The February 2022 edition of the SSAE Newsletter provides updates about recent research initiatives undertaken within NETL’s Strategic Systems Analysis and Engineering (SSAE) directorate.

Click here to access this latest edition and learn about activities that SSAE is leading to gain insights into new energy concepts, support the analysis of energy system interactions and advance its capabilities.

Highlights in this edition include:

•    The feasibility of producing jet fuel from an on-site facility at the Pittsburgh International Airport was outlined in a report by SSAE researchers. The study examines constructing and operating a gas-to-liquids facility on airport property that could produce nearly 70 million gallons of synthetic jet fuel per year.

•    As part of the Science-informed Machine Learning for Accelerating Real-Time Decisions in Subsurface Applications (SMART) Initiative Task 5, SSAE researchers developed fast and accurate deep learning models in Python language for simulating carbon dioxide (CO₂) saturation, reservoir pressure and production rates for CO₂ storage and brine production applications.

•    Funded by DOE’s Carbon Capture Program, SSAE’s Energy Markets Analysis Team has engaged the National Regulatory Research Institute to investigate the design of market rules to incentivize the deployment of carbon capture and storage.

In addition, the newsletter lists upcoming conferences, meetings and events at which SSAE researchers will present findings, as well as links to recent presentations.

Click here to access an archive of previous editions of the SSAE Newsletter.