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Revision history: Revision A, November 25, 2009. The PMP is being revised to reflect Modification #001 of award DE-NT0005015. The original PMP reflected the original award executed on September 10, 2008, for a project entitled Clean and Secure Energy from Coal, Oil Shale, and Oil Sands. The original project included objectives in support of both NETL's Strategic Center for Coal (SCC) and Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil (SCNGO). On September 14, 2009, Modification #001 was executed to renew the project for an additional budget period as a result of FY-09 Congressional direction and funding. As part of this modification, the project was re-aligned to support only the SCC program moving forward. To document the work completed prior to the re-alignment (i.e., through September 30, 2009), the modified award was structured into two Phases. Phase 1 represents the performance period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. Phase 2 represents the revised tasks in support of the SCC program for the performance period from October 1, 2009 through March 31, 2011. Revision A outlines a management plan for the Phase 2 effort. 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW: The University of Utah (the Recipient), via their Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE), shall pursue research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification through tightly coupled simulation and experimental designs and through the integration of legal, environment, economics and policy issues. The results of the research will be embodied in the computer simulation tools which predict performance with quantified uncertainty; thus transferring the results of the research to practitioners to predict the effect of energy alternatives using these technologies for their specific future application. Overarching project objectives are focused in three research areas and include: 1. Clean Coal Utilization for Power Generation Retrofit through Oxy-Coal Combustion -To ultimately produce predictive capability with quantified uncertainty bounds for pilot-scale, single-burner, oxy-coal operation. This validation research brings together multi-scale experimental measurements and computer simulations. During this project period, particular attention is focused on ignition and coal-flame stability under oxy-coal conditions. This predictive tool forms the basis for application to full-scale, industrial burner operations. -High-Pressure, Entrained-Flow Coal Gasification -To ultimately provide a simulation tool for industrial entrained flow integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) gasifier with quantified uncertainty. This project's target is to develop a prototype simulation tool, perform preliminary uncertainty quantification on a pilot-scale gasifier, and to begin to predict coal conversion, soot formation and char-slag transformations. -Chemical Looping Combustion -To develop a new carbon-capture technology for coal through chemical-looping combustion and to transfer this technology to industry through a numerical simulation tool with quantified uncertainty bounds. The specific research target for this project is to quantitatively identify reaction mechanisms and rates, explore operating options with a laboratory-scale bubbling bed reactor, develop process models and economics and demonstrate and validate large-eddy simulation-direct quadrature method of moments (LES-DQMOM) simulation capabilities for a pilot-scale fluidized bed. 2. Secure Fuel Production by in-situ substitute natural gas (SNG) production from deep coal seams -The primary objective of this research is to explore the potential for creating new in-situ technologies for production of substitute natural gas from deep coal deposits. The systems concept for the SNG is to use this premium fuel produced from coal in natural-gas, combined cycle (NGCC) power generation or compressed and used as a transportation fuel (CNG). This underground coal pyrolysis (UCP) technology leaves large portions of the carbon from the coal in the ground. The proposed applied research focuses on developing the concept, simulation tools to evaluate the concept, and studying the trade-offs between radio frequency (RF) heating and wellbore burners for the thermal processing. 3. Environmental, Legal, and Policy Issues - Given that that carbon capture and storage for coal utilization has yet to receive public acceptance, numerous environmental, legal and policy issues need to be addressed if these technologies are to be applied. The Recipient shall address the legal and policy issues associated with carbon management strategies in order to assess the appropriate role of these technologies in our evolving national energy portfolio. |
