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DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

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DOE and RTI will design, build, and test a warm gas cleanup system—based on RTI’s high-temperature syngas cleanup technology—to remove multiple contaminants from coal-derived syngas. Click to enlarge. of the sulfur from the syngas.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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will partner with GE Global Research, EPRI, Southern Company, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy to design and test a high temperature nickel-based superalloy thick-walled header for cycling and flexible plant operation in new and existing plants. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $705,000 Total: $1,455,000 (49% cost share).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. The pine tree developed for this project is designed both to. the use of a new motor design, addition of emerging materials, and the incorporation of advanced manufacturing techniques. This metal composite magnet design contains. 6,367,276.

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