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2023 Quarter Two Accomplishments

FY23 Quarter Two Accomplishments

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Under construction U.S. pipeline

NETL Demonstrates New Pipeline Sensor Technologies in a Pilot-scale Field Test

Jian (Jay) Liu monitors the performance of 4 1.5kW SOFC stacks being stress tested to evaluate the stacks’ suitability for use in data center applications.

NETL Demonstrating Fuel Cell Stack Cost, Performance and Durability

Hydrogen Chemical Composition (H2)

NETL Patents Fiber Optic Sensor Technology for Hydrogen Leak Detection

Diagram displaying working h2 gas energy and UGS storage facilities in the Unites States.

NETL, as Part of DOE’s SHASTA, Releases Study On Hydrogen Storage Potential in Existing Underground Gas Facilities

The NETL-developed sensing film under blue light with just water and then with aluminum added.

NETL Researchers Create Technology To Detect Aluminum Impurities in Rare Earth Element Sources

Log exposure photograph of a highway at sunset.

NETL Receives Patent for Process to Produce Game-Changing Carbon Nanosheets

Animated 3D model of a CO2 molecule.

NETL Team Uses Microwaves To Reduce Energy Required for Direct Air Capture

Class VI Carbon Dioxide Injection Well, courtesy of ADM.

NETL Project Partner Demonstrates Over 2.8 Million Tonnes of CO2 Capture From Ethanol Production and its Deep Geologic Storage in Mount Simon Sandstone

Timothy Killeen, president, University of Illinois; Ron Munson, technology manager, NETL/DOE Point Source Carbon Capture; Lynn Brickett, past director, DOE HQ Point Source Carbon Capture; State Rep. Sue Scherer; Jim Langfelder, mayor of Springfield; Krista Hill, project manager, DOE/NETL, Point Source Carbon Capture Team; Kevin O’Brien, Ph.D., director, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center & Illinois State Water Survey and principal investigator, University of Illinois; Dominic Cianchetti, senior v.p.

Large Pilot Carbon Capture Project Supported by NETL Breaks Ground in Illinois

$Animated diagram outlining the process of recycling fracturing water.$

Produced Water Recycling Approach Attracts International Attention

NETL Contractor to Receive Rookie of the Year Award from Federal Laboratory Consortium

NETL’s Nicholas Siefert (far right) discusses the recently developed NEWTS database as well as the NEWTS dashboard being developed by the Lab that displays sites across the nation where energy-related wastewater stream samples and composition data have been collected. Others contributing to the development of this online tool included NETL’s Madison Wenzlick (far left) and Alexis Hammond, a Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship research associate. (PI: Burt Thomas; Dashboard Developer: Devin Justman, not shown).

NETL-Developed Online Database Brings Energy-Related Wastewater Stream Data to Public’s Fingertips

Alexandra “Ale” Hakala, Ph.D., and Joseph Stoffa, PhD.

Two NETL Employees Named Oppenheimer Fellows for 2023