Our customers share a common demand on the products brought to market by the businesses of United Technologies: to efficiently produce, distribute and manage energy.
The scientists, engineers, researchers and technicians of UTRC are developing solutions and real-world applications to address today's energy demands and currently are keenly focused on options for renewable energy.
2008 Energy portfolio includes:- Extending and expanding current field trails of geothermal power plant operations - so that our current and future generations have viable alternatives to fossil-fuel dependence.
- Developing greater heat transfer efficiency across a number of products produced by the business of United Technologies, improving products from air conditioners to jet engines.
- Achieving component demonstration of logistic fueled power dense Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) - so that the promise of fuel cell power generation becomes reality at a power station near you.
- Advancing filter/filtration technology to improve indoor air quality, because fresh air is a wonderful thing - indoors as well as outside.
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