2016 NETL Crosscutting Technology Research Review Meeting
2016 Crosscutting Research & Rare Earth Elements Portfolios Review Meeting
April 18-22, 2016
Additional materials will be added when they are received from the author.
Portfolio Review Presentations
General Session
Welcome and NETL Overview - Cindy Powell, Ph.D., Deputy Director Science & Technology Strategic Plans & Programs, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Program Overviews
Systems Analysis
Project Presentations
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 – TRACK A
- The SMARTER Project (Science of Multicomponent Alloys: a Roadmap for Theoretical and Experimental Research)
Ames National Laboratory, Matthew J. Kramer
- An Integrated Study on a Novel High Temperature High Entropy Alloy
Southern University and A&M College, Shizhong Yang
- Weldability of Creep-Resistant Alloys for Advanced Fossil Power Plants
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Xinghua Yu
- Modeling Long-term Creep Performance for Welded Nickel-base Superalloy Structures for Power Generation Systems
GE Global Research, Chen Shen
- Corrosion Issues in Advanced Coal-Fired Boilers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bruce A. Pint
- A New Superalloy Enabling Heavy Duty Gas Turbine Wheels for Improved Combined Cycle Efficiency
GE Global Research, Richard DiDomizio
- Development of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods for Structural and Functional Materials
ANL - Argonne National Laboratory, Jiangang Sun
- Predicting the Oxidation/Corrosion Performance of Structural Alloys in Supercritical CO2
Electric Power Research Institute Inc., Steve Kung
- Experiments and Model for Serration Statistics in Low-Entropy, Medium-Entropy, and High-Entropy Alloys
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Karin Dahmen and Peter Liaw
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 – TRACK B
- Robust Ceramic Coaxial Cable Down-Hole Sensors for Long-Term In Situ Monitoring of Geologic CO2 Injection
University of Missouri System, Runar Nygaard
- High-Temperature Sapphire Pressure Sensors for Harsh Environments
University of Florida, Justin Kiehne
- Robust Metal-Ceramic Coaxial Cable Sensors for Distributed Temperature Monitoring in Fossil Energy Power Systems
University of Cincinnati, Adam Trontz
- Reduced Mode Sapphire Optical Fiber and Sensing System
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Daniel Homa
- Distributed fiber sensing systems for 3D combustion temperature field monitoring in coal-fired boilers using optically generated acoustic waves
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, University of Connecticut, and General Electric,
Jingcheng Zhou
- Functional Material Enabled Fiber Optic Sensors for High Temperature, Harsh Environment Sensing
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Paul Ohodnicki
- Creep Optimization in Haynes 282 Through Gamma Prime Coarsening Control: Preliminary Results National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Jeffrey Hawk
- Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for subsurface measurements
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Dustin McIntyre
- NETL Advanced 9% Cr Steel: Update and Current Development Status
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Jeffrey Hawk
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 – TRACK A
- Benefits of HIP/PM & AM to Fabricate Advanced Energy System Components
Energy Industries of Ohio Inc., Nancy Horton & Roy Sheppard
- Additive Manufacturing of Fuel Injectors
Edison Welding Institute, Inc., Mahdi Jamshidinia
- High Temperature Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc., Jose Luis Cordova
- Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine (PEI) Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes
Prairie View A&M University, Melisa L. Stewart
- Reduced Cost Bond Layers for Multi-Layer Thermal / Environmental Barrier Coatings
Auburn University, Jeffrey Fergus
- Rational Design of Mixed-Metal Oxides for Chemical Looping Combustion of Coal Via Computational Experimental Studies
North Carolina State University, Fanxing Li
- Novel Silica Nanostructured Platforms with Engineered Surface Functionality and Spherical Morphology for Low-Cost High-Efficiency Carbon-Capture
Delaware State University, Nicholas Pizzi
- HVOF Thermal Spray TiC/TiB2 Coatings of AUSC Boiler/Turbine Components for Enhanced Corrosion Protection
Southern Illinois University, Chung-Ying Tsai
- Internal to External Oxidation Transition Modeling: Plasticity and Coherence Loss
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Youhai Wen
- Serrated Plastic Flow in High Entropy Alloys
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Joseph Licavoli
- Hybrid Performance Project
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, David Tucker
- IPT – Direct Power Extraction
National Energy Technology Laboratory Research & Innovation Center, Rigel Woodside
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 – TRACK B
- Development of a CO2 Chemical Sensor for Downhole CO2 Monitoring in Carbon Sequestration
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Ning Liu
- Ultra-High Temperature Thermionic Sensors
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Scott J. Limb
- Graphene-Based Composite Sensors for Energy Applications
West Virginia University Research Corporation, Charter D. Stinespring
- Metal Oxide based Heterostructured Nanowire Arrays for Ultra-Sensitive and Selective Multi-Mode High Temperature Gas Detection
University of Connecticut, Bo Zhang
- Investigation on Pyroelectric Ceramic Temperature Sensors for Energy System Applications
University of Texas at El Paso, Ricardo Martinez
- Advanced Ceramic Materials and Packaging Technologies for Realizing Sensors Operable up to 1800 Celsius in Advanced Energy Generation Systems
Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Jason Fish
- Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography for Real-Time Measurement of Solids Circulation Rate at High Temperatures
Tech4Imaging, Qussai Marashdeh
- Real-Time 3-D Volume Imaging and Mass-Gauging of High Temperature Flows and Power System Components in a Fossil Fuel Reactor Using Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography
Tech4Imaging, Qussai Marashdeh
- Additive Topology Optimized Manufacturing with Embedded Sensing
United Technologies Corporation, Paul Attridge
- Additive Manufacturing of Smart Parts with Embedded Sensors for In-Situ Monitoring in Advanced Energy Systems
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Hai Xiao
- Smart Refractory Sensor Systems for Wireless Monitoring of Temperature, Health, and Degradation of Slagging Gasifiers
West Virginia University, Edward M. Sabolsky
- Investigation of "Smart Parts" with Embedded Sensor for Energy System Applications
University of Texas at El Paso, Yirong Lin
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 – TRACK A
- Engineered complex systems: Development of a cloud-based modeling framework for complex advanced power systems
Ames National Laboratory, Kenneth “Mark” Bryden
- Evaluation and Demonstration of Commercialization Potential of Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative Tools within gProms Advanced Simulation Platform
Process Systems Enterprise, Alfredo Ramos Plasencia
- Compact Microchannel Heat Exchangers
Ceramatec Inc., Charles Lewinsohn
- Solid State Joining of Creep Enhanced Ferritic Steels
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Glenn Grant
- Materials for Advanced Ultra-supercritical Steam Turbines - Advanced Ultra-supercritical Component Demonstration
Energy Industries of Ohio Inc., Horst Hack, Electric Power Research Institute Inc.
- Advanced Ultrasupercritical (AUSC) Materials Thick-Walled Cycling Header Development for ComTest-AUSC
Alstom Power, Inc., Reddy Ganta
- Advanced Ultrasupercritical (AUSC) Tube Membrane Panel Development
Alstom Power, Inc., James Pschirer
- Novel Functional Graded Thermal Barrier Coatings in Coal-fired Power Plant Turbines
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., Paul S. Weitzel
- Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Steam Cycle Turbine Materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Philip J. Maziasz
- Materials for Advanced Ultrasupercritical Steam Boilers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.F. Tortorelli
- Creep-Fatigue-Oxidation Interactions: Predicting Alloy Lifetimes under Fossil Energy Service Conditions
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sebastien Dryepondt
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 – TRACK B
- Wireless Microwave Acoustic Sensor System For Condition Monitoring In Power Plant Environments
University of Maine, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
- Novel Temperature Sensors and Wireless Telemetry for Active Condition Monitoring of Advanced Gas Turbines
Siemens Corporation, Anand A. Kulkarni
- Distributed Wireless Antenna Sensors for Boiler Condition Monitoring
University of Texas at Arlington, Haiying Huang
- Advanced Control Architecture and Sensor Information Development for Process Automation, Optimization, and Imaging of Chemical Looping Systems
Ohio State University, Tien-Lin Hsieh
- Development of Integrated Biomimetic Framework with Intelligent Monitoring, Cognition and Decision Capabilities for Control of Advanced Energy Plants
West Virginia University, Debangsu Bhattacharyya
- Simultaneous Waste Heat and Water Recovery from Power Plant Flue Gases for Advance Energy System
Gas Technology Institute (GTI), Dexin Wang
- Field Demonstration Study for Heat and Water Recovery at a Coal-Fired Power Plant
Southern Company Services, Inc., Russell Noble
- Exploring Energy-Water Issues in the United States
Sandia National Laboratories, Vincent Tidwell
- Evolving Robust and Reconfigurable Multi-objective Controllers for Advanced Power Systems
Oregon State University, Kagan Tumer
- An Information Theoretic Framework and Self-Organizing Agent-Based Sensor Network Architecture for Power Plant Condition Monitor
Case Western Reserve University, Kenneth Loparo
- Merged Environments for Simulation and Analysis: Testing and Demonstrating a Stigmergic Control Strategy based on Distributed Construction
Ames National Laboratory, Paolo Pezzini
- Multi-Objective Optimal Sensor Deployment Under Uncertainty For Advanced Power Systems
University of Illinois at Chicago, Urmila Diwekar
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 – TRACK A
- Kinetic Theory Modeling of Turbulent Multiphase Flow
Ames National Laboratory, Bo Kong
- MFIX-DEM PHI: Performance and Capability Improvements Towards Industrial Grade Open-Source Framework with Integrated Uncertainty Quantification
Arizona State University, Manogna Adepu & Shaohua Chen
- MFIX DEM Enhancement for Industry-Relevant Flows
University of Colorado, Thomas Hauser
- Novel Functional Graded Thermal Barrier Coatings in Coal-fired Power Plant Turbines
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Jing Zhang
- Ceramic High Temperature Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger and Heat Recuperators for Power Generation Systems
West Virginia University, Xueyan Song
- Advanced Alloy Design Concepts for High-Temperature Fossil Energy Applications
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Yukinori Yamamoto
- Optimization of Advanced Steels for Cyclic Operation through an Integration of Material Testing, Modeling and Novel Component Test Validation
Electric Power Research Institute Inc., John Siefert
- Experimental and Computational Investigation of High Entropy Alloys for Elevated-Temperature Applications
University of Tennessee, Peter K. Liaw
- New Mechanistic Models of Long Term Evolution of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nickel Based Alloys
Oregon State University, Jamie Kruzic
- Computational Design and Performance Prediction of Creep-Resistant Ferritic Superalloys
University of Tennessee, Peter K. Liaw
- Computational Design of Weldable, High-Cr Ferritic Steel
QuesTek Innovations LLC, David Snyder
- Large Scale Screening of Low Cost Ferritic Steels for AUSC
Tennessee State University, Lizhi Ouyang
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 – TRACK B
- Model-based Extracted Water Desalination System for Carbon Sequestration
General Electric Global Research Center, Ryan Adams
- Water Desalination Using Multi-Phase Turbo-Expander
General Electric, Kim Hammer
- Advanced Integrated Technologies for Treatment and Reutilization of Impaired Water in Fossil Fuel-based Power Plant Systems
Ohio University, Jason Trembly
- An Integrated Supercritical System for Efficient Produced Water Treatment and Power Generation
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Seyed Dastgheib
- Fouling-Resistant Membrane for Treating Concentrated Brines for Water Reuse in Advanced Energy Systems
Research Triangle Institute International, Zachary Hendren
- Low-Energy Water Recovery from Subsurface Brines
Research Triangle Institute International, Zachary Hendren
- Treatment of Produced Water from Carbon Sequestration Sites for Reuse, Mineral Recovery, and Carbon Utilization
Southern Research Institute, James H. Irvin
- Development of Membrane Distillation Technology Utilizing Waste Heat for Treatment of High Salinity Wastewaters
University of Pittsburgh, Omkar Lokare
- Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Embedded in Ceramic Matrices for Hot Electrode Applications
University of Nebraska, Yongfeng Lu
- AOI [7-A] High Temperature High Velocity Direct Power Extraction Using an Open-Cycle Oxy- Combustion System
University of Texas at El Paso, Manuel Hernandez
- Precursor-Derived Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Based Materials for Magnetohydrodynamic Electrode Applications
University of Washington, YiHsun Yang
- Boride Based Electrode Materials with Enhanced Stability under Extreme Conditions for MHD Direct Power Extraction
University of Idaho, Krishnan S. Raja
Friday, April 22, 2016 – Track A
Friday, April 22, 2016 – Track B
POSTER SESSION – TUESDAY APRIL 19, 2016
- Passive Wireless Sensors Fabricated by Direct-Writing for Temperature and Health Monitoring of Energy Systems in Harsh-Environments
West Virginia University, Ioannis Kortidis and Michael Comparetto
- Integrated Harsh Environment Gas / Temperature Wireless Microwave Acoustic Sensor System for Fossil Energy Applications
The University of Maine, Anin Maskay (Student Researcher), Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
- Low-Cost, Efficient and Durable High Temperature Wireless Sensors by Direct Write Additive Manufacturing for Application in Fossil Energy Systems
Washington State University, Rahul Panat
- Wireless 3D Nanorod Composite Arrays based High Temperature Surface-Acoustic-Wave Sensors for Selective Gas Detection through Machine Learning Algorithms
University of Connecticut, Dongwook Kwak
- Metal 3D Printing of Low-NOX Fuel Injectors with Integrated Temperature Sensors
University of Texas at El Paso, Jorge Mireles
- Physics-based Creep Simulation of Thick Section Welds in High Temperature and Pressure Applications
Idaho National Laboratory, Thomas M. Lillo
- Technical Qualification of New Materials for High Efficiency Coal-Fired Boilers and Other Advanced FE Concepts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Peter Tortorelli
- Microstructure and Properties of Ni-based Components Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sebastien Dryepondt
- Innovative Process Technologies (IPT): Data Science Initiative
NETL Research & Innovation Center, Vyacheslav Romanov
- Combustion Synthesis of Boride-Based Electrode Materials for MHD Direct Power Extraction
University of Texas at El Paso, Sergio Cordova
- Interfacing MFIX with PETSc and HYPRE Linear Solver Libraries
University of North Dakota, Gautham Krishnamoorthy
- High Fidelity Computational Model for Fluidized Bed Experiments
University of Texas at El Paso, Vinod Kumar
- The Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES)
NETL Research & Innovation Center, John Eslick
- Prediction of Discretization Errors using Error Transport Equation
NETL Research & Innovation Center/ORISE Faculty Fellowship Program, Ismail B. Celik & Mehrdad Shahnam
- Wireless Networked Sensors in Water for Heavy Metal Detection
NanoSonic, Inc., Dr. Hang Ruan
- Integrated Sensors for Water Quality
Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Laurel Frediani
- Advance Membrane Materials & Processes for Desalination of High Salinity Brines
NETL Research & Innovation Center, Nicholas Siefert
- Recovery of REEs from Coal Mine Drainage
West Virginia University, Paul F. Ziemkiewicz
- Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Ash with a Closed Loop Leaching Process
Battelle Memorial Institute, Rick Peterson
- Plasma Arc Gasification Based Rare Earth Element Recovery from Coal Fly Ash
Southern Research, Ken Jeffers, P.E.
- Economically Viable and Environmentally Benign High-Performance Technology to Recover REE from Coal By-Products
Tusaar Corporation, Dr. Dean Stull and Dr. Gary Carlson
- Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues
Duke University, Heileen Hsu-Kim
- Pilot-Scale Testing of an Integrated Circuit for the Extraction of Rare Earth Minerals and Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts Using Advanced Separation Technologies
University of Kentucky, Rick Honaker
- Investigation of Rare Earth Element Extraction from North Dakota Coal-Related Feedstocks
University of North Dakota, Steve Benson
- High Yield and Economical Production of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Ash
Physical Sciences Inc., Prakash B. Joshi
- A Pollution-Prevention and Economically-Viable Technology for Separation of Rare Earth Elements from Powder River Basin (PRB) Coal Ashes
University of Wyoming, Hanjing Tian
- Characterization and Recovery of Rare Earths from Coal and By-Products
NETL Research & Innovation Center, Evan J. Granite
