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