[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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