Review of DOE's Vision 21 research and development program : phase 1 / Committee to Review DOE's Vision 21 R&D Program--Phase 1, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review DOE's Vision 21 R&D Program--Phase 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vision 21 (Program)--Evaluation.

Vision 21 (Program).

Fossil fuel power plants--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Fossil fuel power plants.

Power-plants--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Power-plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Strategic Assessment of the Vision 21 Program

3 Vision 21 Technologies

References

A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

B Presentations and Committee Activities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-87).

ISBN:

9786610180219

9780309168618

0309168619

9781280180217

1280180218

9780309504256

0309504252

OCLC:

52859224