The objective of the Laboratory Research Call is to solicit and competitively award research projects to develop air separation technologies to be used in advanced fossil energy-based modular energy systems that will make progress toward enabling cost-competitive, coal-based power generation with near-zero emissions. Air separation technologies developed under FWPs selected through this Laboratory Research Call would eventually find applications in coal-fed, small-scale (1 - 5 MWe) modular gasification-based power plants.
Applicants may propose technological advancements for air separation using any suitable method, such as cryogenic, sorbent-based, membrane-based, chemical-based, hybrid approaches and novel approaches to oxygen production via air separation. Applicants are encouraged to leverage low-cost materials, advanced manufacturing methods, modeling/simulation, and other efficiency-increasing and cost-reducing R&D approaches. Laboratories may submit more than one proposal.
Approximately US$4 million is expected to be available to fund the first year of these awards under this Research Call.
