Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Heavy Vehicle Technologies Program (2000)
Chapter: Appendix D: Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects
Appendix D
Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects
Table D-1 and Table D-2 show funding for research on propulsion system materials and high-strength, weight-reduction materials.
TABLE D-1 Funding for Projects on Propulsion System Materials (thousands of dollars)
Description | Laboratory/Institution | FY00 Funding |
Propulsion system materials | ||
Program taxes | 524 | |
Thick thermal-barrier coatings | Caterpillar | 200 |
Insulated cylinder head | Caterpillar | 200 |
Exhaust after-treatment | Caterpillar | 0 |
Lightweight valve train materials | Caterpillar | 0 |
Materials for low-emissions high-efficiency engine | Cummins | 233 |
Fuel-injector materials | Cummins | 400 |
Smart materials for fuel-injector actuators | Detroit Diesel | 300 |
Management/standards development | ORNL | 765 |
Continuous sintering of diesel engine components | SIUC | 150 |
Mechanical characterization | NC A&T | 272 |
Nondestructive evaluation of diesel components | ANL | 210 |
IEA – standard reference powders | NIST | 200 |
Testing standards | NIST | 105 |
NOx sensor (CRADA) | Ford/ORNL | 100 |
Smart materials | ORNL | 400 |
Intermetallic cermets | ORNL | 100 |
High-toughness materials | ORNL | 350 |
Particulate traps | ORNL | 100 |
Durable diesel-engine materials | ORNL | 200 |
Diesel exhaust-catalyst characterization | ORNL | 200 |
Life prediction | ORNL | 200 |
IEA annex on international standards | ORNL | 200 |
Machining CRADAs | Cummins/Caterpillar | 225 |
Advanced machining concepts | NC State | 75 |
Development of low-cost cast engine materials | ORNL/Cat | 75 |
TBD | 95 | |
Total (propulsion systems materials) | 5,879 | |
High-Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) | ORNL | 8,020 |
Taxes | 240 | |
Total (HTML) | 8,260 | |
Note: The budget represented in this table constitutes one of budget line in the OHVT program budget (see Table 1-5). The distribution of funding does not represent the distribution for the OHVT program as a whole. Acronyms: IEA = International Energy Agency; TBD = to be determined. Source: OHVT | ||
TABLE D-2 Funding for Projects on High-Strength, Weight-Reduction Materials (thousands of dollars)
Description | Laboratory/Institution | FY00 Funding |
Program taxes | 415 | |
Technical program management | ORNL | 180 |
Ultralarge caster | Alcoa | 1,300 |
Lightweight diesel | Cummins | 100 |
Laser-hardening of rails | ANL | 100 |
Toxic air contaminants support | Thompson | 155 |
Lightweight materials for gaseous storage | ORNL | 200 |
Bus frame – autokinetics | AutoKin | 187 |
Heater/cooler | ORNL | 58 |
Lightweight frame design | PNNL | 800 |
Freightliner/ megalarge caster | PNNL | 350 |
PACCAR/thin-wall steel castings | PNNL | 325 |
Equal-channel angular extrusion | LANL | 125 |
Equal-channel angular extrusion | INEEL | 250 |
Equal-channel angular extrusion | PNNL | 150 |
Carbon-foam materials | ORNL | 75 |
Brake materials | ORNL | 200 |
Joining | ANL | 75 |
Friction and wear | ORNL | 100 |
Outreach | ANL | 100 |
Equal channel angular extrusion – Mg alloys | ORNL | 70 |
TBD | 467 | |
Total | 5,782 | |
Note: The budget represented in this table constitutes one budget line in the OHVT program budget (see Table 1-5). The distribution of funding does not represent the distribution for the OHVT program as a whole. Acronyms: TBD = to be determined. Source: OHVT. | ||
