{"187901":{"#nid":"187901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Awarded $2.3 Million to Improve Energy Efficiency of Military HVAC Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to help\u0026nbsp;improve the efficiency of heating and air conditioning systems on the battlefield.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESrinivas Garimella, a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering, is the principal investigator on the project to develop a highly efficient absorption heat pump for military use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s award was one of five announced recently by the\u0026nbsp;Department of Defense-Navy and Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The Institute was the only university to receive an award, as private companies are developing the other energy projects.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGarimella\u0027s\u0026nbsp;absorption heat pump \u2013 an air conditioner and heater in a single unit \u2013 is a novel approach because it could be integrated with a diesel generator.\u0026nbsp;By using exhaust heat from a diesel generator that is normally wasted, the pump could lower the amount of energy used for heating and cooling at forward operation bases by 50 percent. It would also be smaller than most pumps and could be mass-produced for a lower cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA 2010 Marine Corps assessment estimated that nearly 25 percent of fuel used in Afghanistan goes to heating and cooling structures. The Navy and ARPA-E want to reduce this demand, aiming to achieve 20 percent to 50 percent less fuel usage than currently deployed systems require.\u0026nbsp;The awards are part of a program funded by the Operational Energy Capabilities Improvement Fund (OECIF).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGarimella has been a professor at Tech since 2003. His research is focused on sustainable energy systems, and he is also the director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www-old.me.gatech.edu\/stsl\/index.html\u0022\u003ESustainable Thermal Systems Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVentureLab, Georgia Tech\u2019s start-up incubator for faculty, students and staff, has been assisting Garimella with the commercialization of the technology. With support from the Georgia Research Alliance, researchers have conducted market studies and developed prototypes for different applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Lyndsey J. Lewis, writer for the College of Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to help\u0026nbsp;improve the efficiency of heating and air conditioning systems on the battlefield.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Srinivas Garimella, a professor of mechanical engineering, is the principal investigator developing a highly efficient absorption heat pump for military use."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-01-30 10:39:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:33","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"127001":{"id":"127001","type":"image","title":"Srinivas Garimella","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Srinivas Garimella","file":{"fid":"194535","name":"af-garimella.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/af-garimella_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/af-garimella_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1264273,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/af-garimella_1.jpg?itok=ycSyMw0v"}}},"media_ids":["127001"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EPgRFKLNBgA","title":"Video about Dr. Garimella\u0027s research"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"57061","name":"$2.3 Million"},{"id":"57041","name":"ARPA-E"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"57051","name":"Energy project"},{"id":"57071","name":"Heat absorption pump"},{"id":"171252","name":"Srinivas Garmiella"},{"id":"2378","name":"Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}