Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0000031
Apply for DE FOA 0000031
- The National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "University Turbine Systems Research Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2009 and posted on Mar 13, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 15, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The University Turbine Systems Research Program (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000031) is a Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) funding opportunity aimed at advancing turbine technologies that can run cleanly and efficiently on coal-derived synthesis gas and hydrogen-rich fuels. The program sits within DOE's broader Advanced Turbine Program and is tied closely to the development of advanced coal-based power generation systems, especially integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants. A major motivation behind the work is enabling IGCC deployment alongside carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, with the longer-term objective (noted as the program's 2015 goal) of achieving high-efficiency, near-zero-emissions, lower-cost turbines for coal-based stationary power generation.
A central theme of the FOA is the technical gap between turbines optimized for natural gas and turbines that must operate on hydrogen-rich, coal-derived fuels. The announcement emphasizes that hydrogen-high-content (HHC) fuels pose distinct combustion and working-fluid challenges compared with natural gas, meaning that existing combustor designs, cooling approaches, aerodynamic designs, and material systems may not translate directly. In addition, the FOA highlights that even after fuel processing and cleanup, these coal-derived gaseous fuels can carry small amounts of impurities that may still be harmful to turbine components in the hot gas path and flow path. The FOA provides example impurity levels to consider, including sulfur up to about 100 ppm and particulate on the order of 0.1 to 2 ppm, and frames these as potential durability and performance risks that research should help address.
The research scope is explicitly focused on fundamental and basic research that helps define, understand, and solve the issues associated with operating turbines in HHC fuel environments. The topic areas called out align with key turbine disciplines: combustion, aerodynamics, heat transfer, and materials. In practical terms, the FOA is looking for university-led research that can generate the underlying science, models, data, and enabling concepts needed to design robust turbine systems for hydrogen-rich syngas applications, rather than near-term product development alone. For assumption-setting, the FOA instructs applicants to treat the coal-derived fuels as having undergone a water-gas shift process to raise hydrogen content and to have been cleaned using a cold gas cleanup process, which defines a baseline fuel condition for proposed studies.
Administratively, this opportunity is a discretionary funding program using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning DOE/NETL expects to have substantial involvement during the project (more interaction than a standard grant). Cost sharing is required, so applicants should plan for a non-federal contribution consistent with the FOA instructions. Eligibility is limited to public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education, reinforcing the university research emphasis. The associated CFDA number is 81.089 (Fossil Energy Research and Development). Key dates listed for this archived announcement include a posted/creation date of March 13, 2009 and a closing date of April 15, 2009, with an archive date of July 13, 2009.
The announcement also notes that the full application preparation instructions and official requirements are contained in the FOA document accessible through FedConnect for DE-FOA-0000031, and that questions were required to be submitted through FedConnect (the summary text repeats that this paragraph is informational only). For access issues, the notice points to the IIPS HelpDesk (iipshelpdesk@e-center.doe.gov) and lists a NETL contact, Raymond Johnson (johnson@netl.doe.gov), with the general instruction that linking or electronic access problems should be routed to the help desk.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the name of this funding opportunity and who is offering it?
This opportunity is the University Turbine Systems Research Program, Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000031. It is offered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
2) What is the overall purpose of the University Turbine Systems Research Program?
The program is intended to advance turbine technologies that can operate cleanly and efficiently on coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and hydrogen-rich fuels. The work is positioned to support advanced coal-based power generation systems, especially integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants, and to enable IGCC deployment alongside carbon dioxide capture and sequestration.
3) How does this program relate to DOE's larger turbine efforts?
The FOA is part of DOE's broader Advanced Turbine Program and is closely tied to the development of advanced coal-based stationary power generation systems.
4) What long-term outcome is the FOA trying to support?
The announcement describes a longer-term objective (noted as the program's 2015 goal) of achieving high-efficiency, near-zero-emissions, lower-cost turbines for coal-based stationary power generation.
5) Why is research needed for turbines running on hydrogen-rich, coal-derived fuels?
The FOA highlights a technical gap between turbines optimized for natural gas and turbines that must operate on hydrogen-high-content (HHC), coal-derived fuels. Hydrogen-rich fuels can create different combustion and working-fluid challenges, so existing natural-gas-optimized approaches may not directly carry over.
6) What kinds of turbine design areas may not translate directly from natural gas to HHC fuels?
The FOA specifically calls out that combustor designs, cooling approaches, aerodynamic designs, and material systems developed for natural gas may not translate directly to hydrogen-rich, coal-derived fuel environments.
7) Does the FOA consider fuel impurities, even after cleanup?
Yes. The announcement emphasizes that even after fuel processing and cleanup, coal-derived gaseous fuels can still contain small amounts of impurities that may be harmful to turbine components in the hot gas path and flow path.
8) What impurity levels are mentioned as examples in the FOA?
The FOA provides example impurity levels to consider, including sulfur up to about 100 ppm and particulate on the order of 0.1 to 2 ppm. These are framed as potential durability and performance risks that research should help address.
9) What is the research scope: applied development or more fundamental work?
The research scope is explicitly focused on fundamental and basic research. The goal is to define, understand, and solve issues associated with operating turbines in hydrogen-high-content fuel environments, generating underlying science, models, data, and enabling concepts rather than focusing only on near-term product development.
10) What technical topic areas does the FOA emphasize?
The announcement calls out topic areas aligned with key turbine disciplines: combustion, aerodynamics, heat transfer, and materials.
11) What baseline fuel processing assumptions should applicants use in their proposed studies?
The FOA instructs applicants to assume the coal-derived fuels have undergone a water-gas shift process to raise hydrogen content and have been cleaned using a cold gas cleanup process. These assumptions establish the baseline fuel condition for proposed research.
12) What type of award mechanism is used for this opportunity?
This is a discretionary funding program using a cooperative agreement mechanism. That means DOE/NETL expects to have substantial involvement during the project (more interaction than would typically occur under a standard grant).
13) Is cost sharing required?
Yes. The FOA states that cost sharing is required, so applicants should plan for a non-federal contribution consistent with the FOA instructions.
14) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education, reflecting the program's focus on university-led research.
15) What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The associated CFDA number is 81.089 (Fossil Energy Research and Development).
16) What are the key dates listed in the announcement?
The summary lists a posted/creation date of March 13, 2009 and a closing date of April 15, 2009. It also lists an archive date of July 13, 2009.
17) Where are the official application instructions and requirements located?
The announcement states that full application preparation instructions and official requirements are contained in the FOA document accessible through FedConnect for DE-FOA-0000031.
18) How were questions about the FOA supposed to be submitted?
The announcement indicates that questions were required to be submitted through FedConnect (and notes that the paragraph in the summary is informational only).
19) What should applicants do if they have trouble accessing the FOA or experience linking/electronic access problems?
The notice points to the IIPS HelpDesk for access issues at iipshelpdesk@e-center.doe.gov, with the general instruction that linking or electronic access problems should be routed to the help desk.
20) Is there a NETL contact listed in the announcement?
Yes. The announcement lists a NETL contact: Raymond Johnson (johnson@netl.doe.gov).
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