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2023 Quarter Three Accomplishments

FY23 Quarter Three Accomplishments

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NETL used digital data to guide a search for orphan wells in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest

NETL Searches Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest for Orphan Wells

Supercritical Transformation Electric Power (STEP) 10 MWe Pilot Plant Test Facility (DE-FE0028979) high bay during installation of turbine skid (left), high temperature recuperator (center), and main compressor/inventory system (right).

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Technology Accelerated at STEP Pilot Plant

NETL researchers led by Jon Yang, Ph.D., discovered platinum group minerals ─ extremely rare mineral commodities used in industrial applications and consumer products ─ in samples from the Twin Sisters olivine mine in Whatcom County, Washington.

NETL Discovers Potential Sources of Platinum Group Metals as Part of a Process for Carbon Removal

NETL and the University of Wyoming report that using brackish water to cool power plants can reduce freshwater consumption by 94% to 100%.

A New Approach to Power Plant Cooling Can Eliminate the Need for Freshwater Use

Natalie Pekney, Recipient of a 2022 Arthur S. Fleming Award

NETL Environmental Engineer Wins Prestigious Flemming Award

NETL has created an accessible carbon capture and storage Pipeline Route Planning Database to guide decisions on safely transporting CO2 from capture sources to underground storage sites and conversion facilities.

NETL Develops Pipeline Route Planning Database To Guide CO2 Transport Decisions

Periodic Table Graphic

NETL Publishes New Baseline Study Report on the Flexibility Attributes of Commercial Natural Gas Power Generation Technologies

Airborne Carbon technology

NETL Supports Liftoff of Airborne Technology To Monitor Carbon Storage Sites

NETL researcher Djuna Gulliver

NETL Goes Deep To Develop New Biocatalysts for Carbon Conversion

Congratulations to Lingxiang Zhu for winning the 2023 Young Membrane Scientist Award

NETL Researcher To Be Honored by North American Membrane Society

Caption: Former Mickey Leland Intern Yuniba Yagues (left) is seen here with her mentor NETL Researcher Christina Wildfire standing in front of NETL’s Variable Frequency Microwave Reactor. NETL’s innovations in microwave reaction science were key to a successful partnership that led to an improved ammonia production process.

Improved Ammonia Production Process Developed in Successful NETL Partnership

The microscopic structure of NETL's oxygen carriers.

NETL-Developed Oxygen Carrier Selected for Use in Canadian Government-Industry Project

Chris Bond

NETL Contractor To Receive Best in Region Award from Federal Laboratory Consortium

The Appalachian Region

NETL Study Assesses Appalachian Region’s Potential To Develop a Hydrogen Economy

The sensor, sensor data, and field-testing images

NETL-Supported Project Develops First-of-Its-Kind Gas Sensor for Early Warning Detection

Carbon Storage Fact Sheet Cover

NETL Data Portal To Accelerate Completion of Permit Applications for Carbon Storage