Program Directors/Managers Session - UTEP Workshop
Robert R. Romanosky
Advanced Research Technology Manager
National Energy Technology Center
February 8-10, 2009
February 2010
National Energy Technology Laboratory
 Only DOE national lab dedicated to fossil energy
– Fossil fuels provide 85% of U.S. energy supply
 One lab, three research campuses
 1,200 Federal and support-contractor employees
 Research encompasses fundamental science through
technology demonstration
Pennsylvania
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West Virginia
Oregon
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Advancing Energy Options to Fuel our Economy,
Strengthen our Security, and Improve our Environment
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Only government owned & operated DOE national laboratory
Dedicated to energy RD&D
Fundamental science through demonstrations
Unique industry–academia–government collaborations
>600 Federal employees and >600 onsite contractors
Over 1,300 activities in U.S. and >40 foreign countries with total award
value of ~$11B including ~$6B in private sector cost-sharing
• FY2009 budget $2.6B + $18.9B under 2009 American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act + financial management of ~$941M for EE/RE
Albany, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
Morgantown, WV
Fairbanks, AK
NETL’S
5 FACILITIES
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Sugar Land, TX
NETL FY 2009 Budget
Non-FE
Oil & Gas RD&D
$75M
$ Million
600
Coal RD&D
$409M
FE
Program
Support
$150M
500
Non-FE
$697M
$288M
400
Energy Eff./
Renewable
Energy*
300
Office of
Electricity
200
100
Clean Coal
Power Initiative
M. Lakatos, 03/27/2009
Other
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Directed Projects $44M
Note: In addition to NETL’s FY 2009 budget of $2.6B,
NETL will implement programs valued at $15.5B under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Non-DOE
*NETL also financially
manages ~$941M for
EERE’s Project
Management Center
Partners in Innovation and Implementation
DOE Offices
Technology Developers
and Vendors
Universities
Small Business
Other National
Laboratories
Other Government
Agencies
Power Industry
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NETL Mission Areas
Strategic Center
for Coal
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R. Boyle, 01/06/2009
Strategic Center
for Natural Gas
and Oil
Project
Management
Center
Strategic Center for Coal
FY10 Program Components & Funding
• Innovations for Existing Plants ~$52 Million
• Gasification ~$63 Million
• Turbines ~$32 Million
• Fuel Cells ~$50 Million
• Sequestration ~$154 Million
• Fuels ~$25 Million
• Advanced Research ~$28 Million
• FutureGen ~$1 Billion (ARRA Funding)
• Clean Coal Power Initiative ~$800 Million
(ARRA)
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MFIX
simulatio
n of pilot
scale
KBR/So
uthern
transport
gasifier
Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil
Future Resource Development
• Ensuring reliable supplies for future generations
Domestic Oil & Gas Resource Conservation
• Making the most of what we have
Security & Supply
• Assessing impact & recovery of supply after catastrophic events
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R. Boyle, 02/25/2008
Project Management Center
Non-Fossil Infrastructure and Energy Activities
Energy Efficiency &
Renewable Energy
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Vehicle technologies
Building technologies
Industrial technologies
Weatherization & state energy
programs
National Archives & Records
Administration
Electricity Delivery & Energy
Reliability
• Grid modernization
• Reliable & secure energy supplies
• Disaster response
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Fossil Energy Key Material Research Areas
USC Boilers/Turbines
Gasifier
Advanced
Turbines
ID Fan
Combustor
Backpass HXR
Fuel Cells
Gas
Cooling
and
Cleaning
CO2
Recycle
O2
HTR
MBHX
Coal
Limestone
Sensors
ASU
Oxygen
Air
Ash
Fluid. Blwr.
Oxy-Firing
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CO2 To
Storage
N2
Computational Science at NETL
Computational
Fluid
Dynamics
National/Global
Mm
Molecular
Dynamical
Simulations
km
Multiphase
Flow
Plant
Device
Ab initio
Calculations
m
mm
Particles
Space
µm
Power
Plant Simulation
nm
Atoms/molecules
fs
ps
ns
µs
ms
Time
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Ms
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Working with NETL
• Competitive Solicitations
(Open, University, Small
Business)
– Option to waive patent rights
to recipients
• UCR/HBCU Solicitations
• SBIR/STTR
• Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements
(CRADAs)
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Contact Information
Robert R. Romanosky
304-285-4721
Robert.romanosky@netl.doe.gov
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NETL
Office of Fossil Energy
www.netl.doe.gov
www.fe.doe.gov