Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reductions Research and Development (RD) Leading to Cost-Competitive Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Based Jet Fuel Production

摘要

The Department of Energy (DOE) supports R&D to convert the nation's abundant coal, natural gas, and biomass resources to power, fuels and chemicals thereby increasing energy security, reducing environmental impact, promoting economic development, and encouraging scientific discovery. Significant opportunities to reduce GHG emissions of CTL fuels include: increasing efficiencies of conversion technologies; supplementing coal with feedstocks that have lower lifecycle GHG emissions; and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). In 2013, Congress appropriated $20 million to the Department of Defense (DoD) to advance technologies to enable CTL fuels to comply with EISA 2007 section 526. DoD in concert with the DOE conducted a solicitation (FOA DE-FOA-0000981) and awarded several R&D projects in the following CTL technology areas: Catalysts, Process efficiency, and Multiple or blended feedstocks. The CTL conversion processes included: Direct, Indirect, and Hybrid approaches.