[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18005-18006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8999]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology 
Center (FETC).

ACTION: Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct 
a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance 
(cooperative agreements) for the program entitled ``A Development of 
On-Line Temperature Measurement Instrumentation for Gasification 
Process Control''. Through this solicitation, FETC seeks to support 
applications addressing the development and testing of temperature 
measurement instrumentation capable of functioning in a sustained and 
reliable manner in the high temperature section of slagging 
gasification systems operating at elevated pressures. Applications will 
be subjected to a review by a DOE technical panel, and awards will be 
made to a limited number of applicants based on a scientific and 
engineering evaluation of the responses received to determine the 
relative merit of the approach taken in response to this offering by 
the DOE, and funding availability.

FOR FURTHER SOLICITATION INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Byrnes, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and 
Assistance Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-
0940, Telephone: (412) 892-4486, FAX: (412) 892-6216, E-mail: 
[email protected]. The solicitation (available in both WordPerfect 
6.1 and Portable Document Format (PDF)) will be released on DOE's FETC 
World Wide Web Server Internet System (http://www.fetc.doe.gov/
business/solicit) on or about April 16, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Solicitation

    A Development of On-Line Temperature Measurement Instrumentation 
for Gasification Process Control.

Objectives

    Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40565, the Department 
of Energy seeks applications for innovative technical approaches to 
develop an accurate, reliable, robust and cost-effective real-time 
temperature monitoring system capable of measuring temperatures in the 
high temperature (typ. ranging from 2000-2600F) section of pressurized, 
coal-fired slagging gasifiers.

Eligibility

    Eligibility for participation in this Program Solicitation is 
considered to be full and open. All interested parties may apply. The 
solicitation will contain a complete description of the technical 
evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor. While 
national laboratories may not participate as a prime they may 
participate as a sub-contractor.

Areas of Interest

    The Department of Energy is interested in obtaining applications 
offering thirty month projects for the bench-scale development of real-
time temperature measurement instrumentation for high temperature, high 
pressure coal-fired slagging gasification systems. A variety of 
approaches, including the use of thermocouple- or optically-based 
techniques, are acceptable as long as they offer the clear potential to 
meet the aforementioned objectives. Furthermore, all proposed 
temperature measurement instrumentation must be suitable for use on 
large-scale slagging gasification systems and applications must address 
issues such as laboratory scale-up, potential placement and method of 
mounting on actual operating systems.

Awards

    DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (cooperative 
agreements) for each project selected. DOE reserves the right to 
support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all 
applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many 
awards may be made through the solicitation subject to funds available. 
Approximately $1 million of DOE funding is planned for this 
solicitation. The estimated funding by the DOE is planned to be 
approximately $0.33 million per award. Cost sharing by the applicant is 
required, and details of the cost sharing requirement are contained in 
the solicitation.

Solicitation Release Date

    The Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or 
about April 16, 1999. Applications must be prepared and submitted in 
accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program 
Solicitation
Dale A. Siciliano,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-8999 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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