! Experts have estimated that low-grade heat worth billions of dollars is wasted every year. Even, a significant impact on CO2 emissions could be made, if only a fraction of that heat could be recycled to save fossil fuels rather than rejecting it to the atmosphere.
Welcome to the Global Research clean room
My name is Ron Olson and I am the manager of the GE Global Research, Micro and Nano FAB Operations. We have a really incredible space here in Niskayuna, NY and I’ve wanted to contribute to the blog and discuss some of the different capabilities of the clean room for a while. Check out this video for a quick overview of the clean room such as the scale at which we work and some of our capabilities we have.
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