The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) program aims to drive the development and adoption of transformational technologies in the industrial sector by evaluating the performance claims of promising emerging, and/or underutilized technologies. The ITV program's objective is to strengthen U.S. manufacturer competitiveness and productivity by accelerating the development of next-generation technologies, helping scale emerging technologies, and catalyzing market adoption.
The program is designed to identify and prioritize emerging and underutilized technologies with significant performance improvement and adoption potential. Specifically, the program seeks technologies that:
- Strengthen grid security by reducing operational costs and/or energy use. Technologies that reduce water use, wastewater effluent, and waste creation will also be considered.
- Qualify as pre- or early-commercial technologies, or commercial technologies in a new use case.
- Have broad deployment potential but are not yet widely used or accepted.
Learn about completed and ongoing validations that explore emerging technologies in the library below.
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Host Site | Site Location | Technology | Technology Developer | Short Description | Validation Results |
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 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing Plant in Blue Springs, MS | Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower | ElectroCell Systems | ElectroCell’s technology coagulates and collects total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS) from cooling tower water to reduce biogrowth and fouling. The vendor claims the technology results in reduced energy use due to improved heat transfer, as well as water savings and chemical savings. |
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 | Nissan Manufacturing Plant in Canton, MS | Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower | ElectroCell Systems | ElectroCell’s technology coagulates and collects total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS) from cooling tower water to reduce biogrowth and fouling. The technology developer claims the technology results in reduced energy use due to improved heat transfer, as well as water savings and chemical savings. |
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 | Ahlstrom- Munksjö Paper Mill in Mosinee, WI | Pilot-scale Black Liquor Membrane for Water Removal | Via Separations | Via Separations’ technology uses graphene oxide membranes to remove water and concentrate valuable solids from black liquor, a byproduct of the Kraft process to produce wood pulp. The technology developer claims reduced energy requirements for black liquor concentration compared to traditional methods that use steam to evaporate water from black liquor. |
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 | Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Mill in Cleveland, OH | Electrocoagulation Treatment for Oily Wastewater | Dynamic Water Technologies, LLC | Dynamic Water Technologies’ system uses electrocoagulation to remove oil and other hydrocarbons from oily wastewater streams. The technology developer claims improved water treatment performance and reduced chemical treatment requirements compared to traditional chemical flocculation treatment methods. |
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 | Alpena, MI | Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) Demonstration Unit for Waste Heat Reclamation | Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems | Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems' Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) recovers waste heat from a cement kiln and converts that into electricity. The goal of this evaluation is to document the net electricity generated from the ATS’ TEG after accounting for any parasitic loads underdifferent operating conditions. |
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Validations in Progress | |||||
 | Mahwah, NJ | High Rotor Pole Switched Reluctance Electric Motor for use in packaged rooftop units | Turntide Technologies | Turntide Technologies' high rotor pole switched reluctance motor claims to improve the operational efficiency compared to traditional induction motors. The goal of this evaluation is to document the improved efficiency from these motors under varying load conditions. | Coming Soon |
