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Energy Technology
for the Future...and for the World
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The Oak Ridge
National Laboratory Fossil Energy Program conducts research and development
that contribute to the advancement of fossil energy technologies.
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Coal Gets Renewed Attention
Sen. Joe Lieberman has recommended the launching of “an urgent,
national program to find new ways to use one of our oldest resources:
coal” in a speech to the Resources for the Future earlier this
year.
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Program Highlights
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Materials Research
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| Low-cost,
slurry-based ceramic corrosion resistant coatings being developed |
| Grain
structures developed in ODS-FeCrAl tubes increase potential for use
in heat exchangers |
| Neural
network model for solidification temperature range in nickel superalloys
developed |
| Novel
processing of Mo-Si-B intermetallics for improved efficiency of power
systems |
| Molybdenum
silicide alloys being developed for land-based power plant turbines |
| Commercial
microwave process under development for making single crystal silicon
carbide Fibrils |
| Method
to predict failures in thermal barrier coatings in development |
| Long-term
testing to predict benefits of aluminide coatings |
| Research
aims to predict higher dimensional phase diagrams |
| Ultra-high
temperature Mo-Si-B alloys of great interest for high-temperature
fossil energy applications |
| Dr.
Peter Liaw, Advanced Research Materials Program researcher, leads
new International Materials Institute |
| Integrated
research for predicting higher dimensional phase diagrams with emphasis
on ternary diagrams of molybdenum, silicon, and boron |
| Coal-ash
corrosion of iron and nickel based alloys studies at Argonne National
Laboratory |
| Development
of molybdenum silicide alloys for land-based power plant turbines,
capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 1000ºC, continues. |
| High-Temperature
Optical-Floating-Zone Furnace used by the University of Tennessee
to investigate the formation of a well-aligned lamellar structure
in the Cr-based alloys reinforced by the Cr2Ta Laves phase |
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Fuel Cells and
Functional Materials
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| Best
Paper award given to PNNL resesearchers |
| Power
electronics converters for integrating fuel cells have been modeled
in Matlab Simulink |
| Level
reduction technique for multilevel dc-dc converters, used to produce
a controllable dc voltage, developed |
| NSF
taps Zhu as among nation's most promising researchers |
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Environmental
Analysis Support
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| Environmental assistance
provided in support of DOE Clean Coal Technology Program |
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Coal Combustion
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| Two
ORNL projects aim to improve fluidization simulation capabilities |
| Computer
code used to describe hydrodynamics, heat transfer, and chemical reactions
in fluid-solids systems |
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Oil and Gas Research
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| Ionic
liquids used to detect organic contaminants in produced water |
| Research
evaluates impacts of brine and oil spills at exploration and production
sites |
| Bill
Steele authors lead article on history of physical and chemical property
measurements on pure organic compounds for the refining, petrochemical
and chemical industries at the Bartlesville Thermodynamics Group from
1943-1998, and through the present. |
| Extraction
of simulated water soluble organics has been demonstrated with ionic
liquids under physico-chemical conditions similar to that encountered
in Gulf of Mexico produced water |
| Plastic
optical fiber shows promise to monitor strain in offshore platform
mooring ropes |
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Natural Gas and
Carbon Sequestration
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| Custom
oven to enable investigation of coal-gas interactions at temperatures
and pressures equal to those measured in subsurface coalbeds |
| Experiments
to address concern over release of toxic metals from fly ash and biosolid
amendments conducted |
| Construction
of Geo-Sequestration Simulator completed |
| A
New Inspection Tool for Pipeline Flaw & Leak Detection |
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Fuels Supplies
Modeling
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| Models provide assistance
in planning capacity and management of SPR |
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Quick Links to Request More Information
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| Materials
Research and Development |
| Fuel
Cells & Functional Materials |
| Environmental
Analysis Support |
| Coal
Combustion |
| Oil
and Gas Research |
| Natural
Gas & Carbon Sequestration |
| Fuels
Supplies Modeling |
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fossil Energy
Program is engaged in research and development activities in seven
technology areas.
Click on graphic
to see the scope of the Program
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Management
Reports
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| Advanced Materials
Program Quarterly
Management Report - Text-Accessible Version |
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National &
International News
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Bill Steele has lead
article in recent DOE publication
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17th
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PROCEEDINGS
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This
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Zollar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Comments, questions, and
reports of site errors are welcome.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fossil Energy Program is part of
the Energy and Engineering Sciences
Directorate at ORNL.
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updated
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