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REVIEW OF DOE’S VISION 21 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM—PHASE I

Committee to Review DOE’s Vision 21 R&D Program—Phase I

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Review of DOE's Vision 21 Research and Development Program: Phase I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10596.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Review of DOE's Vision 21 Research and Development Program: Phase I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10596.
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW DOE’S VISION 21 R&D PROGRAM—PHASE I

JAMES J. MARKOWSKY, NAE,1Chair,

American Electric Power (retired), North Falmouth, Massachusetts

DAVID H. ARCHER, NAE,1

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RAMON L. ESPINO,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

ENRIQUE IGLESIA,

University of California, Berkeley

EDWARD S. RUBIN,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ROBERT H. SOCOLOW,

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

SAMUEL S. TAM,

Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, California

STEPHEN WITTRIG,

BP, Naperville, Illinois

RONALD H. WOLK,

Wolk Integrated Technical Services, San Jose, California

JOHN M. WOOTEN,

Peabody Energy, St. Louis, Missouri

Liaison from the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES)

ROBERT L. HIRSCH, Chair,

BEES,

Consultant,

Arlington, Virginia

Project Staff

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Study Director

PANOLA GOLSON, Project Assistant,

BEES

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NAE = member, National Academy of Engineering.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Review of DOE's Vision 21 Research and Development Program: Phase I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10596.
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BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

ROBERT L. HIRSCH, Chair,

RAND, Arlington, Virginia

ROBERT W. FRI, Vice Chair,

Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

DAVID L. BODDE,

University of Missouri, Kansas City

PHILIP R. CLARK, NAE,1

GPU Nuclear Corporation (retired), Boonton, New Jersey

WILLIAM L. FISHER, NAE,1

University of Texas, Austin

HAROLD FORSEN, NAE,1

National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C.

WILLIAM FULKERSON,

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (term expired August 31, 2002)

CHARLES GOODMAN,

Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama

DAVID G. HAWKINS,

Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.

MARTHA A. KREBS,

California Nanosystems Institute (retired), Los Angeles, California

GERALD L. KULCINSKI, NAE,1

University of Wisconsin, Madison

JAMES J. MARKOWSKY, NAE,1

American Electric Power (retired), North Falmouth, Massachusetts

DAVID K. OWENS,

Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C.

EDWARD S. RUBIN,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MAXINE L. SAVITZ,

Honeywell Inc. (retired), Los Angeles, California

PHILIP R. SHARP,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

ROBERT W. SHAW, JR.,

Aretê Corporation, Center Harbor, New Hampshire

JACK SIEGEL,

Energy Resources International, Inc., Washington, D.C. (term expired August 31, 2002)

ROBERT H. SOCOLOW,

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (term expired August 31, 2002)

KATHLEEN C. TAYLOR, NAE,1

General Motors Corporation (retired), Falmouth, Massachusetts

IRVIN L. (JACK) WHITE,

Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (term expired August 31, 2002)

JOHN J. WISE, NAE,1

Mobil Research and Development Company (retired), Princeton, New Jersey

Staff

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Director

ALAN CRANE, Program Officer

MARTIN OFFUTT, Program Officer

DANA CAINES, Financial Associate

PANOLA GOLSON, Project Assistant

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NAE = member, National Academy of Engineering.

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Acknowledgments

The Committee to Review DOE’s Vision 21 R&D Program—Phase I wishes to acknowledge and thank the many individuals who contributed significantly of their time and effort to this National Research Council (NRC) study. The presentations at committee meetings provided valuable information and insight on advanced technologies and development initiatives that assisted the committee in formulating the recommendations included in this report.

The committee expresses its thanks to the following individuals: Donald Bonk, NETL; Anthony V. Cugini, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); Thomas J. Feeley, NETL; E.P. Ted Foster, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Stephen Gehl, Electric Power Research Institute; Hossein Ghezel, FuelCell Energy; Larry Grimes, National Coal Council; Robert Horton, ChevronTexaco Worldwide Power & Gasification, Inc.; Abbie W. Layne, NETL; John L. Marion, Alstom Power, Inc.; John McDaniel, Tampa Electric Company; Robert R. Romanosky, NETL; John A. Ruether, NETL; Randall E. Rush, Southern Company Services, Inc.; Lawrence A. Ruth, NETL; Gary Stiegel, NETL; Mark C. Williams, NETL; and John C. Winslow, NETL. (See Appendix B for a list of their presentations.) The committee wishes to especially thank Larry Ruth and Carl Bauer, National Energy Technology Laboratory, for their presentations and discussions with the committee and their diligence in responding to the many requests for information by the committee.

Finally, the chairman wishes to recognize the committee members and the staff of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems of the NRC for their hard work in organizing and planning committee meetings and their individual efforts in gathering information and writing sections of the report.

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This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Richard Balzhiser, NAE,

Francis P. Burke, CONSOL, Inc.,

Neville Holt, Electric Power Research Institute,

John B. O’Sullivan, consultant,

Jack Siegel, Energy Resources International,

Dale R. Simbeck, SFA Pacific, Inc., and

Douglas Todd, Process Power Plants, LLC.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by David Morrison, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (retired). Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making sure that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

James J. Markowsky, Chair

Committee to Review DOE’s Vision 21 R&D Program—Phase I

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The Vision 21 Program is a relatively new research and development (R&D) program. It is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The Vision 21 Program Plan anticipates that Vision 21 facilities will be able to convert fossil fuels (e.g., coal, natural gas, and petroleum coke) into electricity, process heat, fuels, and/or chemicals cost effectively, with very high efficiency and very low emissions, including of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). The goals of Vision 21 are extremely challenging and ambitious. As noted in the Vision 21 Technology Roadmap, if the program meets its goals, Vision 21 plants would essentially eliminate many of the environmental concerns traditionally associated with the conversion of fossil fuels into electricity and transportation fuels or chemicals (NETL, 2001). Given the importance of fossil fuels, and especially coal, to the economies of the United States and other countries and the need to utilize fossil fuels in an efficient and environmentally acceptable manner, the development of the technologies in the Vision 21 Program is a high priority.

This report contains the results of the second National Research Council (NRC) review of the Vision 21 R&D Program.

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