Final Executive Summary Reports

The Advanced Conversion Technology Fund/Clean Coal Technology Fund final executive summary reports are available to the public.

2007

• Dr. Al Bland, Western Research Institute - Western Research Institute's Pre-Gasification Treatment of PRB Coals for Improved Advanced Clean Coal Gasifier Design
• Dr. K.J. Reddy, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming - Capture and Mineralization of Carbon Dioxide from Coal Combustion Flue Gas Emissions: Pilot Scale Studies at Jim Bridger Power Plant
• Mr. Ben Phillips, Emery Energy - Novel Fixed-Bed Gasifier for Wyoming Coals

2008

• Alexander Azenkeng, Brandon M. Pavlish, Nicholas B. Lentz, Kevin C. Galbreath, Donald P. McCollor, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota - Feasibility of Hydrothermal Dewatering for the Potential to Reduce CO₂ Emissions and Upgrade Low Rank Coals
• Dr. Gerardine Botte, Ohio University, Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research - Coal Electrolysis for the Production of Hydrogen and Liquid Fuels
• Dr. Maohong Fan, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wyoming - Development of a New Solid Sorbent for CO₂ Separation
• Dr. Al Bland, Western Research Institute - A Novel Integrated Oxy-Combustion Flue Gas Purification Technology - A Near-Zero Emissions Option

2009

• Joshua J. Stanislowski, Nicholas B. Lentz, Scott G. Tolbert, Tyler J. Curran, Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota - Demonstration of Hydrogen Production from Wyoming Coal
• Dr. Tom Barton, Western Research Institute - Hydrogen Separation for Clean Coal Applications
• Dr. S. (Elango) Elangovan, Ceramatec, Inc. - Removal of Synthesis Gas Pollutants and Liquid Fuel Synthesis
• Mr. Ben Phillips, Emery Energy - Extended Operational Runs on Emery Hybrid Gasifier to Accelerate Commercial Adoption
• Dr. Vijay Sethi, Western Research Institute - Development and Evaluation of Non-Carbon Sorbents
• Dr. Larry Baxter, Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC - Cryogenic Carbin Capture Bench Scale Project 

2009A

• Dr. Al Bland, Western Research Institute - WriteCoal™ Gasification Process for Low-Rank Coals for Improved Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle with Carbon Capture: Phase II-Pilot-Scale Demonstration
• Dr. Pat Raman, Senior Vice President Research, Development and Technology, Great Point Energy - Innovative Catalytic Gasification Technology to Maximize the Value of Wyoming's Coal Resources
• Dr. Mohammad Piri, Associate Professor, University of Wyoming - Reactive Transport of Acidic Brine Resulting from CO2 Sequestration in the Rock Springs Uplift (SW Wyoming): Variation of Porosity and Permeability

2010

• Mr. Dennis Laudal, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota - Pilot-Scale Testing Evaluating the Effects of Bromine Addition on CMMs at Low Mercury Concentrations
• Dr. Stephen Paglieri, TDA Research, Inc. - Efficient Coal-to-Hydrogen System
• Mr. Brandon Pavlish, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota - Evaluation of Novel Technologies for CO₂ Capture
• Dr. Tom Barton, Western Research Institute - The Engineering Scale-Up of Hydrogen Separation Facilities
• Dr. Chris Martin, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota - Testing of an Advanced Dry Cooling Technology for Power Plants in Arid Climates
• Dr. S. (Elango) Elangovan, Ceramatec, Inc. - Modular Fischer Tropsch for Wyoming Coal to Liquid Fuels
• Dr. Jost Wendt and Dr. Geoff Silcox, University of Utah - Retrofit Impacts of Oxy-coal Combustion of Powder River Basin Coal on Deposit Formation and Mercury Speciation
• Dr. Morris Argyle, Brigham Young University - Low Cost Route to Next Generation Commercial Iron Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Catalysists for Coal-to-Liquids and Biomass-to-Liquids
• Dr. Vijay Sethi and Dr. Yulong Zhang, Western Research Institute - Development and Testing of Compact Heat Exchange Reactors (CHER) for Synthesis of Liquid Fuels

2011

• Dr. Kunlei Liu, University of Kentucky, and Dr. Kathryn Berchtold, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Novel Carbon Capture Technology Development for Power Generation Using Wyoming Coal
• Dr. Daman Walia, ARCTECH Inc. - Pilot Scale Demonstration of MICGAS^TM Coal Biotechnology for in situ Biological Gasification of Un-Mineable Wyoming Sub-bituminous Coals
• Dr. Vijay Sethi, Thermosolv, LLC - Multi-stage Processing of Wyoming Coals to Liquid Fuels
• Dr. Nicholas Drinnan, Ambre Energy - Development of a Novel Helical Channel Reactor for Syngas Conversion
• Dr. Larry Baxter, Sustainable Energy Solutions - Skid-Scale, Cryogenic Carbon Capture
• Dr. Dave King and Robert Dagle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Coal-Derived Warm Syngas Purification and CO₂ Capture-Assisted Methane Production
• Dr. Kevin Whitty, University of Utah - Advancement of Chemical Looping Combustion with Oxygen Uncoupling

2012

• Dr. Larry Baxter, Sustainable Energy Solutions - Energy Storing Cryogenic Carbon Capture
• Dr. Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming - Pilot-scale Demonstration of Catalytic Wyoming Coal Gasification and Syngas Processing (Diesel Production) Technologies
• Dr. Kunlei Liu, University of Kentucky - Advanced Solvent for CO₂ Capture and Separation Technology of CO₂ Sequestration to Enhance Utilization and Reduce Emissions from Wyoming Coal
• Mr. Ben Phillips, Emery Energy - Testing and Feasibility Study of an Indirectly Heated Coal Gasifier - WYOIII
• Dr. S. (Elango) Elangovan, Ceramatec, Inc. - Engineering Demonstration of a Modular Fischer-Tropsch for Wyoming Coal to Liquid Fuels
• Mr. Joshua J. Stanislowski, Energy& Environmental Research Center - Demonstration of Pilot-Scale Hydrogen and CO2 Separation Membrane Technology on Wyoming Coal-Derived Syngas
• Dr. Burtron H. Davis, University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Fischer-Tropsch Conversion of Wyoming Coal-Derived Syngas Using a Small Channel Reactor for Improving Efficiency and Limiting Emissions
• Dr. JoAnn Lighty, University of Utah - Validation, Modeling, and Scale-Up of Chemical Looping Combustion with Oxygen Uncoupling
• Richard L. Axelbaum, Washington University in St. Louis - Evaluation of Staged Oxyfuel Combustion for CO2 Capture