Interviews

The Revolution of Green Building: Interview with David Kaneda, IDeAs

Q. Do you see the move towards green building as an “evolution” or a “revolution” for the industry?

"The concept of integrated design comes up a lot when you’re talking about green buildings.  What it means is that architects and engineers need to really closely understand the interplay between different pieces of the design.  In many cases the architect does his thing and essentially throws a set of drawings at the electrical engineer and says, 'Here, put your system into my building.'  To achieve the most efficient results what you want to do is sit down with all the players and have a discussion where you ask, 'If I do this, what does it mean for you?'"

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Conference Papers

Tyler Williams and Keith Gazda
GreenMountain Engineering, LLC

Andrew Kindler and Yuhong Huang
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Don Karner, ETEC and Jonathan Read, ECOtality

Abstract: Energy storage is an increasingly important area of research both for use in alternative transportation and to enable the widespread use of intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar energy. This paper presents a multiphysics model of a novel technology for hydrogen storage, in which hydrogen is stored in a packed bed of metal hydride and released by application of steam through a number of competing reactions. The only suitable way to analyze reactor performance is with a multiphysics tool such as COMSOL. The model incorporates multiphysics couplings between reaction kinetics, flow in porous media, and heat transfer in and between porous media and gas. The model is used to study important performance metrics such as reaction front size, temperature, and propagation characteristics.

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Articles and Research Notes

Engineered Products and Embedded Software:
Getting it Right the First Time

By Max Davis and Jon Guice, GreenMountain Engineering, LLC

Engineered products are all around us—and they increasingly run on software. From mobile phones and cars to robots and other industrial equipment, complex machines are increasingly relying on software to support their operation. Read More...

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