A Synergistic Combination of Advanced Separation and Chemical Scale Inhibitor Technologies for Efficient Use of Impaired Water as Cooling Water in Coal-Based Power Plants
The overall objective of the proposed work is to develop advanced scale control technologies that will enable coal-based power plants to minimize fresh water use by using impaired water in recirculating cooling water systems at high cycles of concentrations and minimal volumes of blowdown. The overall approach is to use synergistic combinations of physical and chemical technologie... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42721 | Project State: IL |
Advanced Coal Conversion Process Demonstration Project
UPGRADE LOW-RANK COAL
The project will demonstrate the application of an advanced thermal coal conversion process coupled with physical coal cleaning to upgrade high-moisture, low-Btu western coals to produce a high-quality, low-sulfur fuel.
The technology enhances low-rank western coals with a moisture content of 25-40%, a sulfur content of 0.5-1.5%, and a heating value ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC22-90PC89664 | Project State: MT |
Advanced In-Furnace NOx Control for Wall and Cyclone-Fired Boilers
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), in collaboration with American Air Liquide, proposes to develop and demonstrate an advanced NOx control technology with an ultra low NOx emissions target of 0.10 lb/million Btu for high-volatile eastern bituminous coal combustion. The proposed work is relevant to the Area of Interest 1: Advanced Combustion Concepts as outlined under Program Area... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-05NT42301 | Project State: OH |
Advanced Mercury Sorbents With Low Impact on Power Plant Operations
Apogee Scientific, Inc. (Apogee) and its team are submitting this proposal to evaluate advanced sorbents for removing mercury from coal-fired flue gas with minimal impact on plant operations. This will be achieved by using sorbent materials that do not impact fly ash reuse and sorbents that have less impact on the operation of existing particulate controls. The proposed sorbent t... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-07NT42782 | Project State: CO |
Advanced Wall-Fired Combustion Techniques for the Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide Project
To demonstrate the reduction of nitrogen oxides from a pulverized-coal wall-fired 500-MWe boiler by the use of several advanced combustion control techniques, including Advanced Overfire Air (AOFA), Low-NOx Burners (LNB), and combined AOFA and LNB. The work has been extended to also demonstrate the use of an artificial intelligence-based plant optimization system called Generic NO... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC22-90PC89651 | Project State: AL |
An Innovative System for the Efficient and Effective Treatment of Non-Traditional Waters for Reuse in Thermoelectric Power Generation
The objective of the proposed research is to evaluate specifically designed pilot-scale constructed wetland treatment systems for treatment of targeted constituents in non-traditional waters for reuse in thermoelectric power generation. ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FG26-05NT42535 | Project State: SC |
Application of Pulsed Electrical Fields for Advanced Cooling and Water Recovery
The overall objective of the proposed work is to develop technologies to reduce freshwater consumption in a cooling tower of coal-based power plant so that one can significantly reduce the need of make-up water. The specific goal is to develop a scale prevention technology based an integrated system of physical water treatment (PWT) and a novel filtration method so that one can si... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42724 | Project State: PA |
Architectural and Engineering Design Services for Contaminated Mine Drainage Remediation at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (BISO)
The objectives of this effort, performed Interagency Agreement 1443IA509097001 with the NPS, are to support NEPA compliance of the proposed engineering plans, bid specification packages, and monitor remediation efforts at selected sites at the NPS's Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee-Kentucky.
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| Project ID: DE-AT26-00NT41031 | Project State: TN |
Architectural and Engineering Design Services for Contaminated Mine Drainage Remediation at Selected Sites
The objectives of this effort, performed under Task 1 of Interagency Agreement 1443IA509097001 with the NPS, are to develop engineering plans, bid specification packages, and monitor remediation efforts at selected sites at the NPS's Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee-Kentucky. NETL is to provide technical assistance, project management, contracting assis... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AM26-99FT40527 | Project State: TN |
Assessment Of Low Cost Novel Sorbents For Coal Fired Powerplant Mercury Control
The overall objective of this proposed program is to evaluate novel sorbents on slip streams of flue gas to determine the viability of these proming, lower cost alternatives to activated carbon. The primary tasks to meet the objectives are:
1) Characterize and compare the performance of 6-12 novel sorbents in field slipstream sorbent bed test at two utilities.
2) Evaluate ef... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41180 | Project State: CO |
Big Bend Power Station, Neural Network-Sootblower Optimization
Install and operate a neural network-sootblower that is optimized to accomplish the following:
1. Reduce nox by 30% through more stable control of furnace exit temperatures
2. Improve heat rate by 25 through improved localized temperature consistency
3. Reduce particulate matter through reduced excess carbon ,coordination of sootblowing
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| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41425 | Project State: FL |
CO2 Capture with NO2/SO2 Removal from Flue Gas Using Solid Molecular Basket Sorbents
The objective of this project is to develop a new generation of solid and regenerable polymeric "molecular basket" sorbent (MBS) for more efficient capture and separation of CO2 the from the flue gas of coal-fired power plants. The CO2 capture and separation using the MBS will produce a concentrated CO2 stream that can be applied for CO2 sequestration and CO2 utilization. The spe... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FE0000458 | Project State: PA |
CO2 Compression Using Super Sonic Shock Wave Technology
The project internal objective is to design and develop unique stationary power plant compressor products (air and carbon dioxide) based upon aerospace shock wave compression theory.
In Phase I the project will continue R&D necessary to show the feasibility of commercial compressor products based upon Ramgen's unique shock wave compression concepts that claim higher efficiency, ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42651 | Project State: WA |
Characterization of Coal Utilization By-Products From Mercury Control Field Testing
The objective of the project is to determine the ultimate fate of mercury and other elements associated with coal by-product materials. These materials include fly ash, flue gas desulfurization solids and flue gas desulfurization liquors. In order to determine if these elements will be released from the by-products the contractor will conduct five tests on the materials: total m... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AC26-05NT42110 | Project State: WA |
Characterization of Oxy-Combustion Impacts in Existing Coal-Fired Boilers
The primary objective of this program is to develop data and tools to characterize and predict impacts of CO2 flue gas recycle and burner feed design on flame characteristics (char burnout, NOx, SOx and fine particle emissions, heat transfer), fouling, slagging and corrosion, inherent in the retrofit of existing coal-fired boilers for oxy-coal combustion.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005288 | Project State: UT |
Clean Coal Diesel Demonstration Project
The objective of the descoped project remains the same, that is, to demonstrate advanced Clean Coal Diesel technology based on the FME heavy-duty diesel engine using coal water slurry.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-94MC31260 | Project State: MA |
Clean Coal Program Environmental Support to NETL
To provide environmental support for NETL Clean Coal projects.
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| Project ID: FEAZ277/FEAK277 | Project State: TN |
Clean Power from Integrated Coal/Ore Reduction (CPICOR) Project
Integration of a direct iron making process with an air separation unit for a secure oxygen supply and with a blast furnace gas fired boiler for power generation. HIsmelt is a novel iron-making technology which eliminates the need for coke production. HIsmelt is a one stage high temperature smelter which co-mixes raw ore and raw coal to produce liquid iron in one stage. Excess re... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-97MC31271 | Project State: UT |
Coal Direct Chemical Looping Retrofit to Pulverized Coal Power Plants for In-Situ CO2 Capture
This project will investigate a Coal Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL) system to effectively capture CO2 from existing PC power plants by further advancing the novel CDCL technology to sub-pilot scale (25 kWt). The objectives of the project include: 1. to further improve the oxygen carrying capacity as well as the sulfur/ash tolerance of the current (working) particle; 2. to demonstr... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005289 | Project State: OH |
Combustion Initiative for Innovative Cost-Effective NOx Reduction
To demonstrate an advanced, computer-controlled, low-NOx system for a cyclone-fired boiler, a type of coal-fired boiler that is prone to high nitrogen oxide emissions. Low NOx burners, overfire air, urea injection, and advanced computer controls will be employed at the Edgewater Generating Station in Sheboygan, WI.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41419 | Project State: IA |
Commercial Demonstration of the Manufactured Aggregate Processing Technology Utilizing Spray Dryer Ash
Universal Aggregates, LLC will design, construct and operate a lightweight aggregate manufacturing plant at the Birchwood Power Facility in King George, Virginia. The Birchwood facility will transform 115,000 tons per year of spray dryer by-products that are currently being disposed of in an off-site landfill into 150,000 tons of a useful product, lightweight aggregates that can b... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-03NT41421 | Project State: PA |
Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH) Process Project
The objective of this project is to demonstrate, on a commercial scale (nominal 80,000 gallons/day), the production of methanol and, if practical, the coproduction of methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) from coal-derived synthesis gas as an alternative fuel for boiler, turbine, and transportation applications and as a chemical feedstock.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC22-93PC90543 | Project State: PA |
Demonstration of Mer-Cure? Technology for Enhanced Mercury Control
This project will demonstrate ALSTOM-PPL's Mer-Cure? technology - a novel, sorbent-based mercury control technology in coal-fired boilers. The program objective is (i) to demonstrate at a full scale greater than 90% mercury capture based on baseline mercury level (ii) at a cost less than 50% of the $60,000/lb of mercury removed.
The proposed full-scale demonstration program is ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-07NT42776 | Project State: CT |
Determination of the Speciated Mercury Inventory at Four Coal-Fired Boilers Using Continuous Mercury Monitors
Four boilers at three different plants will be sampled to provide information to Edison Mission Energy regarding their mercury inventory data and determine the mercury variability at the different plants. Simultaneously, the ability of the continuous mercury monitors (CMM) to provide this type of data will be evaluated. ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-98FT40321-39 | Project State: ND |
Developing Chemical Additives for CO2 Capture Cost Reduction
Develop chemical additives that will reduce the cost of post-combustion capture of CO2 in solvent-based systems... Read more >
| Project ID: FWP-ED33EE | Project State: CA |
Development of Hybrid Advanced NOx Control for Detroit Edison River Rouge 3
To demonstrate a hybrid FLGR/SNCR/SCR process as a lower cost alternative to SCR to achieve 0.15 lb/MMBtu emission level for NOx.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41427 | Project State: MA |
Enhanced Combustion Low NOx Pulverized Coal Burner
The overall objective of the proposed work is to develop an enhanced combustion, low NOx pulverized coal burner which, when integrated with ALSTOM's state-of-the-art, globally air staged low NOx firing systems will provide a means to achieve less than 0.15 lb/MMBtu at less than ¾ the cost of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with low to no impact on balance of plant issues when f... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-04NT42300 | Project State: CT |
Enhanced Performance Carbon Foam Heat Exchanger for Power Plant Cooling
The program has four technical objectives:
1. Design an air-cooled steam condenser heat exchanger configuration, based upon structurally enhanced high thermal conductivity carbon foam, which maximizes heat transfer to air with a low pressure drop.
2. Develop the manufacturing technologies to support the fabrication of an air-cooled steam condenser from structurally enhanced high... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FG02-03ER83627 | Project State: MD |
Evaluation of Aerosol Emissions Downstream of an Ammonia-Based SO2 Scrubber
The overall goal is to determine whether a wet ESP will effectively control aerosol/fine particulates from an ammonia-based scrubber.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01FT40321-35 | Project State: ND |
Fate of Mercury in Synthetic Gypsum Used for Wallboard Production
Determine what happens to the mercury in byproduct gypsum produced via flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems at coal-fired power plants when that gypsum is used to produce wallboard in commercial manufacturing facilities, including the susceptibility of mercury to leaching into groundwater when the wallboard is placed into landfills at the end of its life cycle.
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| Project ID: DE-FC26-04NT42080 | Project State: IL |
Feasibility of Hydrothermal Dewatering for the Potential to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Upgrade Low-Rank Coals
This is a proposal to use the hot-water-drying (HWD) process (hydrothermal dewatering) on lignite and subbituminous coals to upgrade the coal rank and reduce CO2 emissions. The EERC will perform a mass and energy balance on the process, an economic evaluation, and a sensitivity analysis. The primary deliverable for this project is a technical summary report outlining the feasibil... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-08NT43291-04.1 | Project State: ND |
Flue Gas Purification Utilizing SOx/NOx Reactions During Compression of CO2 Derived from Oxyfuel Combustion
This proposed Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. project was selected for negotiation from the "Carbon Dioxide Capture And Separation Technology Development For Application To Existing Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plants Funding Opportunity Announcement", Funding Opportunity Number: DE-PS26-08NT00134. It is proposed that in this project, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will demonstr... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005309 | Project State: PA |
Full-Scale Field Trial of the Low Temperature Mercury Capture Process
The overall objective of the project is to determine the performance, operability, and economics of a low-cost method for >90% mercury control on a full-scale boiler. The process concept is to collect mercury on the native unburned carbon in the fly ash, which is removed in the plant's existing ESP. The fly ash is activated for removal by reducing the flue gas temperatures to abo... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42777 | Project State: PA |
Full-Scale Testing of a Mercury Oxidation Catalyst Upstream of a Wet FGD System
The objectives of the project are to test at full scale the use of solid, heterogenous catalysts downstream of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to promote the oxidation of elemental mercury (Hg0) in coal flue gas, and to demonstrate that catalytically oxidized mercury is removed by a downstream wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) absorber and ends up in the FGD byproducts. The te... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42778 | Project State: TX |
Greenidge Multi-Pollutant Control Project
CONSOL Energy Inc., South Park, PA, plans to demonstrate a multi-pollutant control system to reduce NOX, sulfur dioxide (SO2), mercury, acidic gases, and fine particles from smaller coal plants for less money than it costs to control NOx and SO2 separately. Among the innovations CONSOL plans to install at the AES Greenidge Power Plant near Dresden, NY, is a hybrid catalytic (SCR) ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT41426 | Project State: PA |
Improved Performance of an Air Cooled Condenser (ACC) Using SPX Wind Guide Technology at Coal-Fired Thermoelectric Power Plants
This project is aimed at reducing the efficiency variation of ACC cooling in common wind conditions, defined as 10-30 mph at the power plant site. SPX Cooling is developing physical enhancements to the base ACC unit to improve fan airflow in these windy conditions. Application of the Wind Guide Technology to an existing ACC is simply a method of enhancing air entry to the ACC red... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0006549 | Project State: KS |
Internet-Based, GIS Catalog of Non-Traditional Sources of Cooling Water for Use at America's Coal-Fired Power Plants
The objective of this project is to reduce/minimize high quality freshwater withdrawal and consumption by creating an internet-based, GIS catalog of non-traditional sources of cooling water for coal-fired power plants. The project will develop data to allow the economic beneficial use of oil and gas produced water, abandoned coal mine water, industrial waste water, and low quality... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005957 | Project State: OK |
JEA Large-Scale CFB Combustor Demonstration Project
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
- Demonstrate ACFB @ 297.5-MWe gross (265-MWe net)
- Verify economic, environmental, and technical performance
- Provide data necessary for evaluating a large-scale ACFB
- SO2 reduced by 98%
- NOx reduced by 60%
The project would demonstrate Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation's Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Combustor... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-91MC27403 | Project State: FL |
Kentucky Pioneer IGCC Project
An Integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) using British Gas/Lurgi slagging fixed-bed gasification system coupled with Fuel Cell Engineering's molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). Coal fines are formed into briquettes and fed to the gasifier along with screened coal. The coal and briquettes are gasified in an oxygen-blown, pressurized, slagging, fixed-bed gasifier. The raw p... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-95MC31262 | Project State: OH |
Large-Scale Testing of Enhanced Mercury Removal for Subbituminous Coals
The objective of the project is to resolve mercury control issues facing the use of subbituminous, or Powder River Basin (PRB), coals. The project will focus on demonstrating effective mercury control technology options for power plants firing subbituminous coals equipped with electrostatic precipitators, spray dryer absorbers (with a fabric filter), and wet scrubbers. Technologi... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-98FT40321-88 | Project State: ND |
Lignite Fuel Enhancement
Great River Energy (Elk River, Minnesota) will team with Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, California), Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Barr Engineering (Minneapolis, Minnesota), and Falkirk Mining Company (Underwood, North Dakota), to enhance the fuel value of lignite by using the waste heat of a power plant to dry nearly a quarter of the moisture in the l... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-04NT41763 | Project State: MN |
Lignite Gasification Technologies Summary Report
The Lignite Vision 21 program views lignite coal as a valuable resource for future gasification technologies. Lignite Vision 21, in the interest of building on research already accomplished, is interested in developing a compilation of gasification technologies; especially those technologies pertaining to the gasification of lignite coal. The proposed task will consist of three ma... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-05NT42465-6.2.8 | Project State: ND |
McIntosh Unit 4A Demonstration Project
Demonstrate Foster Wheeler's first generation (also called "non-topped") Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed technology coupled with Siemens Westinghouse's hot gas filter and power generation technologies. Demonstrate that these combined technologies represent a cost-effective, high-efficiency, low-emissions way to add generating capacity at greenfield sites or in repowering ap... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-91MC27364 | Project State: FL |
McIntosh Unit 4B Demonstration Project
Demonstrate Foster Wheeler's Advanced (also called "topped" or "second generation") Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed technology including a carbonizer to produce syngas) coupled with Siemens Westinghouse's hot gas filter, multi-annular swirl burner and power generation technologies. Demonstrate that these combined technologies represent a cost-effective, high-efficiency, low-... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-94MC31261 | Project State: FL |
Mercury Measurements Using Mercury Continuous Emission Monitors to Evaluate the Effect of Combustion Modification on Mercury Speciation
Mercury emissions and speciation will be measured by continuous monitors at two operating power plants, both before and after electrostatic precipitators. The objective is to evaluate the effect of currently unspecified combustion modifications, currently being modeled at Lehigh University.
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| Project ID: DE-FC26-98FT40321-068 | Project State: ND |
Multi-Pollutant Emission Control: Pilot Plant Study of Technologies for Reducing Hg, SO3, NOx,
In this proposal, CONSOL and the contract team propose to construct a pilot plant facility operating on a flue gas slip stream from a coal-fired utility boiler to investigate Hg control technologies. The pilot plant will consist of an air preheater, ESP, and an alkaline sorbent injection system for SO3 control. The technology is two-fold. Alkaline sorbent is injected prior to th... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41181 | Project State: PA |
Near Zero Emissions Oxy-Combustion Flue Gas Purification
The overall objective of the project is to reduce the cost of CO2 capture and achieve >95% CO2 recovery with oxy-combustion in existing PC (pulverized coal) power plants by integrating a unique combination of existing chemical processing technologies for contaminant removal (NOx, SOx, Hg) with Praxair's advanced CO2 compression and purification concept. Specific objectives are to c... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-08NT0005341 | Project State: NY |
New Hybrid Organic Inorganic Membranes for the Separation of Impurities from Syn-Gas
To develop hybrid organic-inorganic membranes that will be used to separate impurities, such as sulfur, acidic gases and methane, from synthesis gas before it is used to make liquid fuels. This is necessary not only to result in ultra clean fuels, but also to prevent catalyst poisoning and waste of starting materials (methane). Hybrid organic-inorganic materials are easy to proce... Read more >
| Project ID: FEW33868 | Project State: NM |
On-Site Production of Mercury Sorbent With Low Concrete Impact
Because of the high costs of ACI, Praxair started feasibility studies on an alternative process to reduce the cost of mercury capture. The proposed process is composed of three steps. First, a hot oxidant mixture is created by using a proprietary Praxair burner. Next, the hot oxidant is allowed to react with pulverized coal and additives. The resulting sorbent product is separa... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42783 | Project State: NY |
Optimization of Cooling Water Resources for Power Generation
Adequate supplies of quality water are critical to the existing and future power generation needs of the nation. Power generation entities now face significant and numerous societal, political, technical, and legal challenges in addressing these water needs. The development of a decission support system (DSS) would be a useful tool for power generation utilites to comprehensively... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-08NT43291-05.1 | Project State: ND |
Oxidation of Mercury in Products of Coal Combustion
The objectives are: (1) to evaluate the performance of a wide range of candidate catalyst types over a wide range of temperatures, with respect to mercury oxidation, NOx reduction (in the case of catalysts that promote mercury oxidation in the appropriate temperature range), and SO3 formation and (2) to provide fundamental chemical kinetic data, for the most promising catalyst type... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FG26-04NT42195 | Project State: AL |
Oxyfuel Firing System Development for Tangentially Fired Boilers
Alstom will perform a focused R&D program to develop an oxyfuel firing system design specifically for retrofit to T-fired boilers and to provide information to address the technical gaps for commercial boiler design. Several oxyfuel system design ideas will be evaluated, including internal flue gas recirculation (FGR) and various oxygen injection schemes, for cost-effectiveness in... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005290 | Project State: CT |
Pilot and Full-Scale Demonstration of Advanced Mercury Control Technologies for Lignite-Fired Power Plants
The overall objective is to develop advanced innovative mercury control technologies to reduce mercury emissions from North Dakota lignite-fired power plants by 50% to 90% at costs of 1/2 to 3/4 of current estimated costs. The specific objectives are focused on determining the feasibility of the following technologies: Hg oxidation for increased Hg capture in wet and dry scrubber... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-03NT41897 | Project State: ND |
Pilot-scale Demonstration of Advanced Layered Technology Approach (ALTA) for NOx Control in Coal-Fired Utility Boilers
Reaction Engineering International (REI) proposes a pilot-scale testing program, supported by advanced combustion modeling, to develop and verify the performance of a fundamentally different approach to combustion modifications for NOx control. This technology involves the synergistic layering of a new direction in low NOx burner design with lower furnace reagent injection. Recent ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-05NT42299 | Project State: UT |
Polk Power Station Improvements
Demonstrate a means for accurately determining the lining thickness over the gasifer lining using a laser based technology.
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| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41424 | Project State: FL |
Power Plant Flue Gas Cleaning/Pollution Elimination Project
The overall objectives of this project are to research and develop technologies which will result in the reduction/elimination of pollutants associated with fossil fuels, including: Sulfur oxides, Nitrogen oxides, Carbon oxides and mercury.
... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42815 | Project State: FL |
Tampa Electric Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Project
Demonstrate a 250-MWe pressurized oxygen-blown, entrained-flow coal gasifier to power a combustion and steam turbine to produce electricity.
Project Team
Texaco Development Corporation - technology supplier
GE corporation technology supplier
GE Environmental Services Inc - technology supplier (GE sold this division)
TECO Power Services Division - Project manager
Bechtel Pow... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC21-91MC27363 | Project State: FL |
Technological Synergies for Recovery of Organic Pollutants from a Coal Seam in Garrison, ND - Phase II: System Operation and Performance Monitoring
This Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) proposal is provided as a continuation effort of the EERC system implementation initiated and completed under Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC26-98FT40321. The primary project objective is to operate and monitor advanced recovery systems designed I ) to reduce contaminant concentration levels in soils and groundwater to acceptable r... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-XXXX-08NT43291-05.5 | Project State: ND |
Technology to Facilitate the Use of Impaired Waters in Cooling Towers
The objective is to develop a new ligand-functionalized core material (LFCM) for the removal of silica from impaired water and couple this technology to electodialysis reversal (EDR) for the 50% reduction of fresh water withdrawal at less than $3.90 kgal of water. The project is divided into three phases with milestones and go/no-go decision points. The objectives of each phase of ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005961 | Project State: NY |
Transport Membrane Condenser (TMC) for Water and Energy Recovery from Power Plant Flue Gas
The objective of this project is to develop a membrane separation technology to recover water vapor from power plant flue gas based on GTI's patented Transport Membrane Condenser (TMC) technique. A small part of the recovered water vapor will be directly added to the boiler feed water loop to replace expensive fresh makeup water and at the same time improve power plant energy effic... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005350 | Project State: IL |
Use of Coal Drying to Reduce Water Consumed in Pulverized Coal Power Plants
This project will determine the feasibility of using low grade power plant waste heat to dry lignite and subbituminous coals before they are burned in utility boilers. In this approach, the heat source for drying is the hot circulating water leaving the condenser.
... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-03NT41729 | Project State: PA |
Utilization of Partially Gasified Coal for Mercury Removal
In this study GE EER proposes to develop a new mercury control technology in which sorbent for mercury removal is produced from coal in a gasification process in-situ at coal burning plant. The main objective of this project is to obtained technical information necessary for moving the technology from pilot-scale testing to a full-scale demonstration. A goal of the program is to ac... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-07NT42781 | Project State: CA |
Wetland Water Cooling Partnership: The Use of Restored Wetlands to Enhance Thermoelectric Power Plant Cooling and Mitigate the Demand of Surface Water Use
This is a phased approach to building wetlands as a cooling mechanism for power plant water. In Phase I, the participant will model wetland cooling predictions, prepare topical reports on the use of wetlands for powerplant cooling and design a pilot scale wetland. This phase is followed by a DOE decision point to continue the project. In Phase II, the participant will create a p... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0006644 | Project State: WI |
