Lignite Research Program-Grant Rounds 69-60

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Evaluation of Novel Technologies for CO2 Capture

LRC-69-A Application

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Partnership for CO2 Capture-Phase II

LRC-69-B Application

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WRITECoal Gasification Process for Low Rank Coals for Improved Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle with Carbon Capture-Phase II

LRC-69-C

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Lignite Vision 21 Program-Phase VI Generation Technology, Environmental and Transmission Planning Services

LRC-69-D Application

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FY10-69-171: Partnership for CO2 Capture-Phase II 

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: This project focus is to develop promising technologies toward demonstration and commercialization that capture and separate CO2 from a dilute gas stream produced by combusting fossil fuels. In order for this to happen, the program will focus on developing and demonstrating a range of CO2 capture technologies while achieving high reductions in SOx, NOx, particulate, mercury, and other gas constituents as required by CO2 capture technologies.
• Funded Amount: $720,000
• Total Project Cost: $21,487,892
  • Final Report 

FY10-69-172: WRITECoalTM Gasification Process for Low Rank Coals for Improved Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle with Carbon Capture: Phase II-Pilot-scale Demonstration

• Sponsor: Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (MDU)
• Objective: The project will demonstrate at a 1-2 MW pilot scale WRI’s WRITECoal™ gasification process for IGCC with carbon capture, fuel cell applications, and chemicals production. The information generated will be used to identify engineering and scale up issues and to estimate the cost of WRITECoal™ Gasification process for low rank coal including lignite coal.
• Funded Amount: $100,000
• Total Project Cost: $2,640,380
  • Final Report 

FY10-69-173: Evaluation of Novel Technologies for CO2 Capture

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: This project will evaluate technologies that have the potential to dramatically reduce the cost of CO2 capture from a dilute gas stream produced by combusting fossil fuels. The technology that has been chosen for evaluation and optimization is the Neumann System Group’s (NSG’s) NeuStream™ technology.
• Funded Amount: $25,000
• Total Project Cost: $45,315
  • Final Report

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Lignite Catalytic Hydromethanation Development Project

LRC-68-A Application

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Oxy-Combustion Boiler Development for Tangential Firing of ND Lignite

LRC-68-B Application

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Implementation of ND Lignite Energy Marketing Plan

LRC-68-C Application

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FY10-68-169: Oxy-Combustion Boiler Development for Tangential Firing of ND Lignite 

• Sponsor: GreatPoint Energy
• Objective: Alstrom will use its 5MW pilot facility to examine the impact of oxy-firing on boiler performance with a range of US coals. Funding from the LRC will be used to partially fund testing a ND lignite coal supplied by GRE that has been upgraded using its Dry-fining process.
• Funded Amount: $490,000
• Total Project Cost: $8,716,523
  • Final Report 

FY10-68-170: Implementation of ND Lignite Energy Marketing Plan

• Sponsor: Lignite Energy Council (LEC)
• Objective: Marketing campaign regarding the EPA’s proposed partial Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to overrule the State of ND’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) regarding Regional Haze. The campaign would use television, radio, and print ads to request North Dakota citizens to access a Web site and write to the EPA to voice their protests against the FIP during the public comment period, which is expected to begin in late July 2011.
• Funded Amount: $866,700
• Total Project Cost: $1,733,400
  • Final Report 

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Annual Lignite Energy Council Education Seminar-Energy, Economics & Environment 

LRC-67-A Application

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Advanced Power Systems Initiative-Lignite Feasibility Study

LRC-67-B Application

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FY10-67-168: Annual Lignite Energy Council Education Seminar: Energy, Economics & Environment  

• Sponsor: Lignite Energy Council (LEC)
• Objective: To educate teachers from North Dakota and neighboring states about the economic benefits, career opportunities and operations of the lignite industry, enabling them to educate their students about the industry.
• Funded Amount: $156,000
• Total Project Cost: $312,000
  • Final Report 

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Viability of ND Lignite as a Feedstock for a Commercial Charfuel Coal Refining Facility in ND

LRC-66-A Application

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Application of Waste Heat Recovery Generation at Great River Energy's Coal Creek Station

LRC-66-B Application

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FY10-66-167: Application of Waste Heat Recovery Generation at Great River Energy's Coal Creek Station 

• Sponsor: Calnetix Inc.
• Objective: To identify usable waste heat sources within a lignite power plant, validate sufficient heat to power multiple 1-2 MWe units and demonstrate the technical viability of generating electricity from one source using Calnetix’s current WHG100 unit. The Coal Creek Station was the original site evaluated by Calnetix. Waste heat is not available at Coal Creek Station for this project and consequently different sites are being evaluated. The project is delayed until an acceptable location is identified.
• Funded Amount: $330,000
• Total Project Cost: $896,745
  • Final Report 

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CO2 Capture Demonstration Project

LRC-65-A Application

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Long-term Assessment of Selective Reduction Reactor Slip Stream Performance for Utilities Burning Lignite Coal

LRC-65-B Application

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FY09-65-165: CO2 Capture Demonstration Project  

• Sponsor: Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC)
• Objective: Conduct a Front End Engineering and Design study involving the application of Powerspan's technology to remove 90% of the carbon dioxide from a 120 MW flue gas slipstream of Unit 1 of the Antelope Valley Station.
• Funded Amount: $2,700,000
• Total Project Cost: $6,200,000
  • Final Report

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Coal Ash Behavior in Reducing Environments (CABRE) III

LRC-64-A Application

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Partnership for CO2 Capture

LRC-64-B Application

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FY08-64-163: Coal Ash Behavior in Reducing Environments (CABRE) III  

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Conduct research and demonstrate fuel ash-related problems that affect gasification performance and provide more reliable evaluation tools for gasifier design engineers and operators to assess coal requirements and optimize operating conditions.
• Funded Amount: $150,000
• Total Project Cost: $2,401,174
  • Final Report 

FY08-64-164: Partnership for CO2 Capture

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Conduct pilot-scale demonstration testing of selected CO2 separation and capture technologies for fossil fuel-and biomass-fired systems. The technologies may include solvent scrubbing, oxygen-bred combustion, and gas separation membranes.
• Funded Amount: $300,000
• Total Project Cost: $3,410,000
  • Final Report 

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Proposal to ND Lignite Research Program for the Plains Carbon Dioxide Reduction Partnership Program-Phase III

LRC-63-A Application

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Impacts of Lignite Properties on Powerspan's NOx Oxidation System

LRC-63-E Application

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Lignite Vision 21 Project Coal-to-Liquids Plant, McLean County, ND

LRC-63-I Application

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Lignite Vision 21 Feasibility Project Phase IV-Engineering, Business Development and Design

LRC-63-J Application

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Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership-Phase III

LRC-63-K Application

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FY08-63-161: Lignite Vision 21 Feasibility Project Phase IV-Engineering, Business Development and Design  

• Sponsor: Great Northern Power Development L.P.
• Objective: Conduct Pre-FEED (front-end engineering and design) and FEED studies showing the feasibility of constructing a coal gasification project making pipeline quality synthetic natural gas from lignite. 
• Funded Amount: $5,123,619
• Total Project Cost: $38,967,950
  • Final Report 

FY08-63-162: Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership–Phase III

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Demonstrate technical and economic technologies to store CO2 in geologic formations in the region. One demonstration project will be conducted in western North Dakota and the other demonstration project will be conducted in British Columbia.
• Funded Amount: $2,400,000
• Total Project Cost: $136,231,052
  • Final Report 

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Demonstration of Coal Combustion Products for Green Roadbuilding in Medora, ND 

LRC-62-A Application

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Center for Air Toxic Metals Program Affiliates Membership for the NDIC

LRC-62-B Application

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FY08-62-159: Demonstration of Coal Combustion Products for Green Roadbuilding in Medora, ND  

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Demonstrate environmentally sustainable (green) roadbuilding using multiple coal combustion product (CCP) utilization application and, in the process, educate North Dakota industry, state agencies, and the public about environmentally sustainable construction.
• Funded Amount: $125,000
• Total Project Cost: $377,725
  • Final Report 

FY08-62-160: Center for Air Toxic Metals Program Affiliates Membership for the ND Industrial Commission (NDIC)

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Develop information on the behavior of air toxic substances that allows for the prediction of the fate of air toxic metals, enhancement of existing control technologies, identification of new control technologies, optimization of utilization and disposal of residuals, and pollution prevention.
• Funded Amount: $45,000
• Total Project Cost: $270,000
  • Final Report 

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Effects of Aging on Treated Activated Carbons

LRC-61-A Application

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Phase III-Mercury Control Technologies for Utilities Burning Lignite Coal

LRC-61-B Application

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Development of Biomimetic Membrances for Near-Zero PC Power Plant Emissions

LRC-61-C Application

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Activated Carbon Production from ND Lignite-Phase IIA

LRC-61-D Application

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Impacts of Lignite Properties on Powerspan's NOx Oxidation System

LRC-61-E Application

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ND Partnership in the Canadian Clean Power Coalition Phase III

LRC-61-F Application

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Demonstration of WRI's Pre-Combustion Mercury Removal Process for Lignite-Fired Power Plants

LRC-61-G Application

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FY07-61-152: Effects of Aging on Treated Activated Carbons  

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: EERC proposes to evaluate the effects of storage on activated carbons (ACs) by evaluating the aging effects that might alter the physical or chemical properties of the ACs, which could impact the mercury capture efficiency.
• Funded Amount: $40,000
• Total Project Cost: $120,870
  • Final Report 

FY07-61-153: Phase III-Mercury Control Technologies for Utilities Burning Lignite Coal: Full-Scale Evaluation of Long-Term Balance-of-Plant Effects Resulting from Activated Carbon Injection

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: EERC proposes to conduct a year long, full-scale test of activated carbon injection upstream of an electrostatic precipitator at SaskPower Poplar River Unit 2 to determine long-term effectiveness for mercury removal and to further evaluate balance of plant impacts.
• Funded Amount: $300,000
• Total Project Cost: $5,000,000
  • Final Report 

FY07-61-154: Development of Biomimetic Membranes for Near-Zero PC Power Plant Emissions

• Sponsor: Carbozyme, Inc.
• Objective: Evaluate and demonstrate the ability of a contained liquid membrane permeator to capture CO2 from Blue gas produced during the combustion of lignite.
• Funded Amount: $260,000
• Total Project Cost: $6,311,118
  • Final Report

FY07-61-155: Activated Carbon Production From ND Lignite-Phase IIA  

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: The project is designed to: 1) establish the technical feasibility of manufacturing high-quality mercury sorbents from North Dakota lignite using a pilot multiple-hearth furnace for producing activated carbons (ACs); and, 2) examine the effectiveness of pretreatment of the produced ACs to generate the enhanced carbons for mercury control in a variety of coal-derived flue gas environments.
• Funded Amount: $290,348
• Total Project Cost: $858,517
  • Final Report 

FY07-61-156: Impacts of Lignite Properties on Powerspan's NOx Oxidation System

• Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
• Objective: Demonstrate the Powerspan system's ability to reduce nitrogen oxides and other pollutants from the flue gas of lignite combusted in the Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 boiler.
• Funded Amount: $260,420
• Total Project Cost: $610,985
  • Final Report 

FY07-61-157: ND Partnership in the Canadian Clean Power Coalition Phase III

• Sponsor: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
• Objective: The Canadian Clean Power Coalition is focused on making sure that coal remains a viable option for future power generation needs in Canada. Feasibility work has been completed looking at coal gasification, oxy-combustion, and coal beneficiation. This information is applicable to the lignite found in North Dakota. 
• Funded Amount: $130,000
• Total Project Cost: $260,000
  • Final Report

FY07-61-158: Demonstration of WRI's Pre-Combustion Mercury Removal Process for Lignite-Fired Power Plants

• Sponsor: WRI/Montana Dakota Utilities (MDU)
• Objective: To develop and demonstrate pre-combustion mercury removal of raw coal by thermal treatment.
• Funded Amount: $188,000
• Total Project Cost: $595,000
  • Final Report

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Lignite Coal Test at a Transport Reactor Gasification Facility in Wilsonville, AL

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