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United Technologies Research Center

Giusi Quartarone

May 31, 2016

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United Technologies

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Business units


Pratt & Whitney Otis

UTC Climate, Controls & Security

UTC Aerospace Systems

United Technologies

3

2014 Sales: $65.1 billion

UTC Aerospace Systems

22%

UTC Climate, Controls,

& Security 25%

Sikorsky

11%

Otis

20%

Pratt & Whitney

22%

Segment… 45% Commercial & Industrial

55% Aerospace

Business unit sales…


UTC invested $4.8B in 2014 on

company and customer funded R&D

Geographic sales…

Europe

27% United States

38%

Asia

Pacific

20% Other

15%

Solve tough problems...

Define new frontiers...

Leverage global network of innovation...

Co-develop new technologies...

Serve as hub for technical interchange...

GTF lubrication

Next Gen centrifugal

Failure analysis

Materials characterization

Measurement science

Scattering to measure residual stress

Digital imaging strain analysis Surface topology

and wear analysis

Monetize UTC intellectual property... Alternative

markets New business models

Autonomous & intelligent systems

AIS

Advanced manufacturing


Big data

Rare Earth Magnets

Tech scouting

REM workshops

4

Defining what’s next

UTRC...UTC’s Innovation Engine

96% of our technical staff have advanced degrees

Our People...

. . . education

Master’s 20%

Doctorate 76%

Bachelor’s 4%

~ 600 employees representing approximately 40 different countries

More than 400 technical employees; 76% hold Ph.D.s

global diversity . . .

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BU transition

BU Joint

Continued CSR investment

Customer-sponsored R&D

Pathways for developing new ideas

Fostering Early Stage Innovation

Program Offices

Fellows

Departments

Gate

1

Stage 5

Technology Readiness

Stage 1

Opportunity Analysis

Stage 3

Critical Risk Reduction

Stage 4

Feasibility Demonstration

Stage 0

Opportunity Identification

Stage 2 Concept

Synthesis

Concept initiation

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Source of Funding

Business unit

joint program 25%

Corporate sponsored research

41%

Business unit technical support

9%

Direct external contracts

17%

Business unit subcontracts

8%


Investing In Technical Excellence

Integrated high-performance building systems

Increase occupant comfort,

safety, and security,

while reducing energy usage

and operating costs

PurePower®

PW1000G

Advanced propulsion & power


Optimized elevator performance & passenger experience

Decision support tool for Otis mechanics

Flow battery …breakthrough

performance

Energy storage

Enterprise security & safety

Intelligent security and fire detection

systems

UTRC China Capabilities and Research Areas

Thermal and Building Systems Thermo-fluid systems

dynamic modeling

Environmentally friendly

refrigerants and cycles

Integrated building/HVAC modeling

Building diagnostics

Fluid Dynamics

Turbo-machinery design and analysis

HVAC component optimization

Building air/reactive flow modeling

UTCFD applications

Decision and Control Systems

Video analytics

Data mining

Controls

Embedded systems

Software engineering

Mechanical Systems Solid mechanics

Finite element modeling

Machining modeling

Supply chain optimization


cond.?

Level_flasc

T

ter?

pipe?

pip?

pip?

LIDAR based smoke detection

9

Controls & Decision Support Thermal system modeling

Model-based control design

Model-predictive control

Optimization-based control

Fault detection and impact analysis

Data analytics for alarm management

Data- and physics-based diagnostics

Video analytics

10

Networks & Embedded Systems Sensor networks

Communications protocols

Model-based design

Formal methods

Embedded systems

Software engineering

Constraint programming

Power Electronics Hierarchical system modeling and controls

Model-based power converter design

Electric motor optimization

Digital control of converters and drives

Power quality analysis

Grid estimation and emulation

HiL / rapid prototyping

1.96 1.97 1.98 1.99 2 2.01 2.02-400

-200

0

200

400

Time (s)

Grid V

oltage (

V)

Mic

rog

rid

Bus V

oltag

e (V

)

Time (s)

Grid Connected Islanded

UTRC Ireland Capabilities and Research Areas

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Department Capabilities

Systems...

Cyber physical systems

Dynamical systems and control

Embedded intelligence

Decision support

Power electronics

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Ferrite

magnets

Thermal & Fluid Sciences... Acoustics

Aerodynamics

Combustion

Applied fluid dynamics

Thermal management

Physical Sciences...

Applied physics

Advanced materials

Measurement science

Chemistry

Mechanics


Applied Physics Optical and chemical sensors, thermoelectrics, and NEMS

NE

MS

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anoele

ctr

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sys

tem

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Physical Sciences Department

Advanced Materials Structures and coatings

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Si3N4 turbine components

Otis coated steel belt

Composites

Environmental Science Materials Chemistry Material synthesis, catalysts and computational chemistry

Computational chemistry

Air quality analysis and control

Chemical process development

Solid and Surface Mechanics Structural analysis and material damage modeling

Blade after impact Physics-based

manufacturing

Measurement Science State-of-the-art analysis

Mechanical behavior

Surface spectroscopy


NEMS-based device

Strainfield

Coherentinterface

Scattered phononsLamellar

Nano-particulate

1 mm

Charge carrier (s and kel)

Thermoelectrics

Cavity etchpump-out ports

Black silicon

Siliconmembrane

Si wafer

Si

Micro-needles

20mm

0.01

0.10

1.00

10.00

100.00

LO

D (

pp

b)

MVOCsIAQ Toxicgases

IAQ MVOCs Toxic gases

FIB microscopy Focused Ion Beam

Systems Department

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Uncertainty quantification

and propagation

Multi-scale system modeling

Mathematics on graphs,

computational mathematics

System Dynamics & Optimization

Adaptive, multi-variable and

predictive controls

Control in presence of uncertainty

Data driven adaptive controls

Control Systems

Embedded Systems & Networks

Data-based models, data mining,

machine learning

Diagnostics, prognostics, PHM

Human machine interaction

Sensor fusion

Decision Support & Machine Intelligence

High density converters

High temperature-high

frequency devices

Converter topologies

Low REM machine design

Power Electronics

Topology optimization

Model predictive control

for HVAC

Universal power module:

Power Brick

5-D magnetic bearings

PHM for gearbox

Path planning

Building diagnostics

Wireless communication

and controls

Building services platform

Ferrite magnets

Otis GreenPower Machine

Scalable hardware

and software architectures

Communications, wireless

and energy harvesting

DatabaseStorage

Sensors/Actuators

Equipments

Sub-systems

Systems

Re

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teFa

cilit

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LightingHVAC Power RefrigerationBUILDING

MANAGEMENTSYSTEM

PLATFORM COMPONENTS

BACNet-LON-ModBus-LAN-WiFi

Higher tier services

Lower tierservices

PBM Output

Diagnostic Output

DBM Output

MeasuredData

APPLICATIONLAYERVisualization

Diagnostic Models

Physics-Based Models

Data-Driven Models

Data StorageData

Preprocessing

Event Mgmt & Notification

Security Access

BACNet-LON-ModBus-LAN-WiFi

Data Acquisition

Data Access

Command&Control

CommunicationModule

Diagnostics Support

Control Support

REM – rare earth materials

PHM – prognostics and health management

Cyber Physical Systems

Formal methods, verification

and validation, code synthesis

Embedded intelligence

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Thermal & Fluid Sciences Department

Aerodynamics Fluid mechanics of gaseous flows

Applied aerodynamics

Thermal Fluid Dynamics and

Thermal Management

Energy recovery

System analysis and optimization

Heat and mass transfer

Acoustics Noise and vibration diagnostics, modeling, and control

High fidelity computational

modeling

N&V diagnostics

Low noise designs

Combustion Dynamics and chemistry of reactive, multi-phase flows

Dynamics

Fire suppression

High speed propulsion

Performance and emissions

Aero-thermal Testing Experimental model validation and component performance

High and low Mn combustion

Aerodynamics Spray characterization

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Computational fluid dynamics


Sprays

Otis Program

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CSB

Gen2® machine

Propulsion Systems Optimized structures, advanced materials, quiet operation

Control Systems Model-based design, multi-physics optimization, advanced topologies

Technology Advancement Robust components, consistent performance, exceptional ride quality

Wedge safeties

Structural optimization

Energy efficiency Gen2®


Component Lifing 1

X

YZ

MAR 13 2012

10:41:50

ELEMENTS

MAT NUM

1

MN

MX

X

YZ

300.044

312.545325.046

337.547350.048

362.549375.05

387.551400.052

412.553

MAR 13 2012

10:38:50

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=39

SUB =4

TIME=25.4

TEMP (AVG)

RSYS=0

SMN =300.044

SMX =412.553

1

MNMX X

YZ

132179

210287288395

366503444611

522719600827

678935757043

835151

MAR 13 2012

10:40:43

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=64

SUB =5

TIME=48

NLPLWK (AVG)

RSYS=0

DMX =.214E-05

SMN =132179

SMX =835151

Single FET Model

Thermal Field Plastic work distribution at solder

m

PLWCN )(

m=-0. 297

C=3.35E+06

1

X

YZ

MAR 13 2012

10:41:50

ELEMENTS

MAT NUM

1

MN

MX

X

YZ

300.044

312.545325.046

337.547350.048

362.549375.05

387.551400.052

412.553

MAR 13 2012

10:38:50

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=39

SUB =4

TIME=25.4

TEMP (AVG)

RSYS=0

SMN =300.044

SMX =412.553

1

MNMX X

YZ

132179

210287288395

366503444611

522719600827

678935757043

835151

MAR 13 2012

10:40:43

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=64

SUB =5

TIME=48

NLPLWK (AVG)

RSYS=0

DMX =.214E-05

SMN =132179

SMX =835151

Single FET Model


m

PLWCN )(

m=-0. 297

C=3.35E+06

1

X

YZ

MAR 13 2012

10:41:50

ELEMENTS

MAT NUM

1

MN

MX

X

YZ

300.044

312.545325.046

337.547350.048

362.549375.05

387.551400.052

412.553

MAR 13 2012

10:38:50

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=39

SUB =4

TIME=25.4

TEMP (AVG)

RSYS=0

SMN =300.044

SMX =412.553

1

MNMX X

YZ

132179

210287288395

366503444611

522719600827

678935757043

835151

MAR 13 2012

10:40:43

NODAL SOLUTION

STEP=64

SUB =5

TIME=48

NLPLWK (AVG)

RSYS=0

DMX =.214E-05

SMN =132179

SMX =835151

Single FET Model


m

PLWCN )(

m=-0. 297

C=3.35E+06

Single FET model

Plastic work distribution at solder

Thermal field

200V GaN device 25 mW

3.6x1.6 mm

D2Pak 10x12 mm

200V Silicon device 30 mW

3.6x1.6 mm

Advanced power electronics devices

Motor drives

Wire-wire, stand-strand

interface

Sheave-jacket interface

coated steel belt

Technologies of impact

Aerodynamics and aeromechanics model development

Aeroacoustics modeling and component technology

Combustion modeling and experimental validation

Hypersonic combustion, inlet and fuel concepts

Physics-based materials modeling and advanced

materials development

Pratt & Whitney Program

Aero -X

Combustion

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Advanced propulsion

Materials

R

g' precipitate


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UTC Aerospace Systems Program

Integrated propulsion systems

Power Electronics

Active EMI filter technology shrinks motor drives

System modeling

Platform level performance analysis

Model-based Design Use of model-based development enables reduced physical validation and verification


UTC Climate, Controls & Security Program

Sensing

Cycles and Refrigerants

High efficiency dehumidification

Controls and Diagnostics

Compressors and Fans

Low-noise fans and compressors

Natural refrigerants

Diagnostics

Controls

Optics

Wide-area detection

New ionization and light sources

Advanced concepts

Model-based design and optimization

Multi-physics

5.4

5.2

5

4.8

4.6

CO

P (

W/W

)

5

4.5

4 290

295

300

OAT

AHU

energy

OAD

Airflow

Damper

Valve

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UTC Climate, Controls & Security Program

Video Systems

Gas and fire detection

Intrusion Detection and Access Control

High performance sensing and tracking

Heat Transfer and Materials

Fire Suppression

Predictive watermist fire suppression models

Single and two-phase modeling

Ultra-low power

Computer vision

Alternative materials

Fundamentals of corrosion

Security

Privacy

Bulk

Storage

Bulk

Storage

Caching

Applications

Servers

Applications

Servers

Indexing

Security

Privacy

Security

Privacy

QoS

Guarantees

Security

Privacy

PC

Display

Simulation from prescribed unit mass loss rate

50s 100s 300s 600s 1000s


Cloud-based solutions

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Giusi Quartarone

Senior Research Scientist

For more information contact:

United Technologies Research Center

4th Floor, Penrose Business Centre,

Penrose Wharf, Cork, Ireland.

[email protected]


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