Onsite Research
Energy System Dynamics
The Energy System Dynamics Focus Area seeks to conceive, analyze, and develop pre-commercial energy technology that minimizes the environmental impact of fossil fuel use and that maximizes reliable use of domestic energy sources and infrastructure. The focus area addresses turbines and fuel cell hybrids, fuel cells, fuel processing for fuel cells, gasification, carbon dioxide capture for pulverized coal and for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) systems, reciprocating engines, and sensor/control methods for all these energy systems. This focus area is a recognized source of expertise and research leading to commercially viable technology that improves fossil-fuel-based energy systems.
The focus area supports research and development in coal power systems, provides concepts that will be integrated into the FutureGen prototype, and supports the President’s Global Climate Change Initiative.
The focus area investigates and tests new energy system concept and technologies, such as:
- Technologies that can capture carbon dioxide during energy generation with minimal cost and efficiency impact
- Methods to use hydrogen combustion in turbines and engines without collateral pollutant emissions or efficiency penalties
- Performance of DOE-developed fuel cells to assist program planning, to validate and establish a common approach to reporting fuel cell performance
- Methods to make fuel cells tolerant to coal gas impurities, allowing fuel cell integration with coal gasification technology
- A core understanding of SOFC fuel cell degradation related to design and operation issues
- Sensors and control techniques that will allow load following in hybrid turbine fuel cell systems
- Fuel reforming and gas cleanup technology that can allow SOFC fuel cells to operate on existing infrastructure fuels (diesel fuel, coal syngas)
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