[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 21186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07401]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Ammonia Combustion Technology Group Meeting
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Office of Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will host
public meetings of the Ammonia Combustion Technology Group via WebEx
approximately every (2) months. The purpose of the public meetings is
to address challenges associated with ammonia combustion systems in
power generation and industrial applications.
DATES: Public meetings will begin on Tuesday, May 2, 2022 and be held
on the first Tuesday of the month, approximately every (2) months
thereafter. The specific date and time will be shared prior to each
meeting via the NETL events page (https://netl.doe.gov/events).
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held from 1-3 p.m. EST, via
WebEx and hosted by NETL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the
public meeting, please contact Clinton Bedick at NETL by telephone at
(412) 386-5886, by email at [email protected], or by postal
mail addressed to National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans
Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940. Please direct all
media inquiries to the NETL Public Affairs Officer at (304) 285-0228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instructions and Information on the Public Meeting
The public meetings will be held via WebEx. The specific date and
time of each meeting will be shared approximately 1 month in advance
via the NETL events page (https://netl.doe.gov/events). Interested
parties may RSVP, to confirm their participation and receive login
instructions, by emailing [email protected].
The objective of the Ammonia Combustion Technology Group is to
promote a technical understanding, among all, on the subject of ammonia
combustion for power and industry. This technical understanding shall
be achieved through the sharing of information or viewpoints from
individual participants to reduce risk and address challenges
associated with developing the technology.
Ammonia has been proposed as a hydrogen carrier and carbon-free
fuel in combustion applications, offering potential advantages over
pure hydrogen in terms of storage, transport, and energy density. A
2019 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that it was
cheaper to deliver hydrogen as ammonia by pipeline for distances below
3500 km, including distribution and reconversion. When eliminating the
distribution and reconversion step, transport and storage of ammonia
was cheaper overall compared to hydrogen, demonstrating the impetus for
its direct utilization in combustion applications. A number of the
world's largest gas turbine engine manufacturers have publicly
expressed interest and/or have active projects involving ammonia
combustion technologies, however as of today none offer a commercial
product capable of operating on ammonia or ammonia-mix fuels. This is
largely due to a number of technical challenges which must be overcome,
including the low flammability of ammonia and a propensity for high
nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions. Specific research challenges
include chemical kinetics uncertainties, limited experimental
validation data, combustor design and optimization, and scaling to
practical flows and geometries, among others.
The format of the public meetings will facilitate equal opportunity
for discussion among all participants; all participants will be welcome
to speak. Following a detailed presentation by one volunteer
participant regarding lessons learned from his or her area of research,
other participants will be provided the opportunity to briefly share
lessons learned from their own research. Public meetings are expected
to take place every other month with a different volunteer presenting
at each public meeting. Public meeting minutes will be published for
those who are unable to attend.
The public meetings are considered ``open-to-the-public.'' The
purpose of the public meetings has been examined during the planning
stages, and NETL management has made specific determinations that
affect attendance. All information presented at the public meetings
must meet criteria for public sharing or be published and available in
the public domain. Participants should not communicate information that
is considered official use only, proprietary, sensitive, restricted or
protected in any way. Foreign nationals, who may be present, have not
been approved for access to Department of Energy information and
technologies.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 31,
2023, by Brian Anderson, Ph.D., Director, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of
Energy. That document with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-07401 Filed 4-7-23; 8:45 am]
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