2016 NETL Water Management Program Workshop

2016 NETL Water Management Program Workshop
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
November 30, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Crosscutting Research Program held a Workshop in order to seek input regarding research areas seen as essential to the Water Management Research and Development (Water Management) Program.  All technology areas were considered that ensured steady, reliable energy production from thermal power plants albeit delivered with reductions in water usage.  The current Water Management Program areas of water treatment and reuse, process efficiency and heat utilization, and data modeling and analysis were addressed.  Water treatment and reuse covered both the treatment of briny water as well as power plant effluent waste streams. Each technology area presentation was followed by an open discussion period.  The Workshop also sought to promote networking and collaboration between leading researchers and experts in government, industry, and academia and utilities and other aspects of the fossil energy market that could benefit from technological advancements leading to reduced water consumption. 

• Workshop Agenda 

• Opening Remarks
  Robert Romanosky, NETL, Crosscutting Research Program

• Keynote
  Robie Lewis, DOE HQ, Crosscutting Research Program

• Energy Water Nexus Cross Cut
  Zach Clement, DOE HQ, Energy Policy and Systems Analysis

• Overview of Briny Treatments
  • Overview of NETL-Funded Projects: External and Internal
    Jessica Mullen, NETL, Enabling Technologies and Partnerships

• • Overview of BEST Phase II Projects
    Andrea McNemar, NETL, Carbon Storage

• Improvements in Power Plants
  Barb Carney, NETL, Enabling Technologies and Partnerships

• Cleaning Up Power Plant Effluent Waste Streams
  Paul Ziemkiewicz, West Virginia University, WV Water Research Institute

• Data Modeling and Analysis
  Erik Shuster, NETL, Energy Markets Analysis Team

• Closing Remarks
  Robert Romanosky, NETL, Crosscutting Research Program

•  Workshop Summary – to be added soon