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DOE OSTI2019

Protecting Future Platforms: Modernization, Innovation, and Implementation

As a requested speaker regarding advances in materials and potential (notional) protection schemes for the Future Ground Combat Vehicles Symposium; I will talk about: 1. INL and its macro level missions and capabilities; 2. INLs Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives; 3. The specific lethality systems that need to be considered (open source JANES Defense); 4. Advances in material science that may be used to address the kinetic threat in the future. All materials in the briefing are for external use; the science charts are linked to INL LDRDs, not customer funded programs and the foundations are open source.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2019

Modernizing animal agriculture for a cleaner and healthier America: A policy memorandum to the Congress of the United States

Through the Agricultural Act of 2014 (also known as the Farm Bill) and subsequent Farm Bills, the Congress of the United States can influence the agricultural sector in the US and impact the health of American citizens—the constituents they were elected to represent. In this memorandum, we outline the current state of animal agriculture, its resultant impacts on the environment and human health, and various policy proposals that Congress could enact to combat these issues. As of 2018, consumption of red meat (RM; includes beef, lamb, veal, and pork) in the US was 19.78 kg/capita higher than the global average (OECD 2018). Globally, animal agriculture accounts for approximately 15% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (FAO 2016) and adds to poor health of individuals who consume red meat. These individuals are more prone to developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and obesity (Wenpeng et al.,2016). Through redistributing subsidies already allocated in the Farm Bill and incentivizing the consumption of alternative nutritious options (ANOs; i.e., vegetables, fruit, and alternative proteins), Congress could greatly reduce the environmental burdens and negative public health outcomes of animal agriculture.

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY↗
DOE OSTI2019

A Test Bed to Evaluate Advanced Distribution Management Systems for Modern Power Systems: Preprint

This paper presents a test bed that utilities, vendors, and researchers can use to evaluate the performance of existing and emerging advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) or specific applications of such systems. The test bed provides a realistic laboratory test setting, including detailed modeling of the power system, controller and/or power hardware, and industry-standard communication protocols. The test bed can further represent the current state of a specific utility's distribution system or the anticipated state with increased penetrations of distributed energy resources, such as rooftop photovoltaic systems, residential battery energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and loads with smart controls. The paper describes the design and implementation of the test bed. We present two use cases of the test bed and preliminary results for these two use cases. We also discuss upcoming and potential future use cases. Results from test bed experiments can be used to accelerate industry deployment of ADMS technologies and advance development of ADMS capabilities.

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION↗
DOE OSTI2019

Getting Data Out of the Ground: Modern Data Challenges Facing EGS Collab, the DOE Geothermal Data Repository, and the Geothermal Industry

The amount of data being generated by the geothermal industry is increasing exponentially. Advanced tools, higher resolution sensors, and digitally integrated equipment are providing valuable insight into geothermal exploration and operational efficiencies, but the volumes of data they generate and the unique properties of Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) projects are creating challenges of their own. This paper explores those challenges and the steps the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is taking to address them through comprehensive data management strategies, improvements to DOE's Geothermal Data Repository (GDR), and the development of a secure data collaboration tool for DOE's Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) and EGS Collab projects.

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY↗