Area of Interest 3: Non-Traditional Sources of Process and Cooling Water (DE-PS26-08NT00233-03)

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Area of Interest 3: Non-Traditional Sources of Process and Cooling Water (DE-PS26-08NT00233-03): NOTE: This descriptive area provides an overview of Area of Interest 3 only. YOU MUST READ THE ENTIRE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, EVALUATION CRITERIA AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION UNDER A SPECIFIC AREA OF INTEREST. Please scroll to the bottom of this page to access the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Research and analysis in this area are intended to evaluate and develop cost-effective approaches to using non-traditional (aka impaired or alternative) sources of water to supplement or replace freshwater for cooling and other power plant needs. Opportunities exist for the utilization of lower-quality, non-traditional water sources. A few examples of non-traditional waters include mine pool water, coal-bed methane produced waters, produced water from geological CO2 sequestration, and industrial and/or municipal wastewater. To date, research in this area has included feasibility studies for a variety of non-traditional water types and research into developing advanced water treatment technologies to enable coal-based power plants to use impaired water in recirculating cooling systems without notably increased scaling and without significant decreases in cycles of concentration. Feasibility studies involve multiple issues such as the flow of different non-traditional waters available in different regions, costs associated with collecting and treating each of the variety of non-traditional waters, and consideration of the variety of state-specific regulations pertaining to the use of non-traditional waters. Specific examples of research to date include the following: analysis of the use of water from abandoned underground coal mines to supply cooling water to power plants; analysis of the use of natural gas and oil produced waters to partially meet power plant cooling water needs; development and demonstration of mine water usage to cool thermoelectric power plants; development of membrane separation and scale-inhibitor technologies to enable power plant use of impaired waters; and pilot-scale demonstration of a variety of impaired waters for cooling. Applications are sought to progress this technology area by expanding upon current and completed research or by investigating innovative research into the use of non-traditional waters for power plants. Interested parties looking to submit an application under this area of interest can download the application package at the following link by clicking on the Application button in the top right-hand corner of the screen: Link to master solicitation: http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/8df825feb86675de852564650046faea/7b8685b 8f9d9f815852574030043842c?OpenDocument