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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Atrex Energy, Inc. and National Energy Technology Laboratory

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will collaborate with Atrex Energy through CRADA (AGMT-0680) to demonstrate their patent-pending, single step electrode infiltration technique on Atrex commercial-scale tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). For SOFC to be widely accepted in the commercial domain, the stability of the cells must improve and performance degradation must be mitigated for the technology to be economically viable. NETL’s single-step electrode infiltration technique addresses these challenges by introducing a highly-active nanocatalyst material into the SOFC microstructure, improving cell performance and longevity. Atrex will use NETL’s technology to generate two stacks of cells to effectively demonstrate the benefits at a commercially-relevant scale. Upon detailed analysis of the first stack test results, NETL will optimize the solution chemistry of the nanocatalyst material for an improved formula to incorporate into the second test. This work is funded through a Technology Commercialization Fund that has been awarded to NETL and Atrex as is expected to result in licensing of the technology upon a successful project.

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DOE OSTI2017

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between AK Supply, Inc. and National Energy Technology Laboratory

The main goal of CRADA between AK Supply and NETL is to redesign the solid oxide fuel cell configuration for hybrid power generation systems for greater flexibility and operability. The new fuel cell design will consider incorporation of thermal energy storage into the fuel cell by modifying the material composition to increase the specific heat and/or the solid-solid phase transition and increasing the interconnect geometry (mass and volume) in the fuel cell. This developed technology will be tested using Hyper facility at NETL, Morgantown, to evaluate the performance in hybrid applications. Additionally, AK Supply and NETL will work on the development of a real-time, high temperature, intelligent micro-sensor for monitoring energy availability in the interconnect geometry. The will be used for control of stored energy release during load transients and will be tested on the NETL Hyper facility.

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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between SIOX and National Energy Technology Laboratory

DOE’s Fossil Energy Program has made significant scientific advancements and provided technology solutions over the years ensuring energy security in the United States. This project highly leverages both past and current technology development efforts and utilizes the expertise of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in a collaborative effort with SIOX. The proposed effort involves conversion of a steel manufacturing byproduct, iron oxide hematite (Fe2O3), and transforms it into a salable magnetite product applicable to a number of markets. SIOX managers have experience operating a magnetite production facility based on a rotary kiln reactor process. Unfortunately, that process is both costly and inefficient, making it difficult to achieve desired economies, purity, and throughput levels. Recent NETL innovations in multi-phase fluidization technology would allow for successful development of a continuous, fully-integrated process capable of producing synthetic magnetite products. The reactor is based upon a spouting bed technology (patent pending) that allows for the even mixing of the ultrafine hematite which normally packs with all of the reacting gas bypassing the solid particles.

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DOE OSTI2018

Scale Up of Malonic Acid Fermentation Process: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-612

The goal of this work is to use the large fermentation vessels in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility (IBRF) to scale-up Lygos' biological-based process for producing malonic acid and to generate performance data. Initially, work at the 1 L scale validated successful transfer of Lygos' fermentation protocols to NREL using a glucose substrate. Outside of the scope of the CRADA with NREL, Lygos tested their process on lignocellulosic sugars produced by NREL at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Advanced Biofuels Process Development Unit (ABPDU). NREL produced these cellulosic sugar solutions from corn stover using a separate cellulose/hemicellulose process configuration. Finally, NREL performed fermentations using glucose in large fermentors (1,500- and 9,000-L vessels) to intermediate product and to demonstrate successful performance of Lygos' technology at larger scales.

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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Oxergy, Inc. and National Energy Technology Laboratory

The Raman Gas Analyzer (RGA) has been demonstrated to have an extremely fast response (<1 second), pressurized, multi-gas analysis capability. All but the noble gases are Raman active, although the Raman interaction is weak. The RGA uses a reflectively lined capillary as the optical cell, providing both a small sample volume for fast gas exchange, and a much greater Raman signal collection than traditional instrument configurations.

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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Ames National Laboratory and National Energy Technology Laboratory AGMT-0609

The goal of this project is to develop a merged environment for simulation and analysis (MESA) at the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Hybrid Performance (Hyper) project laboratory. The MESA sensor lab developed as a component of this research will provide a development platform for investigating: 1) advanced control strategies, 2) testing and development of sensor hardware, 3) various modeling in-the-loop algorithms and 4) other advanced computational algorithms for improved plant performance using sensors, real-time models, and complex systems tools.

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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Applied Spectra, Inc. and National Energy Technology Laboratory

Applied Spectra, as our industrial collaborator, is helping us develop our downhole LIBS sensor. Our part of the collaboration is the design, construction, and validation of the miniaturized fiber coupled laser whereas Applied Spectra will be providing technical guidance and control/analysis software. This will allow our system which is traditionally operated by a person to be automated in both data collection and analysis. This will allow our system to significantly increase its TRL.

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DOE OSTI2018

Abstract - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Environmental Defense Fund and National Energy Technology Laboratory

Here, we summarize an effort to develop a global oil and gas infrastructure (GOGI) taxonomy and geodatabase, using a combination of big data computing, custom search and data integration algorithms, and expert driven spatio-temporal analytics to identify, access, and evaluate open oil and gas data resources and uncertainty trends worldwide. This approach leveraged custom National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) tools and capabilities in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Carbon Limits subject matter expertise, to identify over 380 datasets and integrate more than 4.8 million features into the GOGI database. In addition to acquisition of open oil and gas infrastructure data, information was collected and analyzed to assess the spatial, temporal, and source quality of these resources, and estimate their completeness relative to the top 40 hydrocarbon producing and consuming countries.

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY↗
DOE OSTI2018

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between University of Genoa and National Energy Technology Laboratory [Abstract]

The production, transportation, storage, and consumption of oil and gas resources rely on a global network of infrastructure, which is maintained and regulated by numerous commercial, non-profit, academia, and local to national government entities. Thus, information about this infrastructure is often highly variable in the quality, quantity and accessibility of the data. However, integrating and standardizing these disparate data sets into a global, open-access assessment and inventory of oil and gas infrastructure can provide a framework to support advanced analyses, including predictions and assessments of global methane infrastructure and emissions risk, identify information gaps, evaluate economic costs, and support a range of decision making needs. At present, there is no single point of access to authoritative, publicly available oil and gas infrastructure data. In addition, conventional online search approaches are increasingly inefficient as the volume and variety of open-data online continues to evolve and increase. Consequently, there exists a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the extent, gaps, and quality of infrastructure data across the world. This six-month effort used a combination of expert driven and machine learning techniques to build a virtual taxonomy of global oil and gas infrastructure to provide an open data foundation for addressing a range of stakeholder questions and needs.

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DOE OSTI2023

Small Business Voucher Program: Scaling-Up of Bio-Based C5 Building Block Production: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-00611

Visolis, Inc. is an early stage industrial biotechnology company developing next generation of processes for producing building blocks for bulk polymers and fuels. The company is developing low-cost routes to the chemicals of the future in support of DOE, EERE and BETO goals to grow the U.S. bioeconomy. NREL has capabilities in scale-up of fermentation processes from bench top through pilot scales and also has expertise and technologies related to production of lignocellulosic sugars from cellulosic feedstocks. NREL's Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility (IBRF) houses multiple fermentation vessels/systems ranging in size from 0.5 to 9,000 L along with ancillary capabilities in compositional analysis, separations, and purification. NREL's role will be to scale-up the Visolis process to produce an intermediate product, mevalonic acid, from both dextrose and biomass derived sugars. The goals of the project are to: 1) transfer and reproduce one of Visolis's proprietary fermentation processes at bench top and pilot scale at NREL's IBRF using dextrose as the feedstock, 2) carry out bench-scale fermentations using Visolis's organism and cellulosic sugars, and 3) produce mevalonic acid from the bench top and pilot scale runs for catalyst lifetime testing and conversion to isoprene.

09 BIOMASS FUELS↗
DOE OSTI2018

RFA for Solar/Geothermal Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage Modeling: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-646

Hyperlight Energy is an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) company whose business charter is to commercialize a disruptively low-cost, CSP collector system that is ultimately for providing heat for solar thermal/geothermal hybrid power plants, process heat applications (e.g., enhanced oil recovery), and solar thermal power generation. Hyperlight's CSP collector system utilizes a linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) configuration. This LFR configuration consists of mirrors mounted in low-cost, precision plastic extrusions, which are integrated into raft assemblies and floated on low-cost, sealed waterbeds. Hyperlight's CSP collector technology has been developed under private equity investment, government grant and commercial funding. Hyperlight has been awarded a 1.5-million DOE COLLECTS contract with an additional 1.6 million in matched funds from private investment and the California Energy Commission. This DOE project will support the final steps of product development for bulk commercialization and deployment of the Hyperlight CSP collector system. The work will culminate in a final operational deployment at a commercially relevant site. Several such site options are currently under evaluation, including two geothermal sites. Hyperlight identified a very low-cost way to put renewable energy electrons on the grid at peak times, upgrading underutilized geothermal plants with Hyperlight's low cost CSP and thermal energy storage (TES). While Hyperlight's CSP collector work is maturing quickly for commercial pilot launch, an optimal TES system for solar thermal/geothermal hybridization needs to be evaluated and ultimately developed so Hyperlight can develop commercial retrofit projects at a scale of hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy power output at sites across the United States, followed by greenfield projects in a multi-GW sized market.

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DOE OSTI2018

Development and Evaluation of Perfluorinated Electrolytes: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-610

Novel fluoropolymer-based anion-exchange membranes as well as membrane-electrode-assembly comprising such polymers/membranes will be examined for use in fuel cells and/or regenerative electrolyzers. Specifically, novel perfluorinated polymers will be evaluated and optimized for performance and durability in alkaline membrane fuel cells (AMFCs). MEG Inc. will be responsible for providing novel perfluorinated membranes to NREL for evaluation in AMFCs. MEG Inc. will focus initially on imidazolium tethered functional groups and later provide materials based on proton/lithium cage structures. NREL will fabricate the supplied membranes into membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), using a variety of ionomers and/or catalysts, and test the resulting MEAs for performance and durability. These results will be compared to similar results obtained either with commercial materials or NREL's own perfluorinated materials. NREL also plans to perform ex-situ tests on membranes to determine conductivity and durability under ex-situ conditions that mimic or accelerate the conditions that occur within AMFCs.

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DOE OSTI2018

Technology Transfer of the CIGS Technology from the Laboratory to the PVMC: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-12-496

PVMC, Inc. (PVMC) and Contractor (NREL) will work together under a CRADA, through a distinct statement of work (SOW) for each project. Each SOW will be negotiated as a modification of the CRADA between PVMC and NREL with a principal investigator (PI) identified by the contractor so as to define specific tasks and funding that reflect the scope and objectives of that project. Projects will focus on extended collaborations with well-defined, long-term goals that are mutually beneficial to PVMC and NREL. Projects under the CRADA may fall within the areas listed below in the summary of research results, calling upon the NREL capabilities and expertise. Modification 1: The first year of the CRADA will involve training PVMC personnel in the deposition process of the layers in the CIGS device based on the evaporation process, characterization methods used to track the properties of the films, device fabrication and integration of the layers into device compatible with the PVMC approach, and use standard ex-situ characterization tools, and standard and novel in-situ metrology tools for process characterization to insure that the unit films in the MDF facility have the properties defined above in the unit step evaluation. The scope of the CRADA statement of work is based on knowledge already in the literature and/or in background published IP. Modification 2: NREL loaned Ocean Optics spectrometer to PVMC. This was returned on 2/15/2018. Modification 3: The work under this CRADA is aimed at understanding several process effects on silicon wafers and/or solar cells. These include: (i) effects of wafering by diamond wire sawing on the surface damage and the strength of wafers, (ii) electronic characteristics of dielectric-Si interfaces, and (iii) characteristics of Si-Al interfaces formed during firing of silicon solar cells.

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DOE OSTI2018

NWTC Dynamometer and Controllable Grid Interface Commissioning and Testing of General Electric Wind Turbine Drivetrain: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD 14-551

This CRADA (1) facilitates commissioning of the new NWTC 5MW dynamometer facility while testing a General Electric (Participant) 2.75MW wind turbine drivetrain under loaded conditions, (2) facilitates commissioning of the new NWTC the Controllable Grid Interface (CGI) as part of testing the GE 2.75MW drivetrain, (3) facilitates further wind turbine drivetrain testing utilizing the commissioned dynamometer and CGI test facilities.

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DOE OSTI2018

NREL and Clemson University Drivetrain Test Facility Collaboration: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-13-509

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Clemson University have a mutual interest in collaborating in the development of wind turbine drivetrain testing facilities and grid simulators. NREL and Clemson University will work together to share resources and experiences in the development of future wind energy test facilities and capabilities. The CRADA includes sharing of facility topologies and capabilities, modeling efforts, commissioning plans, test protocols, infrastructure cost data, test plans, pro forma contracting instruments, and safe operating strategies. Further, NREL and Clemson University will exchange staff for training and development purposes, including collaborative participation in commissioning and customer testing. DOE has provided NREL with over 10 years of support in developing custom facilities and capabilities to enable testing of full-scale integrated wind turbine drivetrain systems in accordance with the needs of the US wind industry. NREL currently operates a 2.5MW dynamometer and is in the processes of building a 5MW dynamometer and a grid simulator (referred to as a 'Controllable Grid Interface' or CGI). Clemson University is currently building a drivetrain testing facility with two dynamometers, 7.5 MW and 15 MW, and 15 MW Hardware in the loop grid simulator.

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DOE OSTI2018

Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) System: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-14-570

NREL and Be Power Tech, Inc. (Be Power) will jointly develop a new combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system that uses desiccants in combination with evaporative cooling and fuel cells. The combined system will have better economics and business case than a separate desiccant enhanced air conditioner and fuel cell system. The overall system is expected to become a net revenue generator by delivering power and air conditioning to a building while inputting natural gas and water. This development effort will revolve around adapting NREL's desiccant cooling technology to work with Be Power's proprietary system integration design for CCHP systems. The objective of the CRADA is to develop, then commercialize this CCHP system by jointly developing the system integration design, testing methods, and hardware for this system. The commercial name given to the CCHP system is BeCool.

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