The Department of Energy (DOE) is offering approximately $ 28 million in cost-shared funding for research and development of advanced energy systems.  According to three separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), the department is looking for research into advanced combustion systems, advanced turbines, and gasification.

“Advanced energy conversion systems are designed to enable efficient, low-cost, and near-zero emission energy from existing and new fossil fuel power plants,” a DOE release says.

University Turbine Systems Research

The University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) program has available $ 5.15 million to fund laboratory/bench scale research and development projects in six technical topic areas:

• Low-NOx combustion technology development for “air-breathing” advanced turbines
• Advanced cooling technology development for “air-breathing” advanced turbines
• Advanced materials technology development for “air-breathing” advanced turbines
• Big data analytics
• Advanced instrumentation
• Pressure gain combustion

DOE anticipates awarding funding for six to nine projects. Up to three awards are expected in each of the first three topic areas, and one per topic in the last three areas.…

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