1. NFPA Technology Roadmap https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/224866621
Energy Efficiency
Working Group
Conference Call
Fri, May 19, :00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
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2. Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Aleksandar Egelja
Caterpillar
Gary Gift
Donaldson Company
Phil Priolo
G.W. Lisk Company
Charles Tuggle
Hydra-Power Systems
Ron Klimko
Hydraulics & Pneumatics Magazine
Shubhamita Basu
Lubrizol
Mark Bokorney
Sun Hydraulics
TENTATIVE
Qinghui Yuan
Eaton Corporation
David Scheetz
ExxonMobil
Rick Bush
Micromatic
POSSIBLE
Andrew Gelder
Afton Chemical
Mike Gust
CCEFP
Kazumi Ito
KYB Japan
DECLINED
Ben Jackson
JCB
Jeff Osterman
Parker Hannifin
Jon Goreham
Quality Control Corporation 2

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4. Agenda 0:05 Welcome, call to order Roll call Anti-trust guidelines
Agenda review
0:10 Review Roadmap Elements
0:20 Review and discuss Research Challenge definition and connection to
Customer Drivers
0:35 Discuss Research Challenge advances in the last two years
0:50 Review, discuss, revise and prioritize Research Targets and Objectives
1:20 Next steps
1:30 Adjourn 4

5. Roadmap Elements Customer Drivers Research Challenges
The NFPA Technology Roadmap has three primary elements, each connected to the next in a chain.
Customer Drivers
Research Challenges
Targets & Objectives
Customer drivers are the business or technology objectives of fluid power customers. They help them serve the needs of their own customers, and are not necessarily connected to their use of fluid power.
Research challenges are the broad areas of attention that must be addressed if fluid power is to meet or better meet the customer needs described by the drivers.
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe successful strategies for pursuing the research challenges. As pre-competitive challenges, it is often difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes should provide direction for viable research projects.
Increase energy efficiency
Targets & Objectives?
Increased productivity and performance
Improve reliability
Targets & Objectives?
Increased availability/up-time
Reduce size
Targets & Objectives?
Lower total and life cycle costs
Build “smart” components and systems
Targets & Objectives?
Reduce environmental impact
Targets & Objectives?
Increased ease/predictability of maintenance
Improve energy storage capabilities
Targets & Objectives?
Quieter machines
Fast and accurate control
Targets & Objectives?
Machines that are compliant with safety regulations
New materials
Targets & Objectives? 5

6. Research Challenge
Research Challenges are the broad areas of attention that must be addressed if fluid power is to meet or better meet the customer needs described by the Customer Drivers.
This Working Group will focus on the first Research Challenge.
Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems
Improving the reliability of fluid power components and systems (e.g., increasing up-time, reducing maintenance requirements, making fluid power safe and easy to use)
Reducing the size of fluid power components and systems while maintaining or increasing their power output
Building “smart” fluid power components and systems (i.e., ones that perform self-diagnostics and troubleshooting and that integrate easily with “plug and play” functionality)
Reducing the environmental impact of fluid power components and systems (e.g., lowering noise, eliminating leaks)
Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components and systems
Fast and accurate control
New materials
Questions for Discussion
Is the definition of this Research Challenge clear and distinct from the other seven?
If not, what changes would we recommend to the wording of the Research Challenge? 6

7. Increase Energy Efficiency
Connection to Customer Drivers
Would improvements in this area of research challenge increase fluid power’s ability to meet the customer drivers?
1 = YES; 2 = MAYBE; 3 = NO
CUSTOMER DRIVERS
Increase Energy Efficiency
Increased productivity and performance
1.000
Increased availability/up-time
3.000
Lower total and life cycle costs
Increased ease/predictability of maintenance
Quieter machines
1.750
Machines that are compliant with safety regulations
These weighted averages reflect the relative fluid power product sales volumes in each market segment (50% mobile hydraulics, 25% industrial hydraulics, and 25% pneumatics).
Increase energy efficiency
Increased productivity and performance
Increased availability/up-time
Lower total and life cycle costs
Increased ease/predictability of maintenance
Quieter machines
Connections shown represent weighted averages < 2.000
Machines that are compliant with safety regulations
Questions for Discussion
Have we correctly identified the strongest connections between improvements in the areas of research challenge and fluid power’s ability to meet the needs represented by the customer drivers?
If not, what changes would we recommend? 7

8. Research Challenge Advances
Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems
Research Targets and Objectives
Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update
[Not specified]
MSOE research underway on the improving efficiency of fluid power systems through the use of polymer enhanced fluids.
UIUC has demonstrated pneumatic energy recovery and redeployment to flexible actuators for wrist stabilization and strain reduction as applied to a human crutch.
Four-quadrant pump-motor research is investigating mechanical valve timing for optimized porting, reduced electrical energy consumption and improved reliability.
Free Piston Engine Pump (FPEP) at UMN has demonstrated ability to control firing under continued operation. Improved fuel and air management modifications are underway. This FPEP represents a radical improvement in overall fuel efficiency versus conventional engine-hydraulic pump systems.
The compact portable Stirling power unit at Vanderbilt represents a scalable heat recovery system for industrial waste heat recovery applications.
Reduce energy consumption
3D printed excavator with integrated, weight reduced fluid power systems demonstrated at the 2017 CONEXPO Show to tremendous reviews and visibility.
Digital valves demonstrated at CCEFP universities reduce load losses.
Engine and fluid power system optimization studies, including hybridized systems, conducted.
Reduce power consumption
Piezo energy harvesting for self-powered sensors demonstrated.
Reduce pressure loss between power source and actuation
Nano-texturing of hydraulic lines studied. Not feasible for high pressure systems but could reduce pressure drop losses for low pressure lines such as inlet/suction lines.
Improve energy recovery methods
Exhaust air recovery system that using a novel strain energy storage device has demonstrated a 25% reduction in air consumption.
Elastomeric strain energy storage device demonstrated for pneumatic system (low pressure) while models for high pressure hydraulic versions predict up to 4X times the energy storage density over conventional compressed gas systems.
Numerous hydraulic hybrid systems (hydraulic hybrid passenger car, excavator swing, etc.) demonstrated or modeled that predict up to 75% energy recovery based on duty cycle.
Piezo energy harvesting for powering sensors demonstrated and ready for commercialization. 8

9. Research Targets and Objectives
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe successful strategies for pursuing the research challenges. As pre-competitive challenges, it is often difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes should provide direction for viable research projects.
Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems
Reduce energy consumption
Reduce power consumption
Reduce pressure loss between power source and actuation
Improve energy recovery methods
Questions for Discussion
Do the targets and objectives all represent fruitful areas of research investigation for this area? If not, what changes would we recommend?
Are the targets and objectives stated as specifically as possible, while still maintaining a focus on pre-competitive inquiry? If not, what changes would we recommend?
Are the targets and objectives listed in a priority order that reflects their likelihood of success? If not, what changes would we recommend? 9

10. Next Steps
Working Group conference calls are being held throughout May and June 2017.
At their conclusion, a draft of the full Roadmap document will be produced and circulated for additional feedback.
A final draft will be presented at the August 2017 NFPA Industry and Economic Outlook Conference. 10