The same technology that turns a frozen entrée into a delicious hot meal in minutes is being advanced by NETL researchers to bring revolutionary changes to the field of reaction chemistry and produce valuable chemicals like hydrogen using less energy and at lower cost.
“At NETL, we are working to unleash the power of microwaves to advance gasification of carbon materials to significantly cut costs and reduce energy requirements while achieving higher yields and greater selectivity of products,” said Mark Smith, Ph.D., a member of NETL’s Reaction Engineering Team.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced approximately $10 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 2519, Natural Gas Demand Response Pilot Program.
NETL Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., will share some of the Lab’s most innovative modeling and computational tools during a keynote address set for Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Simulation-Based Engineering for Accelerating the Deployment of Decarbonization Technologies virtual workshop.
NETL Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., will discuss technological advances made by the national labs to resolve challenging and complex energy issues at the third annual Advanced Energy Technology Forum, a virtual event to be held Thursday, Sept. 9, by the United States Energy Association.
This quarter’s Research Associate Spotlight and Mentor Profile illustrates how pairing an experienced NETL researcher with an up-and-coming scientist can open new roads to discovery and facilitate faster technology development at lower cost.
NETL’s Research & Innovation Center’s (RIC) work to develop domestic supply chains of critical minerals (CMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) from unconventional sources such as carbon ore ash, acid mine drainage and other sources has resulted in several milestones in technological applications of sensors and geoscience.
The August 2021 edition of the SSAE Newsletter features the latest updates about various research initiatives and breakthroughs undertaken within NETL’s Strategic Systems Analysis and Engineering (SSAE) directorate.
Click here to access this month’s newsletter and learn about recent activities that SSAE is leading to gain insights into new energy concepts, support the analysis of energy system interactions and advance its capabilities.
This month’s edition highlights:
NETL’s Mary Anne Alvin sees a brighter future ahead for the nation’s energy communities that have powered the nation for more than a century as the U.S. undergoes a historic transformation to clean energy.
NETL Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., will speak at the Hydrogen Shot Summit, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) event set for Tuesday, Aug. 31, and Wednesday, Sept. 1, to accelerate the development of breakthrough technologies that can expand the use and lower the cost of this clean-burning fuel.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the selection of six projects to receive a total of nearly $1 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 2404, Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications.
