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Mapped AMO State Activities

The following map provides a visual representation of AMO activities in Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania.

Large Plant Assessments (ESAs)
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Medium / Small Plant Assessments (IACs)
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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.

• Pennsylvania Project Award Fact Sheet

R&D Projects and Successes

- Denotes Projects on map above

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 Pennsylvania's active and complete partner projects:

Project Successes
Catalytic Hydrogenation Retrofit Reactor, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Hydrogen Selective Inorganic Membrane, Media and Process Technology, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Fracture Toughness and Strength in a New Class of Bainitic Chromium-Tungsten Steels, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Isothermal Melting Process, Apogee Technology, Inc.
Verona, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion for Recycled Aluminum, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, PA
Industry: Combustion
Status: Complete
Details

Pressure Swing Adsorption for Hydrocarbon and Nitrogen Recovery, Air Products and Chemicals
Allentown, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Process Optimization Strategies, Models, and Chemical Databases for On-Line Coating of Float Glass, PPG Industries
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Solid State Sensors for Monitoring Hydrogen, Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Performance Data to Increase Reuse of Foundry Byproducts, Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Magnetic Gate System for Molten Metal Flow Control, Concept Engineering Group, Inc.
Verona, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Microstructure Engineering in Hot Strip Mills, INTEG Process Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

R&D Projects
Membrane Purification Cell for Aluminum Recycling
Pittsburg, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Active
Details

Energy-Efficient Melting and Direct Delivery of High Quality Molten Aluminum, Apogee Technology, Inc.
Verona, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Active
Details

Erosion-Resistant Nanocoatings for Improved Energy Efficiency in Gas Turbines, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Infrared Absorbing Nanoparticles for Reducing Cure Temperatures In Industrial Coatings, PPG Industries
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Nanomanufacturing
Status: Active
Details

Inorganic Membranes for Refinery Gas Separations, Media and Process Technology
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Millisecond Oxidation of Alkanes, Rohm and Haas Company
Spring House, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

New Sustainable Chemistries for Low-VOC Coatings, Rohm and Haas Company
Spring House, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Potlining Additives, EMEC Consultants
Export, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Prevention of Molten Aluminum-Water Explosions, Alcoa, Incorporated
Alcoa Center, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Physical and Numerical Analysis of Extrusion Process for Production of Bimetal Tubes, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Reduction of Annealing Times for Energy Conservation in Aluminum Processing, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

State-of-the-Art Glass Research Facility Designed to Develop Technology For Improved Melting Process Efficiency, PPG Industries, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Corrosion Testing Practices-High Alloy Corrosion Program, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Heat Treatment Procedure Qualification For Steel Casting, Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Improving the Efficiency of Electric Arc Furnace in the United States, D. L. Schroeder & Associates
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Macro-Inclusions Atlas, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Non-Incineration Treatment to Reduce Benzene and VOC Emissions, Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Thin Section Steel Casting, Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Breakthrough Energy Savings with Waterjet Technology for the Mining Industry, CQ, Inc.
Homer City, PA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Coal-Fired Air Turbine (CAT) Cycle Plant, Richard W. Foster-Pegg, P.E.
West Chester, PA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Effective Conveyor Belt Inspection for Improving Mining Productivity, Carnegie Melon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Reducing Energy Consumption for Water Pumping at Limestone Quarries, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Wireless Mine-Wide Telecommunications Technology, Transtek, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Clean Steels: Advancing the State of the Art, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Dephosphorization When Using Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) or Hot Briquetted Iron, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Development of the Automated Steel Cleanliness Analysis Tool (ASCAT), RJ Lee Group, Inc.
Monroeville, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Affinity Ceramic Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Separation, Media and Process Technology, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Brick Kiln Design Using Low Thermal Mass Technology, Swindell Dressler
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Other
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Stronger and More Reliable Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels (H-SERIES) Based on Scientific Design Methodology, Duraloy Technologies, Inc.
Scottdale, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

SpyroCor™ Radiant Tube Heater Inserts, Spinworks, LLC
Erie, PA
Industry: Combustion
Status: Complete
Details

Vanadium Carbide Coating Process, Metlab-Potero
Wyndmoor, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Advanced Anodes and Cathodes Utilized in Energy-efficient Aluminum Production Cells, Alcoa Incorporated
Alcoa Center, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials for Efficient Waste Heat Recovery in Process Industries, PPG Industries, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Alloy Surface Behavior, Lehigh University
Lehigh, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Elimination or Minimization of Oscillation Marks - A Path to Improved Cast Surface Quality, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Enrichment of By-Product Materials from Steel Pickling Acid Regeneration Plants, Bailey-PVS Oxides, LLC
Canonsburg, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Formability Characterization of a New Generation of High Strength Steels, American Iron and Steel Institute, Technology Roadmap Program Office
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Future Steelmaking Processes, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Hydrogen and Nitrogen Control in Ladle and Casting Operations, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

New Ultra-low Carbon High-strength Steels with Improved Bake Hardenability for Enhanced Stretched Formability and Dent Resistance, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Optimization of Post Combustion in Steelmaking, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Strip Casting: Anticipating New Routes to Steel Sheet, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Temperature Measurement of Galvanneal Steel, American Iron and Steel Institute, Technology Roadmap Program Office
Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Fundamental Study of Black Liquor Gasification Kinetics Using a Pressurized Entrained-Flow Reactor, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, PA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

High-density Infraref (HDI) Transient Fused Coatings for Improved Wear and Corrosion Resistance, Materials Resources, Inc.
Lansdale, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

High-Efficiency, High-Capacity, Low-NOx Aluminum Melting Using Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Aluminum Carbothermic Technology Advanced Reactor Process (ACT-ARP), Alcoa Incorporated
Alcoa Center, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Spray Rolling Aluminum Strip, Alcoa, Incorporated
Alcoa Center, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Wettable Ceramic-based Drained Cathode Technology, Alcoa, Incorporated
Alcoa Center, PA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Chemicals for Brightness Stabilization of High Yield Bleaching Paper, Mineral Technologies, Inc.
Bethlehem, PA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Development and Implementation of Advanced Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Systems through Laser Surface Alloying and Materials Simulation, Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Functionally Graded Materials for Manufacturing Tools and Dies and Industrial Processing Equipment, Carpenter Powder Products, Inc.
Bridgeville, PA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Effect of Impurities on the Processing of Aluminum Alloys, Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Industry: Aluminum
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 Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania:

Compressed Air System Project Improves Production at a Candy-Making Facility (H.B. Reese)
H.B. Reese
Hershey, PA

Compressed Air System Upgrade Generates Significant Energy Savings at a Steel Mill (U.S. Steel Group)
U. S. Steel
Braddock, PA

Compressed Air System Upgrade Improves Production at a Steel Mill (U.S. Steel Group)
U. S. Steel
Braddock, PA

Energy Team Pursues a Wide Range of Products to Improve Operations at a Steel Plant (U.S. Steel Group, December 2000)
U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh, PA

Energy Team Pursues a Wide Range of Projects to Improve Operations at a Steel Plant (U.S. Steel Group, April 2000)
U. S. Steel
Braddock, PA

Metlab Plant-Wide Assessment
Metlab
Wyndmoor, PA

Procter & Gamble: Compressed Air System Upgrade Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Paper Mill
Procter & Gamble
Mehoopany, PA

Saint-Gobain Shows the Way on Effectively Preparing for Energy Savings Assessments
Saint-Grobain
Valley Forge, PA

Using Coke Oven Gas in a Blast Oven Saves Over $6 Million Annually at Steel Mill
US Steel
Pittsburgh, PA

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.

Lehigh University
Director: Dr. Alparslan Oztekin
Phone: 610-758-4343
Fax: 610-758-6224
Email: alo2@lehigh.edu
Web Site: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inluiac/

University of Delaware
Director: Dr. Keith Goossen
Phone: (302) 831-0590
Fax: (302) 831-4316
Email: goossen@ece.udel.edu
Web Site: http://www.ece.udel.edu/iac/

West Virginia University
Director: Dr. B. Gopalakrishnan
Phone: (304) 293-9434
Email: bgopalak@mail.wvu.edu
Web Site: http://www2.cemr.wvu.edu/~wwwiac/

Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEPs) in Pennsylvania

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.

Manufacturers Resource Center
Executive Director/CEO: Jack Pfunder
Phone: (610) 758-5599
Email: jack.pfunder@mrcpa.org
Web Site: http://www.mrcpa.org

Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
Contact: Barry Miller
Phone: (215) 464-8550
Email: bmiller@dvirc.org
Web Site: http://www.dvirc.org

Mid-Pennsylvania Manufacturing Extension Partnership
President and CEO: John W. Lloyd
Phone: (717) 843-5054
Email: lloydjw@mantec.org
Web Site: http://www.mantec.org/

Catalyst Connection
President: Petra Mitchell
Phone: (412) 918-4265
Fax: (412) 687-2791
Email: info@catalystconnection.org
Web Site: http://www.catalystconnection.org

Northwest Pennsylvania Resource Center
Executive Director: BJ Lechner
Phone: (814) 456-6299, ext. 114
Fax: Fax: (814) 459-6058
Email: bjlechner@nwirc.org
Web Site: http://www.nwirc.org

Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center
Executive Director: Eric J. Esoda, CPA
Phone: 570-704-0012
Fax: 570-819-8931
Email: eric@nepirc.com
Web Site: http://www.nepirc.com

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.

Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center
Director: James Freihaut
Phone: (814) 863-0083
Email: jfreihaut@engr.psu.edu
Web Site: http://maceac.psu.edu/

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 Pennsylvania.

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.

• Pennsylvania 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.

• Pennsylvania 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)

Office of Energy & Technology Deployment
Richard Illig
Program Specialist
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
PO Box 8772
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
Phone: (717) 772-5834
Fax: (717) 783-2703
Email: rillig@state.pa.us
Web Site: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/energy/6001

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About Pennsylvania Industry

Pennsylvania At a Glance

State Information (1)
2010 Population (Million)	12.7
2010 GDP (Billion)	$505.9
GDP Rank	6

Energy Statistics (2)
Total Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	3,654.1
Total Industrial Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	1,071.8
Total Industrial Energy Consumption Rank	7
Total Industrial GDP 2009 (Thousand)	$93,530,000.0
Industrial Energy Intensity (Btu/GDP)	11,459.0
Industrial Energy Intensity Rank	27
Total Industrial Electricity Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)*	461.3
Total Industrial Electricity Use Rank	5
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)	193.1
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use Rank	10
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* Total industrial electricity use reflects industrial retail electricity sales and electrical system energy losses.

Total Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics in Pennsylvania

Top Industries in Pennsylvania

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 PA
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/states/PA.html

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

Pennsylvania Industrial Energy Resource:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/industrial_energy_resources/10490