Researcher Yilu Liu and her colleagues developed an invention called the InertiaMeter, which won two awards at this year's R&D 100.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍř are supporting the grid by improving its smallest building blocks: power modules that act as digital switches.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍř and their technologies have received seven 2022 R&D 100 Awards, plus special recognition for a battery-related green technology product.
The Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center, located in Hardin Valley, about eight miles from ORNL’s main campus, pulls together ORNL’s work in electricity.
A method developed at 91°µÍř to print high-fidelity, passive sensors for energy applications can reduce the cost of monitoring critical power grid assets.
Nils Stenvig has always had an interest in solving big problems.
From keeping the lights on to energizing phones and laptops to controlling indoor climate and fueling transportation, a reliable flow of electricity is essential to daily living.
The lab’s scientists are focused on a new architecture for transferring the grid’s data using “dark,” or underutilized, optical fiber to build a private, secure communication network.
ORNL engineer Ben Ollis has spent the past few years researching grid resilience.