2019 PROCEEDINGS - PROJECT REVIEW MEETING FOR TRANSFORMATIVE POWER GENERATION PORTFOLIOS

Project Review Meeting for Transformative Power Generation Portfolios
April 10 - 12, 2019

PLENARY SESSION

Tuesday

• Welcome and Opening Remarks:
  • Angelos Kokkinos, Director, Office of Advanced Fossil Technology Systems, U.S. Department of Energy
• Technology overview:
  • Briggs White,  Crosscutting Research
  • John Rockey, Transformative Power Generation
  • David Lyons, Gasification Systems / National Energy Technology Laboratory

Wednesday

• Welcome:
  • Randall Gentry, Deputy Director & Chief Research Officer, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Keynote:
  • Steven Winberg, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

TRANSFORMATIVE POWER GENERATION PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY TRACK A: SENSORS AND CONTROLS

SESSION A1: Power Plant Sensors Analysis
Moderated by Benjamin Chorpening 

• Existing Plants - Fleet Assessment
  Jeff Hoffman, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Advanced Sensors And Controls - Market and Benefits Analysis
  Erik Shuster,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Dynamic Modeling of Steam- based Power Plants
  Steve Zitney, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Evaluation of Steam Cycle Upgrades to Improve the Competitiveness of US Coal Fired Power Plants
  Horst Hack, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

SESSION A2: Sensors and Controls
Moderated by Karol Schrems 

• Advanced Sensors & Controls - Field Testing of Raman Gas Analyzer
  Benjamin Chorpening, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Mid Infra-Red Laser Sensor for Continuous Sulfur Trioxide Monitoring to improve Coal- Fired Power Plant Performance During Flexible Operations
  Jason Kriesel, Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc.
• Ultrasonic Measurements of Temperature Profile and Heat Fluxes in Coal-Fired Power Plants
  Mikhail Skliar, University of Utah
• Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques Enabling Coal-Fired Power Plants the Ability to Achieve Higher Efficiency, Improved Availability, and Increased Reliability of Their Operations
  Stuart Gillen,SparkCognition, Inc.

SESSION A3: Sensors and Controls
Moderated by Omer Bakshi 

• High Temperature Electrochemical Sensors for In-situ Corrosion Monitoring in Coal-Based Power Generation Boilers
  Xingbo Liu,West Virginia University Research Corporation
• Improving Coal Fired Plant Performance through Integrated Predictive and Condition-based Monitoring Tools
  Shuchita Patwardhan,Microbeam Technologies, Inc.
• Extended Low Load Boiler Operation to Improve Performanced and Economics of an Exisitng Coal Fired Power Plant
  Robert Murphy,GE/Alstom

2019 COMBINED REVIEW MEETING POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Digital Twin Model for Advanced Manufacture of a Rotating Detonation Engine Injector (Coming Soon)
  Steve White, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
• Computation Tools for Additive Manufacture of Tailored Microstructure and Properties
  Paul Attridge, United Technologies Research Center
• Integrated Computational Materials and Mechanical Modeling for Additive Manufacturing of Alloys with Graded Structure used in Fossil Fuel Power Plants
  Wei Xiong,  University of Pittsburgh
• ICME for Advanced Manufacturing of Ni Superalloy Heat Exchangers with High Temperature Creep + Oxidation Resistance for Supercritical CO2 (Coming Soon)
  Chris Taylor, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) GL USA, Inc.
• Components Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing (Coming Soon)
  Sebastien N. Dryepondt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Probabilistic Life Assessment and Aged Materials Testing for Service Feedback of Gas Turbine Components (Coming Soon)
  Sebastien N. Dryepondt,  Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Properties of Advanced Ni- based Alloys for AUSC Steam Turbines (Coming Soon)
  Frank Chen,  Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Technical Qualification of New Materials for High Efficiency Coal-Fired Boilers and Other Advanced FE Concepts (Coming Soon)
  B. A. Pint,  Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Advanced Alloy Design Concepts for High Temperature Fossil Energy Applications
  Yukinori Yamamoto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Low Cost Fabrication of ODS Materials (Coming Soon)
  Glenn Grant,  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Solid State Joining of Creep Enhanced Ferritic Steels (Coming Soon)
  Glenn Grant,  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Integrated Process Improvement using Laser and Friction Stir Processing for Nickel Alloys used in Fossil Energy Power Plant Applications (Coming Soon)
  Glenn Grant,  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Phase Field Model Development for Plasticity/Creep
  Youhai Wen,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Data Analytics for Designing Fe-9Cr Steels
  Vyacheslav Romanov,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
•  T91 Boiler Tube Oxide Spallation Experiments in High Pressure Steam
  Gordon Holcomb, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• High Entropy Alloy Development for Fossil Energy Applications
  Michael Gao, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Development of Advanced High-Temperature Ni-Base Superalloys for Fossil Energy Applications
  Paul Jablonskil, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Manufacturing Compact Heat-Exchangers for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles
  David Alman,National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• eXtremeMAT Overview
  David Alman, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Data Computing for eXtremeMAT R&D - Improving data acquisition, transformation and analytics for advanced materials discovery
  Kelly Rose,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Physics Based Creep Simulation of Thick Section Welds in High Temperature & Pressure Applications
  Tom Lillo,  Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
•  Advanced Computational Approaches to Nickel-based Superalloys (Coming Soon)
  Matt Kramer. Ames National Laboratory
• Multiscale Modelling of Microstructure Evolution during Rapid Solidification for Additive Manufacturing
  Tyler Bochers,  Arconic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Predicting Limit Rub Response in Advanced Gas Turbine Engines (Coming Soon)
  William J. Joost.  Pratt & Whitney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• High Performance Particle Based Modeling of Damage Nucleation from Forging Flaws in Fossil Power Generation Rotor Components (Coming Soon)
  Kai Kadau,  Siemens Energy Inc (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• An Investigation of the Effect of Cyclic Operation on HRSG and Coal-fired Boiler Tubes - Failures Induced by High Thermal Stress and Component Fatigue
  Salvatore A. DellaVilla Jr,  Strategic Power systems, Inc (National Energy Technology Laboratory)
• Utilizing High Peformance Computational Analysis to Characterize the Operating Envelop of Various NGCC Operating Technologies -- HPC4Materials (Coming Soon)
  Salvatore A. DellaVilla Jr,  Strategic Power Systems, Inc (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
•  Understanding Complex, Coupled Mechanisms of Oxidation and Hot Corrosion Degradation with Computational Models (Coming Soon)
  Kenneth Smith, United Technologies Research Center (LLNL)
• Compact Diffusion Bonded Heat Exchanger Fatigue Life Simulations (Coming Soon)
  Blake Lance,  Vacuum Process Engineering (Sandia National Laboratory)
• Ultra-Clean Transient Turbine Combustor (Coming Soon)
  David L. Hagen,  VAST Power Systems, Inc.
• Development of Miniaturized High-Temperature Multi-Process Monitoring System
  Hong-Shig Shim,  Reaction Engineering International
• Combustion Performance and Emissions Optimization Through Integration of a Miniaturized High-Temperature Multi Process Monitoring System
  Kevin Davis,  Reaction Engineering International
• Advanced Tools for Cyber-Physical Systems and Digital Twins (Coming Soon)
  Mark Bryden,  Ames National Laboratory
• Integrated Boiler Management through Advanced Condition Monitoring and Component Assessment (Coming Soon)
  Susan Maley,  Electric Power Research Institute, Inc
• Application of advanced data analytic tools for the existing power plant fleet (Coming Soon)
  Larry Shadle,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Extreme Temperature Distributed Sensing for Modular Energy Systems
  John Ohanion,  Luna Innovations
• Embedded Multiplexed Fiber-Optic Sensing for Turbine Control and PHM (Coming Soon)
  William Price,  Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation
•  Wireless Embedded Multi Functional Sensor System for In-Situ Health Monitoring of Refractory Liners in Fossil Energy Systems (Coming Soon)
  Rajalekshmi Pillai, SRS Holdings, LLC
• High Temperature Integrated Gas and Temperature Wireless Microwave Acoustic Sensor System for Fossil Energy Applications (Coming Soon)
  Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and Armando Ayes,  University of Maine System 
• Atomic level modeling of high temperature sensing materials (Coming Soon)
  Yuhua Duan National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Development of a LIBS System for Subterranean Water Chemistry (Coming Soon)
  Dustin McIntyre,  National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• AI Enabled Robots for Automated Nondestructive Evaluation and Repair of Power Plant Boilers (Coming Soon)
  Hao Zhang, Colorado School of Mines
•  Development of a Pipe Crawler Inspection Tool for Fossil Energy Power Plants (Coming Soon)
  Daniel Martinez, Florida International University
• A Robotics-Enabled Eddy Current testing System for Autonomous Inspection of Heat Exchanger Tubes
  Jian Lin,  University of Missouri
•  A Lizard-Inspired Tube Inspector (LTI) Robot
  Felice Mora, New Mexico State University
•  Autonomous Aerial Power plant Inspection in GPS Denied Environments
  Rizia Mousumi, University of Texas at El Paso
•  E-Blockchain: A Scalable Platform for Secure Energy Transactions and Control (Coming Soon)
  David Cohen, GRID7, LLC
•  Cyber Security Risk Reduction Framework for Generation I&C Technology (Coming Soon)
  Jeremy Lawrence, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc
• Physical Domain Approaches to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks Assocated with Control Systems (Coming Soon)
  Daniel Holzhauer,  General Electric Company
• Cyber Secure Sensor Network for Fossil Fuel Power Generation Assets Monitoring (Coming Soon)
  Benjamin Justus, Siemens Corporation
• Operational Technology Behavioral Analytics (Coming Soon)
  Patrick Cossley and Stephen Reaves,  Southern Company Services Inc
• Metaphortress: A Situational Awareness Platform
  Tim Oullette and Bill Russ,  Sonalysts, Inc.
• Data Ingestion, Analysis, and Situational Awareness Tool (Coming Soon)
  Olga Kuklina,  Physical Optics Corporation
• Automated Situational Awareness Technologies for Robust and Resilient Fossil Energy Power Via Multivariate
  Ferenc Szidarovszky,  Ridgetop Group, Inc.
• A Novel Steam Condenser with Loop Thermosyphons and Film-Forming Agents for Improved Heat Transfer Efficiency and Durability
  Richard Bonner, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
• Capillary-Driven Condensation for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Steam Power Plants
  Yajing Zhao,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Enhancing Steam-Side Heat Transfer via Microdroplet Ejection using Inorganic Coatings (Coming Soon)
  Nick Montes,  Nelumbo Inc.
• Trace Element Sampling and Partitioning Modeling to Estimate Wastewater Compsition and Treatment Efficacy of Coal Generators (Coming Soon)
  Jiachen Liu,  Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
• Coal-Fired Power Plant Configuration and Operation Impact on Plant Effluent Contaminant and Conditions
  Deliya Kim,  Lehigh University
• Co-Generation Wastewater Treatment at Coal-Fired Energy Plants (Coming Soon)
  Scott Trybula, Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
• Demonstrations of Holistic, Lower Cost/Energy Effluent Water Management Approaches for Coal-Fired Energy (Coming Soon)
  Trent Rogers, Electric Power Research Institute
• Flue-Gas Desulfurization Effluent Management Using an Innovative Low-Energy Biosorption Treatment System to Remove Key Contaminants
  Jinjian Wu, Es Engineering Services, LLC
• Promod Analysis of Plant Water Management (Coming Soon)
  Erik Shuster, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Analysis of Advanced Cooling Systems for Fossil Power Plants (Coming Soon)
  Haibo Zhai,  Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
• Coal Ash Beneficiation Through Critical Material Extraction and Recovery (Coming Soon)
  Clinton Noack,  Anactisis, Inc.
• Ionic Liquids as Advanced Solvents for the Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Products
  Kristin Di Bona, Gabriela Gurau, Robin Rogers,  Wyonics, LLC
• Rare Earth Extraction from Coal Fly Ash (Coming Soon)
  Karen Jayne,  Skyhaven Systems, LLC
• Novel Charfuel® Coal Refining Process 18 TPD Pilot Plant Project for Co-Producing an Upgraded Coal Product, and Commercially Valuable Co-Products (Coming Soon)
  Lee Meyer,  Carbon Fuels L.L.C.
• Improving DXRT Efficiency for Coal Beneficiation with Advanced Air Jets (Coming Soon)
  Charles Roos,  Mineral Separation Technologies Inc.
• U.S. Coal to Conductive Inks (Coming Soon)
  James Hnat,  Minus 100, LLC
• Silicon Carbide (SIC) Foam for Molten Salt Containment in CSP-GEN3 Systems
  Dwayne Morgan, Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd.
• Efficient process for the production of high conductivity, carbon-rich materials from coal
  Dorin Preda,  Physical Sciences, Inc.
• Coal-Core Composites for Low Cost, Lightweight, Fire-Resistant Panels and Roofing Materials
  William Easter,  Semplastics EHC, LLS
• University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research
  Joel Morrison, Pennsylvania State University
• NETL Oxygen Carriers for Coal Conversion (Coming Soon)
  Jonathan W. Lekse, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Non-Traditional Thermal Reactor Development for Gasification
  Justin Weber, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Material Development for Advanced Manufacturing of Gasification Systems
  James Bennett, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Slag Management of Carbon Feedstock Used in Gasification
  James Bennett, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)