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
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