Novel CO2 and/or Hydrogen Separation Technology

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Novel CO2 and/or Hydrogen Separation Technology: To sustain our nation?s economic growth, utilization of our most abundant fossil energy resource, coal, in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner is needed. Consequently, the DOE is supporting the development of advanced technology power plants that offer higher efficiency, lower emissions, and reduced capital and operating costs. Gasification technologies are key to addressing several of the advanced technologies issues of clean production of electric power, hydrogen for the new hydrogen economy, and industrial chemicals or refined fuels while reducing the impacts on water resources, solid waste disposal, and capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) that is generated in the use of fossil fuels. To meet the demands of the Hydrogen Initiative, the requirements for fuel cell and advanced turbine power units, and to meet the increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the synthesis gas produced by gasification will need to be cleaned to tighter specifications. At the same time, the gasification and gas cleanup processes will need to have reduced costs, improved reliability, and the ability to be readily integrated for increased efficiency. These improvements will enable the integration of advanced concepts for high-efficiency power generation and pollution control into a class of fuel-flexible facilities capable of operating with near zero environmental emissions. Based on gasification, there are a variety of configurations to meet differing market needs, including both distributed and central generation of power. The development and optimization of advanced coal gasifiers will be critical to the success of this program. This topic seeks to develop key support technologies and measurement techniques for these gasifiers. Applications which fit the following description should be submitted under this funding opportunity title of Novel CO2 and/or Hydrogen Separation Technology (DE-PS26-04NT41898-07). One vision of clean energy in the future is to make hydrogen from coal in an ultra-clean production plant. In this vision, coal is gasified using oxygen, and the resultant syngas (mostly CO, H2 and H2O) is then turned into a stream of predominantly H2 and CO2 through the water-gas-shift reaction. The purpose of hydrogen separation technology is to economically transform this mixed gas into two pure streams: one of H2, and one of CO2. The mixed gas stream is expected to be 450 - 500 degrees F and 300 psi. Most current projects in hydrogen separations are membrane processes. The only non-membrane process is the hydrate process, which must operate at low temperatures. This solicitation seeks completely novel CO2 and/or H2 separation technologies, with particular interest in technologies that maintain CO2 pressure and do not require a significant drop in temperature.