Grant Round 29
Summary of Applications
Technical Review Summary
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Construction Of A Forced Oxidation Plant For Gypsum Production
D.F. Schmidt's Rear-Dumping Dragline Bucket
Riverdale Haulroad Grade Separation-Lignite Ash Demonstration Project
FY98-29-80: Construction Of A Forced Oxidation Plant For Gypsum Production
- Sponsor: ND State University Land Reclamation Research Center
- Objective: To construct a commercial-scale, first-of-a-kind, lignite-derived flue gas desulfurization (FGD) sludge-to-gypsum plant. Goal of the plant: To convert the FGD sludge at the Coal Creek Station into high-grade gypsum suitable for manufacture of wallboard and use as soil amendment product.
- Funded Amount: $1,300,000
- Total Project Cost: $5,200,000
- Final Report
FY98-29-82: Riverdale Haulroad Grade Separation-Lignite Ash Demonstration Project
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To demonstrate high-volume use of coal combustion byproducts (CCBs) in bridge and roadway construction. The current acceptable practice is to incorporate 15-20% CCBs, while the goal of this project is to demonstrate 30-70% CCB in bridge and roadway construction.
- Funded Amount: $298,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,189,230
- Final Report
Grant Round 28
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Mercury Formation And Fate
Evaluation Of Market Potential For ND Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum
LRC-28-B Application
FY98-28-77: Evaluation Of Market Potential For ND Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum
- Sponsor: EN-ROCK, Incorporated
- Objective: To evaluate the markets for gypsum derived from raw flue-gas desulfurization sludge at the Coal Creek Station.
- Funded Amount: $23,500
- Total Project Cost: $47,000
- Final Report
FY98-28-79: Mercury Formation And Fate
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To determine the abundance and forms of mercury in flue gas emitted from Milton R. Young and Coal Creek Station.
- Funded Amount: $120,000
- Total Project Cost: $400,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 27
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Development Of Concrete Admixtures From DGC's Catechols
Optimizing Performance Of The Heskett Station
Reclaimed Grassland Management For Increased Plant Diversity
FY97-27-74: Reclaimed Grassland Management For Increased Plant Diversity
- Sponsor: Animal and Range Sciences Department of the ND Agricultural Experiment Station/ND State University (NDSU)
- Objective: To evaluate and prescribe livestock grazing and haying strategies to improve plant species diversity and seasonal balance of reclaimed native grasslands.
- Funded Amount: $46,410
- Total Project Cost: $156,060
- Final Report
FY97-27-75: Development Of Concrete Admixtures From DGC's Catechols
- Sponsor: Dakota Gasification Company
- Objective: To evaluate the use of catechols derived from DGC's crude phenol stream as a concrete admixture. Additives are included in concrete to reduce water requirement, increase strength, and maintain flow characteristics.
- Funded Amount: $70,000
- Total Project Cost: $144,000
- Final Report
FY97-27-76: Optimizing Performance Of The Heskett Station
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To evaluate the use of limestone as the bed material in MDU's Heskett fluidized-bed combustor.
- Funded Amount: $55,000
- Total Project Cost: $183,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 26
Summary of Applications
Technical Review Summary
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Market Assessment And Demonstration Of Lignite FBC Ash In Flowable Fill Applications
FY97-26-73: Market Assessment And Demonstration Of Lignite FBC Ash In Flowable Fill Applications
- Sponsor: Montana-Dakota Utilities Co./The University of Wyoming Research Corporation (d/b/a Western Research Institute)
- Objective: To demonstrate through laboratory and field evaluation the use of fluidized bed combustion ash from the Montana-Dakota-Utilities Heskett plant in construction application.
- Funded Amount: $37,319
- Total Project Cost: $152,632
- Final Report
Grant Round 25
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Coal Sampling System
LRC-25-A Application
Implementation Of Regional Lignite Energy Marketing Plan
LRC-25-B Application
FY97-25-71: Coal Sampling System
- Sponsor: BNI Coal, Ltd./Microbeam Technologies Incorporated
- Objective: To purchase, install, and test a coal sampling system that will collect coal samples from the feed system of an individual cyclone-fired boiler at the Milton R. Young Station.
- Funded Amount: $49,720
- Total Project Cost: $104,271.22
- Final Report
FY97-25-72: Implementation Of Regional Lignite Energy Marketing Plan
- Sponsor: Lignite Energy Council
- Objective: To improve the public image of coal in the region and to promote the use of coal as a low-cost energy source.
- Funded Amount: $825,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,650,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 24
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Technical Review Summary
Approval Summary
Development Of a Coal Combustion By-Products Utilization Workshop
Reducing The Management Variable In Assessing Reclamation Success
Technical And Economic Feasibility Study For Utilization Of ND Lignite Bottom Ash
FY97-24-68: Reducing The Management Variable In Assessing Reclamation Success
- Sponsor: ND State University (NDSU)/Land Reclamation Research Center
- Objective: To compare yields and management practices between undisturbed and reclaimed land. A goal of this study is to reduce the land management practices variable for comparing yields on undisturbed and reclaimed land.
- Funded Amount: $16,118
- Total Project Cost: $32,236
- Final Report
FY97-24-69: Technical And Economic Feasibility Study For Utilizization Of ND Lignite Bottom Ash
- Sponsor: Tri-Star, Inc.
- Objective: To evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using North Dakota lignite in common applications such as deicing and skid control, road subbase, and aggregate for concrete and asphalt.
- Funded Amount: $10,000
- Total Project Cost: $20,000
- Final Report
FY97-24-70: Development Of A Coal Combustion By-Products Utilization Workshop
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To conduct a workshop on the use of coal combustion by-products. The purpose of this project is to increase the use of coal combustion by-products.
- Funded Amount: $10,000
- Total Project Cost: $32,250
- Final Report
Grant Round 23
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Development Of Anode Binder & Asphalt Substitutes From DGC's Tar Oil Pitch
Investigation Of Techniques For Obtaining NOx Reductions By Modifying The Combustion Inside A Cyclone Barrel Burning Lignite
FY96-23-66: Development Of Anode Binder & Asphalt Substitutes From DGC's Tar Oil Pitch
- Sponsor: Dakota Gasification Company
- Objective: To produce and evaluate pitch from Dakota Gasification Company's tar-oil as a binder in carbon anodes.
- Funded Amount: $60,000
- Total Project Cost: $150,250
- Final Report
- Sponsor: ND Lignite Cyclone Users Group
- Objective: To determine if NOx reductions can be achieved by modifying combustion inside the cyclone barrel without significantly and adversely impacting the operation, maintenance, reliability, or capacity of the cyclone.
- Funded Amount: $88,938
- Total Project Cost: $177,870
- Final Report
Grant Round 22
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No Proposals
No Approved Projects
Grant Round 21
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Development Of Resins From DGC's 3-Methylcatechol
Low-Cost Metals Absorbents From Lignite
FY96-21-64: Low-Cost Metals Absorbents From Lignite
- Sponsor: Grand Forks Activation Technologies
- Objective: To determine the commercial feasibility of using lignite for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated water sources.
- Funded Amount: $27,000
- Total Project Cost: $54,000
- Final Report
FY96-21-65: Development Of Resins From DGC's 3-Methylcatechol
- Sponsor: Dakota Gasification Company
- Objective: To determine if 3-methylcatechol from DGC's gasification liquid stream can be used to synthesis resins used to produce glues for the manufacture of wood products such as particle board and plywood.
- Funded Amount: $75,000
- Total Project Cost: $185,614
- Final Report
Grant Round 20
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Oxidation Of ND Scrubber Sludge For Soil Amendment And Production of Gypsum
Center For Air Toxic Metals Affiliates Program
LRC-20-B Application
FY95-20-62: Center For Air Toxic Metals Affiliates Program
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To provide data and models on the behavior of potentially toxic metals. CATM goals are to develop methods to prevent or reduce air toxic metal emissions, predict the fate of metals, determine the effectiveness of control devices, and identify new control technologies.
- Funded Amount: $80,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,580,000
- Final Report
FY95-20-63: Oxidation Of ND Scrubber Sludge For Soil Amendment And Production of Gypsum
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To determine the technical and economic feasibility of producing a lower-quality agricultural soil amendment and secondarily, higher-quality gypsum for manufacturing purposes.
- Funded Amount: $40,000
- Total Project Cost: $120,000
- Final Report
LRC-D96-3: Production of Anhydrous Ammonia From ND Lignite Derived Synthesis Gas
- Sponsor: Dakota Gasification Company
- Objective: To construct a lignite-derived synthesis gas to anhydrous ammonia plant at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.
- Funded Amount: $4,200,000
- Total Project Cost: $112,928,729
- Final Report