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Tom Decker from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) talks about the organization's operational energy efforts during a September 20, 2022 episode of the Power of ERDC podcast. Decker is operational energy program manager at ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. ERDC is finding new ways to provide power to U.S. forces, reducing the reliance on fuel resupply and enabling units to increase freedom of maneuver. Decker talks about why operational energy is an ERDC priority (4:06), the electrified battlefield concept (4:31), how ERDC’s effort benefits from both the organization’s history (13:10) and Decker’s military background (11:12), and how these efforts have a broader impact than the U.S. Military (19:25, 26:17). He also discusses several ERDC initiatives in this area, including providing data that enables better-informed energy decisions (14:10), hybrid systems that allow tactical generators to provide more power with less fuel (17:46), and a flow battery can energize critical parts of an installation when needed (20:49). The Power of ERDC podcast is a behind-the-scenes look at ERDC’s involvement in solving some of the nation’s toughest engineering challenges.
| Date Taken: | 09.20.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 09.26.2022 14:17 |
| Category: | Newscasts |
| Audio ID: | 70650 |
| Filename: | 2209/DOD_109238566.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:34:11 |
| Artist | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
| Year | 2022 |
| Location: | CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 5 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 0 |
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