Proceedings - Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research Portfolios

Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research Portfolios
April 10 - 12, 2018

PLENARY SESSION

Tuesday

• Opening Remarks
  Sean Plasynski, Acting Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
• NETL's Competencies
  Randy Gentry, Deputy Director & Chief Research Officer, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
• Administration Priorities and Fossil Energy Programs
  Angelos Kokkinos, Director, Office of Advanced Fossil Technology Systems, U.S. Department of Energy

Wednesday

• Utility Panel on Existing Fleet Challenges and Opportunities for Crosscutting Research
  Moderator – Angelos Kokkinos, Director, Office of Advanced Fossil Technology Systems, U.S. Department of Energy
  Participants: Charles Boohaker, Southern Company Services; Landon Johnson, Great River Energy; Shaun Mann, Tri-State G&T

Thursday

• European Perspective of High Temperature Materials Research
  John Oakey, Professor, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

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CROSSCUTTING RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY TRACK A

Computational Materials

• A Guideline for the Assessment of Uniaxial Creep and Creep-Fatigue Data and Models
  Mohammad Shafinul Haque, University of Texas at El Paso
• Development of a Physically-Based Creep Model Incorporating ETA Phase Evolution for Nickel-Base Superalloys
  Ninad Mohale, Michigan Technological University
• ExtremEMat: Accelerated Design and Manufacture of Next-Generation for Extreme Environment Materials
  Jeff Hawk, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• ExtremEMat: Extreme Environment Materials - Computational Modeling and Simulation
  Joel Kress, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ExtremEMat: Extreme Environment Materials - Data Analytics
  Ram Devanathan, PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Simulation-Based Engineering

• The Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES): Overview and Recent Multiscale Accomplishments
  David Miller, Christopher Hanzelman, Zachary Wilson, and Cristiana Lara, NETL
• Event Model Risk Assessment using Linked Diagrams (EMRALD)
  Steven Prescott, Idaho National Laboratory
• Improved Models of Long Term Creep Behavior of High Performance Structural Alloys for Existing and Advanced Technologies Fossil Energy Power Plants
  Abhinav Saboo, QuesTek Innovations LLC

Advanced Ultrasupercritical Materials

• Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Component Testing
  Robert Purgert, Energy Industries of Ohio Inc.
• Microstructure and Properties of Ni-based Components fabricated by Additive Manufacturing
  Sebastien Dryepondt, ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Additive Manufacturing of High Gamma Prime Alloys
  Sebastien Dryepondt, ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Solid State Joining of Creep Enhanced Ferritic Steels and Low Cost Fabrication of ODS Materials
  Glenn Grant, PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

TUESDAY TRACK B

Water Management R&D

• Developing and Validating Pressure Management and Plume Control Strategies in the Williston Basin Through a Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST)
  John Hamling, UND's Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Gulf Coast Field Demonstration at a Flagship Power Plant to Assess Optimal Reservoir Pressure Control
  Plume Management and Produced Water Strategies
  Robert Trautz, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• Advanced Integrated Technologies for Treatment and Reutilization of Impaired Water in Fossil Fuel-Based Power Plant Systems
  Jason Trembly, Ohio University
• An Integrated Supercritical System for Efficient Produced Water Treatment and Power Generation
  Seyed Dastgheib, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Membrane-based water treatment
  Nicholas Siefert, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Novel Concepts, University Coalition, Technology Commercialization

• Real-Time 3-D Volume Imaging and Mass-Gauging of High Temperature Flows and Power System Components in a Fossil Fuel Reactor Using Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography
  Qussai Marashdeh, Tech4Imaging
• Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography for Real-Time Measurement of Solids Circulation Rate at High Temperatures
  Qussai Marashdeh, Tech4Imaging
• University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research
  Bruce Miller and Joel Morrison, Pennsylvania State University
• Additive Manufacturing of New Structures for Heat Exchange
  Joshuah Stolaroff, LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Wireless Sensors, Advanced Sensors & Controls

• Low-Cost Efficient and Durable High Temperature Wireless Sensors by Direct Write Additive Manufacturing for Application in Fossil Energy Systems
  Md. Taibur Rahman, Carnegie Mellon University
• Development of Fiber Optic Sensing for Future Fossil Energy Applications
  Paul Ohodnicki, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Advanced Controls Development for Hybrid Systems
  David Tucker, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Development of Control Strategies for the Dynamic Operation of a 10 MWe Supercritical CO₂ Recompression Brayton Cycle
  Priyadarshi Mahapatra, National Energy Technology Laboratory

WEDNESDAY TRACK A

Structural Materials

• Corrosion Issues in Advanced Coal Fired Boilers
  Bruce Pint, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Characterization of Long-Term Service Coal Combustion Power Plant Extreme Environment Materials
  Michael Gagliano, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Advanced Ultrasupercritical Materials

• Advanced Alloy Development - Computational Materials Modeling
  Youhai Wen, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Advanced Alloy Development - Advanced Alloy Design
  Paul Jablonski, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Advanced Alloy Development - Advanced Alloys in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Environments
  Omer Dogan, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Computational Materials

• The Fundamental Creep Behavior Model of GR.91 Alloy by Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Approach
  Andrew Smith, Florida International University
• ICME for Creep of NI-Base Superalloys in Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Steam Turbines
  Pengyang Zhao, Ohio State University
• The SMARTER Project (Science of Multicomponent Alloys: Roadmap for Theoretical and Experimental Research)
  Mathew Kramer, Ames National Laboratory
• Computational System Dynamics (Computational Design of Multiscale Systems)
  Richard LeSar, Ames National Laboratory
• Physics-based Creep Simulation of Thick Section Welds in High Temperature and Pressure Applications
  Thomas Lillo, Idaho National Laboratory
• Advanced Alloy Design Concepts for High Temperature Fossil Energy Applications
  Yukinori Yamamoto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Creep-Fatigue-Oxidation Interactions: Predicting Alloy Lifetimes under Fossil Energy Service Conditions
  Sebastien Dryepondt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Weldability of Creep Resistant Alloys for Advanced Power Plants
  Zhili Feng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

WEDNESDAY TRACK B

Wireless Sensors

• High Temperature Integrated Gas and Temperature Wireless Microwave Acoustic Sensor System for Fossil Energy Applications
  Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, University of Maine System
• Novel Temperature Sensors and Wireless Telemetry for Active Condition Monitoring of Advanced Gas Turbines
  Anand Kulkarni, Siemens Corporation

Water Management R&D

• Energy-Water Nexus Analysis
  Eric Shuster, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Wastewater Treatment Technologies and ELG Regulations Update
  Erik Grol, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Develop Cost-Effective Biological Removal Technology for Selenium & Nitrate from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater from Existing Power Generating Facility
  Sanjaya, West Virginia State University

Wireless Sensors

• Distributed Wireless Antenna Sensors for Boiler Condition Monitoring
  Franck Mbanya Tchafa, University of Texas at Arlington
• Additive Manufacturing of Energy Harvesting Material System for Active Wireless Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Sensors
  Luis Chavez, University of Texas at El Paso
• Wireless 3D Nanorod Composite Arrays-Based High-Temperature Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors for Selective Gas Detection Through Machine Learning Algorithms
  Dongwook Kwak, University of Connecticut
• Passive Wireless Sensors Fabricated by Direct-Writing for Temperature and Health Monitoring of Energy Systems in Harsh-Environments
  Kavin Sivaneri Varadharajan Idhaiam, Harish Palakurthi, West Virginia University

Water Management R&D

• Water Treatment and Water-Vapor Recovery Using Advanced Thermally Robust Membranes Power Production
  Rajinder Singh, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Wireless Networked Sensors in Water for Heavy Metal Detection
  Hang Ruan, NanoSonic, Inc.
• Continuous Water Quality Sensing for Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater
  Samuel Misko, University of Alabama At Birmingham

THURSDAY TRACK A

Direct Power Extraction

• Simulations and Experiments Toward Enabling Direct Power Extraction Application
  Rigel Woodside, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Metal Three Dimensional (3D) Printing of Low-Nitrous Oxide (NOx) Fuel Injectors with Integrated Temperature Sensors
  Philip Morton, University of Texas at El Paso

Functional Materials

• Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine (PEI) Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes
  Cynthia Lewis, Prairie View A&M University
• Engineering Accessible Adsorption Sites in Metal Organic Frameworks for CO₂ Capture
  Saki Golafale, Clark Atlanta University
• Developing Novel Multifunctional Materials for High-Efficiency Electrical Energy Storage
  Feng-Yuan Zhang, University of Tennessee Space Institute

Direct Power Extraction

• Combustion Synthesis of Boride-Based Electrode Materials for Magneto Hydrodynamic (MHD) Direct Power Extraction
  Evgeny Shafirovich, University of Texas at El Paso
• Precursor-Derived Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Based Materials for Magnetohydrodynamic Electrode
  Applications
  Funio Ohuchi, University of Washington
• Vertically-Aligned Carbon-Nanotubes Embedded in Ceramic Matrices for Hot Electrode Applications
  Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska Lincoln
• Novel High Temperature Carbide and Boride Ceramics for Direct Power Extraction Electrode Applications
  Zhe Cheng, Florida International University

Advanced Ultrasupercritical Materials

• Optimization of Advanced Steels for Cyclic Operation Through an Integration of Material Testing, Modeling and Novel Component Test Validation
  Jonathan Parker, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• Materials Qualification and Deployment for High Efficiency Coal Fired Boilers
  Bruce Pint, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Properties of Advanced Ni-Based Alloys for A-USC Steam Turbines
  Phil Maziasz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

THURSDAY TRACK B

Optical Fiber Sensors

• Distributed Fiber Sensing Systems for 3D Combustion Temperature Field Monitoring in Coal-Fired Boilers Using Optically Generated Acoustic Waves
  Xingwei Wang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
• Investigation of High Temperature Silica Based Fiber Optic Materials
  Dan Homa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Advanced Controls

• Advanced Control Architecture and Sensor Information Development for Process Automation, Optimization, and Imaging of Chemical Looping Systems
  Tien-Lin Hsieh, Ohio State University
• Development of Integrated Biomimetic Framework with Intelligent Monitoring, Cognition and Decision
  Capabilities for Control of Advanced Energy Plants
  Fernando Lima, Temitayo Bankole, West Virginia University
• Computational Systems Dynamics (Merged Environment for Simulation and Analysis [MESA])
  Paolo Pezzini, Ames National Laboratory

Optical Fiber Sensors

• Reduced Mode Sapphire Optical Fiber and Sensing System
  Dan Homa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• High-Temperature Sapphire Pressure Sensors for Harsh Environments
  Mark Sheplak, University of Florida
• Engineering Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Fiber Optical Sensor Platforms
  Peng Chen, University of Pittsburgh
• Raman Spectroscopy for the On-Line Analysis of Oxidation States of Oxygen Carrier Particles
  Victoria Leichner, Washington State University

Simulation-Based Engineering - MFIX

• High Fidelity Computational Model for Fluidized Bed Experiments
  V. Kumar, A. Chattopadhyay, University of Texas at El Paso
• MFIX-DEM Enhancement for Industry-Relevant Flows
  Shandong Lao, University of Colorado - Boulder
• Interfacing MFIX with PETSC and HYPRE Linear Solver Libraries
  Gautham Krishnamoorthy, University of North Dakota

 

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2018 COMBINED REVIEW MEETING POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Technology Maturation of Wireless Harsh-Environment Sensors for Improved Condition-
  Based Monitoring of Coal-Fired Power Generation
  Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, University of Maine System
• Extended Low Load Boiler Operation to Improve Performance and Economics of An
  Existing Coal Fired Power Plant
  Robert Murphy, Alstom Power
• Advanced Anti-Fouling Coatings to Improve Coal-Fired Condenser Efficiency
  Matthew Nakatsuka, Oceanit Laboratories
• High Temperature Electrochemical Sensors for In-situ Corrosion Monitoring in Coal-Based
  Power Generation Boilers
  Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
• Evaluation of Steam Cycle Upgrades to improve the Competitiveness of US Coal Power
  Plants
  Horst Hack, Electric Power Research Institute
• Improving Coal Fired Plant Performance Through Integrated Predicative and Condition-
  Based Monitoring Tools
  Shuchita Patwardhan, Microbeam Technologies Inc
• Fabrication of Extreme Environment Materials for Large Parts Using Additive
  Manufacturing Methods
  Jiwen Wang, HiFunda, LLC
• An Air Coupled Ultrasonic Array Scanning System for In-Situ Monitoring and Feedback
  Control of Additive Manufacturing
  Dan Xiang, X-Wave Innovations, Inc.
• Multimodal Approach to Modeling Creep Deformation in Ni-base Superalloys
  Ridwan Sakidja, Missouri State University
• High Throughput Computational Framework of Materials Properties for Extreme
  Environments
  Allison Beese, Pennsylvania State University
• Distributed Secure Anonymous Ledger System
  Alexander Milovanov, Physical Optics Corporation
• Enhancing Energy Systems Cybersecurity Using Blockchains
  Paul Pazandak, Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
• Interphase Materials application of HTE System for Improved Efficiency of Power Plant
  Condensers
  Kasey Catt, Interphase Materials, Inc.
• An Accelerated Creep Testing Program for Advanced Creep Resistant Alloys for High
  Temperature Fossil Energy Applications
  Calvin Stewart, University of Texas at El Paso
• The Novel Hybrid Ab Initio Model of High Performance Structural Alloys Design for Fossil
  Energy Power Plants
  Yu Zhong, Florida International University
• Large-Scale, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-Enhanced Density Functional Tight Binding
  (DFTB) Approaches for Probing Multi-Component Alloys
  Bryan Wong, University of California at Riverside
• Expedited Real Time Processing for The NETL Hyper Cyber-Physical System
  Comas Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• High Temperature Gas Sensors for Coal Combustion Systems
  Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
• Ultrasonic Measurements of Temperature Profile and Heat Fluxes in Coal-Fired Power
  Plants
  Mikhail Skliar, University of Utah
• Mid-IR Laser Sensor for Continuous SO3 Monitoring to Improve Coal-Fired Power Plant
  Performance during Flexible Operations
  Jason Kriesel, Opto-Knowledge System
• In-situ Optical Monitoring of Operating Gas Turbine Blade Coatings Under Extreme
  Environments
  Seetha Raghavan, University of Central Florida
• Real-Time Health Monitoring for Gas Turbine Components Using Online Learning and
  High-Dimensional Data
  Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• Development of LIBS for Subterranean Chemical Sensing
  Dustin McIntyre, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Non-contact high-temperature measurement using Raman spectroscopy
  Juddha Thapa, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Atomistic Modeling of Functional Materials for Sensor and SOFC Applications
  Yuning Wu, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Implementing General Framework in MFiX For Radiative Heat Transfer in Gas-Solid
  Reacting Flows
  Michael Stoellinger, University of Wyoming
• Development of a High Efficiency Membrane-based Wastewater Management System for
  Thermal Power Plants
  Indira Jayaweera, SRI International
• Intensified Flue Gas Desulfurization Water Treatment for Reuse, Solidification, and
  Discharge
  Xin Gao, University of Kentucky
• Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recovery
  Howe Thomson Stoll, University of New Mexico
• Energy Efficient Waste Heat Coupled Forward Osmosis for Effluent Water Management at
  Coal-Fired Power Plants
  Nandakishore Rajagopalan, University of Illinois
• Applying Anodic Stripping Voltammetry to Complex Wastewater Streams for Rapid Metal
  Detection
  David Jassby, University of California at Riverside
• Novel Patterned Surfaces for Improved Condenser Performance in Power Plants
  Ranga Pitchumani, Virginia Tech