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05.22.2013
DOE-Supported Technology Passes Scale-Up Test Converting CO2 into Valuable Materials
In a project funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Novomer Inc. (Ithaca, NY) has completed the world's first successful large-scale production of a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer using waste carbon dioxide (CO2) as a key raw material. By using CO2 that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere, the process has the potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously reducing petroleum consumption and producing useful products for American consumers. |
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05.15.2013
Beating the Heat — New Anti-Corrosion Coating Aims to Make Metal Alloys More Durable
It's summer and not a cloud in the sky. A perfect day for outside entertaining. Your guests start to arrive including weird Uncle Albert, sports-obsessed Cousin John, and know-it-all Brother David (it's not just my family is it?). As the afternoon wears on, the guests grow restless; it's time to fire up the grill and get those ribs cooking. You open up the gas valve, push the ignition button and vrwoosh! a huge fire ball shoots up from the grill. After shutting it down and inspecting the innards, you determine that the heat shields (technically called flame tamers) have disintegrated into what looks like charred Frosted Flakes. Your grill has suffered an acute case of corrosion. As Brother David rushes to the scene with excited cries of "I can fix it!" you hurriedly make an exit for the hardware store hoping that the parts you need will be in stock. Wouldn't it be nice if your gas grill components lasted longer? New technology developed at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) may do just that. |
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05.14.2013
Expedition Provides New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico
A joint-federal-agency 15-day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico yielded innovative high-resolution seismic data and imagery that will help refine characterizations of large methane hydrate resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. |
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05.10.2013
Breakthrough Industrial Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Project Begins Full-Scale Operations
The Energy Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith today attended a dedication ceremony at the Air Products and Chemicals hydrogen production facilities in Port Arthur, Texas. Supported by a $284 million Energy Department investment, the company has successfully begun capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and is now using that carbon for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and securely storing it underground. This first-of-a-kind, breakthrough project advances carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies and demonstrates the potential to safely secure carbon dioxide pollution underground while providing an economic benefit and increasing our energy security. |
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05.08.2013
NETL Scientist Named Finalist for Service to America Medal
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) metallurgist Dr. Paul Jablonski, was named a finalist for a Partnership for Public Service Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal – known as the Sammies – during a congressional breakfast ceremony today in Washington, DC. The annual awards pay tribute to federal employees whose work advances the health, safety and well-being of Americans. |
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05.07.2013
Carbon Storage Atlas, Employee Newsletter Earn International Communications Awards
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and its National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) recently walked away with two prestigious 2013 Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards presented by the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC). |
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05.01.2013
The May 2013 LabNotes have been posted. |
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