Crosscutting Research Program

Are you looking for more information about fossil-based power-generation? Check out some of these other resources.

DOE, IEA, and Fossil Energy Resources

• View the webinar “Power Plant Design and Management for Unit Cycling and Load Fluctuation”, IEA Clean Coal Center
• Explore the Department of Energy’s website to stay up to date on current government energy platforms
• For specific fossil energy updates, Office of Fossil Energy website provides fossil energy updates
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) provides information on electricity regulations
• To receive updated policy information, visit the Office of Energy Policy website
• To learn about U.S energy consumption and data trends, check out the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• Check out Tennessee Valley Authority’s video to learn about how a coal plant works
• Power Engineering website provides an overview of energy engineering topics, projects, and white papers
• The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) provides highlights energy engineering conferences and events

Sensors and Controls

• Read about Power Engineering’s take on sensors and controls in power plants here
• Frost and Sullivan provide their input on sensors and controls and the development of smart grids
• Read the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) advanced sensors and control report

Water Management R&D

• In 2018 NETL published the “Water Brief,” examining thermoelectric water usage data and highlights key R&D opportunities throughout the contingent US.
• Read Industrial Water World’s overview of coal-fired power plant wastewater treatment here
• DOE explores the challenges of the Water-Energy Nexus here
• The International Energy Agency (IEA) also provides input on the Water-Energy Nexus

Simulation-Based Engineering

• The British Institute of Energy Economics provides an overview of uncertainty quantification in models here
• SimScale has produced a blog that highlights the importance multiphase flow modeling here
• The University of Dortmund provides an overview to computational fluid dynamics in this presentation

High-Performance Materials

• Power Magazine evaluated materials for advanced ultrasupercritical coal plants here and a one-page paper on the effects of corrosion can be found here
• The International Molybdenum Association highlights the effects of superalloys on ultra-supercritical plants here
• Power Engineering also produced a volume on the effects of ultra-supercritical steam technologies

Energy Storage

• Sandia National Laboratory has put together an energy storage database here
• The EIA expanded data on capacity and usage of electricity storage systems in power plants here
• The Journal of Energy Storage keeps up to date with the latest trends in storage seen here