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Mapped AMO State Activities

The following map provides a visual representation of AMO activities in Illinois. Click the checkboxes to filter certain activities. You may click the pushpin icon to show activity details. All locations are approximate. Following the map, there are lists that provide AMO activities (Energy Savings Assessments, Industrial Assessment Centers, Events and Trainings, and AMO Partner Projects) in Illinois.

Large Plant Assessments (ESAs)
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AMO Project Award

AMO provided seed funding to 23 awardees for the development and delivery of industrial energy efficiency programs at the state and regional levels. These projects are aimed at delivering assessments, trainings, and technical resources to manufacturers to achieve significant reductions in industrial energy intensity.

• Illinois Project Award Fact Sheet

R&D Projects and Successes

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In order to meet the challenges of improving energy efficiency, the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) helps to mitigate its industry partners' energy use. Both share the cost of research and development (R&D) projects while reaching the common goals of improving not only energy efficiency, but economic viability, energy security, environmental quality, and resource conservation. The following list provides Illinois's active and complete partner projects:

Project Successes
Energy-Efficient Glass Melting — Next Generation Melter, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Glass
Status: Active
Details

Super Boiler, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Combustion
Status: Active
Details

Thermal Imaging Control of High-Temperature Furnaces, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Very Low Emissions: Forced Internal Recircultaion (FIR) Burner, Institute of Gas Technology
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Virtual Welded Joint Design Integrating Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies, Caterpillar Technical Center
Peoria, IL
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Water-Washed Overspray Paint Recovery, Caterpillar
East Peoria, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Visualization Tools for Die Casting, North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)
Wheeling, IL
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Model of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC), Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Petroleum Refining
Status: Complete
Details

NOX Emission Reduction by Oscillating Combustion, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Low Temperature Plasma Technology for Controlling VOC Emissions, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Multiport Dryer Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne; University of Illinois at Chicago
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Oxygen-Enriched Air Staging, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Production of Succinic Acid From Wood Wastes and Plants, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Recycling Bleach Plant Filtrates by Using Electrodialysis Removal of Inorganic Non-Process Elements, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Sensing and Control of Cupola Furnaces, American-Foundrymen's Society, Inc.
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

CHP Packaged System, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Distributed Energy
Status: Complete
Details

Development and Validation of a Coupled Combustion Space/Glass Bath Furnace Simulation, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Development/Demonstration of an Advanced Oxy-Fuel-Fired Front-End System, Eclipse Combustion, Rockford; Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Electrodeionization for Product Purification, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

R&D Projects
Energy Reductions Using Next-Generation Remanufacturing Techniques
Mossville, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Novel Steels for High-Temperature Carburizing
Mossville, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Advanced Energy and Water Recovery Technology from Low-Grade Waste Heat
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Advanced Production Surface Preparation Technology for Ultra High-Pressure Diesel Injection
Mossville, IL
Industry: Inventions and Innovations
Status: Active
Details

Electrical-Assisted Double Side Incremental Forming Process for Enhanced Sheet Metal Formability and Geometrical Flexibility
Evanston, IL
Industry: Inventions and Innovations
Status: Active
Details

Ethylene Process Design Optimization, BP Amoco Chemical
Naperville, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Highly Selective Oxidation Catalysts by Atomic Layer Deposition, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

Ultra-fast Boriding for Improved Energy Efficiency and Reduced Emissions in Materials Processing Industries, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Ultrahigh-Efficiency Aluminum Production Cells, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Filled Carbon Nanotubes: Superior Latent Heat Storage Enhancers, Argonne National Laboratory and University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) of Ultra-Hard and Low-Friction Nanocomposite Coatings for Improved Energy Efficiency and Durability in Demanding Industrial Applications, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Hot Rolling Scrap Reduction through Edge Cracking and Surface Defects Control, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Active
Details

Integrated Combined Heat and Power/Advanced Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine System for Landfill Gas to Power Applications, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Development, Characterization, Production and Demonstration of Nanofluids for Industrial Cooling Applications, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Process Development for Nanostructured Photovoltaics, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Large-Scale Manufacturing of Nanoparticulate-Based Lubrication Additives for Improved Energy Efficiency and Reduced Emissions, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Advanced Reciprocating Engine R&D at Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Flexible Combined Heat and Power (FlexCHP) System With Low NOx, CO, and VOC Emissions
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Advanced CHP System Utilizing the Off-Gas from the Innovative Green Coke Calcining Process in Fluidized Bed
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Rapid Conditioning for the Next Generation Melting System
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: High-Temperature Processing
Status: Active
Details

Accelerated Deployment of Nanostructured Hydrotreating Catalysts, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Development and Testing of the Advanced CHP System Utilizing the Off-gas from the Innovative Green Coke Calcining Process in Fluidized Bed
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Industrial Distributed Energy
Status: Active
Details

Low Cost Chemical Feedstocks Using an Improved and Energy Efficient Natural Gas Liquid Removal Process, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

Nanoscale Electrodeposition Process for Manufacturing High Selectivity Catalysts, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Second Generation Super Boiler Technology for Watertube Boilers, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Super Boiler: Combustion Success Story, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Combustion
Status: Active
Details

Two-Phase Hot Deformation Model, University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Structurally Integrated Coatings for Wear and Corrosion Resistance, Caterpillar
Peoria, IL
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Novel Carbon Films for Next Generation Rotating Equipment Applications, University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Production and Separation of Fermentation-Derived Acetic Acid, BP Amoco Chemicals
Naperville, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

P-Xylene Production with Waste Heat Powered Ammonia Absorption Refrigeration, BP Amoco Chemical Company
Naperville, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Reducing Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Press Emissions from Oriented Strand Board (OsB) Manufacturing, Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Alloys for Ethylene Production, BP Chemicals
Naperville, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Feasibility of Producing Lost Foam Castings in Aluminum and Magnesium Based Alloys, American Foundry Society
Schaumburg, IL
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Increasing Productivity and Reducing Control of Die Casting Lubricants, North American Die Casting Association
Rosemont, IL
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Investigation of a Combined GPS and Inertial Measurement Unit Positioning System for Mining Equipment, Caterpillar
Peoria, IL
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Metal-Matrix Composites and Thermal Spray Coatings for Mining Machines, Caterpillar
Peoria, IL
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Oxidation Olefin Reactor, BP Amoco Chemicals
Naperville, IL
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Fouling Minimization, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Petroleum Refining
Status: Complete
Details

Development and Demonstration of Novel Low-NOx Burners for Boilers in the Steel Industry, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Direct Flame Impingement Heating of Steel, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Methane De-NOx® Reburning Process for Wood Waste, Sludge, and Biomass Fired Stoker Boilers, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Combustion
Status: Complete
Details

Electrochemical Dezincing of Steel Scrap, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Metal Dusting Phenomenon, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Oscillating Combustion Valve Technology, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Dimpled Tube Heat Exchangers for the Chemical Industry, Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines; BP
Naperville, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Laboratory Development of a High Capacity Gas Fired Paper Dryer, Boise Cascade Corporation, Eclipse Combustion, GL&V/Black Clawson-Kennedy, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Utilization Of Non-Condensable Gases as “Reburn” Fuel, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Coupled Physical/Chemical Pretreatment and Biofiltration Technologies to Reduce Air Emissions from Forest Products Industries, Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Design and Demonstration of Multiport Cylinder Dryers, Argonne National Laboratory, Eastern Pulp and Paper Corporation, The Johnson Corporation, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD®) Thin Films for Low Friction/Low Wear Applications, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Dynamic Inert Metal Anodes, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Low-Dross Combustion System, Gas Technology Institute
Des Plaines, IL
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Membranes for Corrosive Oxidations, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

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Technical Resources

AMO provides information on upcoming energy efficiency events and trainings, case studies on replicable industrial energy efficiency projects, and contact information for Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC), Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers, and Regional Clean Energy Application Centers.

Case Studies in Illinois

Each year AMO develops new case studies on research, development and demonstration projects; energy assessments; the use of AMO tools and training; and leveraging of AMO partner resources for energy efficiency project implementation. The case studies are developed jointly with AMO's industrial partners. The following is a list of the case studies in Illinois:

Akzo Nobel Morris Plant Implements a Site-Wide Energy Efficiency Plan
Akzo Nobel
Morris, IL

Compressed Air System Redesign Results in Increased Production at a Fuel System Plant (Caterpillar Fuel Systems)
Caterpillar
Pontiac, IL

Jernberg Industries, Inc.: Forging Facility Uses Plant-Wide Energy Assessment to Aid Conversion to Lean Manufacturing
Jernberg
Chicago, IL

Motor Assembly Plant Saves $85,000 with Compressed Air System Improvements (Bodine Electric)
Bodine Electric
Chicago, IL

Optimizing Pump Systems at Coal Slurry Preparation Plant (Peabody Holding Company)
Peabody Holding
Marissa, IL

PWA Summary: $1.2 Million in Savings Identified in Akzo Nobel Assessment
Akzo Nobel
Morris, IL

Reducing Steam Header Pressure Provides Attractive Operating Cost Savings (Nalco Chemical Company)
Nalco Chemical Company
Bedford Park, IL

Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) for Region

There are 26 Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), sponsored by AMO, located at universities across the U.S. IACs provide no-cost energy assessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturers within a 150-mile radius. Additionally, they provide industrial assessment and energy management systems training for the next generation of energy engineers.

Bradley University
Director: Dr. Paul Mehta
Phone: (309) 677-2754
Fax: (309) 677-3453
Email: mehta@bradley.edu
Web Site: http://www.bradley.edu/academics/eng/Mechanical/iac/

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Director: Dr. Jie Chen
Phone: 317-274-5918
Email: jchen3@iupui.edu

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Director: Dr. Chris Yuan
Phone: 414-229-5639
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: cyuan@uwm.edu

Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEPs) in Illinois

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a not-for-profit network of businesses and manufacturing specialists, with almost 60 MEP centers across the nation. Funded by state, local, and private organizations, and in partnership with the IACs, they provide a variety of services to U.S. industry, including process improvements, innovation strategies, and green manufacturing techniques.

Chicago Manufacturing Center
President and CEO: Demetria Giannisis
Phone: (312) 542-0500
Fax: (312) 922-8557
Email: dgiannisis@cmcusa.org
Web Site: http://www.cmcusa.org/

Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center
President: David Boulay
Phone: (309) 677-3766
Fax: (309) 677-3289
Email: dboulay@imec.org
Web Site: http://www.imec.org

Clean Energy Regional Application Centers

Formerly the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Regional Application Centers (RACs), the eight Clean Energy Application Centers across the U.S. promote CHP, waste heat recovery and other clean energy technologies and practices. They provide regional assistance for specific projects, including market assessments, targeted education and outreach, and technical assistance.

Midwest Clean Energy Application Center
Director: John Cuttica
Phone: (312) 996-4382
Email: cuttica@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.midwestcleanenergycenter.org/

State Incentives and Resource Database

This database is a comprehensive collection of incentives and resources for implementing energy-efficiency measures in a commercial or industrial facility. These incentives are often financial and are in place to reward business and residential customers for making strides in energy efficiency. The resources are in the form of analysis tools, education and training programs, and energy audits. The following link will take you to a site that will show you the energy incentives and resources in Illinois.

State Incentive Handbooks
AMO has created handbooks of available resources and incentives for industrial energy efficiency implementation organized by system for each of the 50 states.

• Illinois Incentive Handbook

Resource Fact Sheets
AMO developed 50 resource fact sheets that identify local, regional, state, and utility organizations in each state that can serve as partners working together with manufacturers to advance industrial energy efficiency.

• Illinois Industrial Resource Fact Sheet

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Contacts

DOE Contacts

DOE Headquarters Contact
Sandy Glatt
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: (720) 356-1544
Email: sandy.glatt@go.doe.gov

DOE Project Contact
Jamey Evans
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (720) 356-1536
Email: jamey.evans@go.doe.gov

State Contact(s)

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Energy and Recycling
Byron Lloyd
500 E Monroe
Springfield, Illinois 62701
Phone: (217) 785-0201
Email: Byron.Lloyd@Illinois.gov
Web Site: http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Energy_Recycling/

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About Illinois Industry

Illinois At a Glance

State Information (1)
2010 Population (Million)	12.8
2010 GDP (Billion)	$581.3
GDP Rank	5

Energy Statistics (2)
Total Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	3,815.1
Total Industrial Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	1,108.0
Total Industrial Energy Consumption Rank	6
Total Industrial GDP 2009 (Thousand)	$107,405,000.0
Industrial Energy Intensity (Btu/GDP)	10,316.0
Industrial Energy Intensity Rank	30
Total Industrial Electricity Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)*	439.6
Total Industrial Electricity Use Rank	7
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)	238.2
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use Rank	8
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* Total industrial electricity use reflects industrial retail electricity sales and electrical system energy losses.

Total Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics in Illinois

Top Industries in Illinois

Note: The data included in this table is from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Manufactures, except for years that end in "2" or "7", when data from its more comprehensive Economic Census is reported.

Additional Resources

List of Fortune 500 Companies in IL:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/states/IL.html

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's Policy Database for Illinois:
http://www.aceee.org/sector/state-policy/illinois