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Bryan Morreale, U.S. DOE - NETL Abstract Development of secure, sustainable and clean energy technologies from coal The United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is aggressively pursuing research and development directed towards mitigating apprehensions over fuel independence, energy availability and reliability, and environmental issues, especially as related to global warming. The production of “synthesis gas” (syngas) from indigenous carbonaceous feedstocks has the potential to address some of these energy and environmental concerns. The abundance of coal in the US in conjunction with the flexibility of syngas, which can be converted to electricity, hydrogen and/or liquid fuels, is considered a promising near- to mid-term component in the transition to a renewable energy society. The addition of non-food oriented biomass to gasification feeds and carbon dioxide capture and sequestration can prolong national fossil energy resources while providing an energy conversion process with a “negative” carbon footprint. The presentation will give an overview of research activities within NETL’s Office of Research and Development’s Reaction Chemistry and Engineering group. Specifically, topics will include traditional fossil energy processes including co-gasification, hydrogen membrane development and syngas conversion as well as non-traditional pathways for promoting secure, sustainable energy technology development, including transportation fuels from algae and carbon dioxide.
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