PROCEEDINGS - 2021 UCFER Annual Technical Review Meeting (Virtual)

October 5, 2021

Welcome Remarks and Administrative Update
Dr. Brian Anderson, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Omer Bakshi, DOE Project Officer, University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research

State of the Coalition
Bruce Miller, Director, University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research

Coal Beneficiation

Porous Silicon/Lignite-Derived Graphene Composite Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries (04-UND-P2-15: Coal Beneficiation)
Xiaodong Hou, University of North Dakota

Developing a Novel Ultrafine Coal Dewatering Process (04-VaT-P1-32: Coal Beneficiation)
Rui Qiao, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Carbon Capture

Selective Porous Polymer Networks Supported on Hollow Fiber Superstructures for Direct Air Capture of CO2 (05-TAMU-S1-33: Carbon Capture)
Hong-Cai Zhou, Texas A&M University

Development and Optimization of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Sorbents for Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 (05-VaT-S1-18: Carbon Capture)
Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech University

Core Shell Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Direct Air Capture (05-UPitt-S1-22: Carbon Capture)
Katherine Hornbostel, The University of Pittsburgh

Crosslinked MicrosphericalAdsorbents from Lignite-derived Humic Acid for CO2 Capture (06-UND-Z1-13: Carbon Capture)
Xiaodong Hou, University of North Dakota

Development of Novel Process Intensification Device, Acoustic Driven Packing Material (06-Uky-Z1-05: Carbon Capture)
Bradley Irvin, University of Kentucky Research Foundation

A Novel Reactive Separation Method for Carbon Dioxide Capture From Flue Gas (06-USC-Z1-10: Carbon Capture)
Theodore Tsotsis, U. Southern California

Use of a Novel Process for Revolutionizing CO2 Capture (06-Uwy-Z1-35: Carbon Capture)
Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming

Carbon Storage

Upscaling Experimental Measurements to the Field Scale Using a MachineLearning-Based, Scale-Bridging Data Assimilation Approach (04-VaT-O1-09: Carbon Storage)
Cheng Chen, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

October 6, 2021

Opening Remarks and Administrative Update
Dr. Sean Plasynski, Deputy Director & Chief Technology Officer, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Omer Bakshi, DOE Project Officer, University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research

Crosscutting Research

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Steam Cycle Components Using Location Specific Design Enhanced by High-Throughput Experiments and Machine Learning (06-UPitt-W2-19: Crosscutting Research-AUSC)
Wei Xiong, University of Pittsburgh

Computer Vision and Machine Learning Making The Processing-Microstructure Property Connection In Heat Resistant Alloys (04-CMU-Q1-20: Crosscutting Research
Nan Gao, Carnegie Mellon University

Adaptive Depth Neural Networks for Scale-Bridging Modeling of Multiphase Reacting Flows (06-PrU-W1-01: Crosscutting Research)
Giuseppe D'Alessio, Princeton University

Advanced Coal Processing

An Economically Viable Technology for Production of Coal-derived Aerogel Insulation Envelope (06-UKy-Y1-28: Advanced Coal Processing)
Hanjing Tian, University of Kentucky

Fuel Cell Technologies

Development of a Novel Supersonic Hybrid Non-EquilibriumPlasma Reactor for Efficient and Tunable Co-Production of Hydrogen and Value-Added Solid Carbons (04-PrU-R1-10: Fuel Cell Technologies)
Andrey Starikovsky, Princeton University

Metal-free Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Carbon by Carbon Allotrope Seeds (04-PSU-R2-02: Fuel Cell Technologies)
Muhammad Salim, Pennsylvania State University

Gasification Systems and Coal & Coal-Biomass to Liquids (CCBTL)

A Novel Modular Coal-to-Methanol Reactor Using Electroactive Membranes (05-UPitt-T1-11: Gasification Systems & CCBTL)
James R. McKone, The University of Pittsburgh

Design of Bifunctional Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts with Improved Heat Conductivity for Modular Small-Scale Reactor Applications (05-UUt-T1-19: Gasification Systems & CCBTL)
Michael Nigra, University of Utah