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Vision 21

Vision 21. Clean Energy Plants for the 21 st Century. Power Plants Gone Wild!!!!. With never before seen information!! When viewing this presentation : do not use more than directed marked drowsiness may occur alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness

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Vision 21

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  1. Vision 21 Clean Energy Plants for the 21st Century

  2. Power Plants Gone Wild!!!! With never before seen information!! When viewing this presentation: do not use more than directed marked drowsiness may occur alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery Stop viewing and ask a doctor if: you get nervous, dizzy or sleepless Inactive Ingredients: the presenter

  3. Overview • Introduction to Vision 21 • Concept • Goals, Methodology • Timeline • Viability • Impact • Conclusion

  4. Introduction • Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy’s plan to create a new type of power plant that includes two *unique* features: • “an emphasis on eliminating environmental issues” • “efficiency maximization” • Endorsed by the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. • Supports the President’s Climate Change Technology Initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Industry driven and cost shared with DOE, academia, national laboratories, and other government organizations

  5. Concept • A future energy facility that would have virtually no environmental impact • Conventional pollutants would be captured and either disposed of or converted to marketable co-products • There would be no solid or liquid discharges • Emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases would be reduced by ultra-high efficiency technologies. • Carbon emissions could be captured at the plant or offset by carbon removal processes applied elsewhere • Plant options for zero CO2 emissions would be available by 2015 • The captured carbon would be sequestered or potentially recycled into useful products.

  6. Objectives of Vision 21 In terms of… • Power: efficiencies greater than 60% (coal) and greater than 75% (natural gas) • Costs:competitive with market clearing prices at the time of deployment • Environmental:near zero emissions of traditional pollutants (smog, acid rain) • Greenhouse Gases: CO2 emissions reduced by 40-50% by efficiency alone; zero (net) if coupled with carbon sequestration • Co-products: clean and affordable transportation quality fuels at costs equivalent to $20 barrel (or less/ 1998 $) and industrial grade heat/steam and potential for fuel grade gas

  7. Key Technologies • Materials: higher strength, corrosion resistant, and more durable materials • R&D (of course!): catalyst and sorbent effectiveness and system design • Virtual plants: simulation technology • Carbon sequestration: no environmental impact!

  8. The Action Plan • 1999—Analysis of current system activities • 2000—Development of supporting technologies • 2002—Systems integration issues • 2005—First spin-off technologies • 2008—Industry ecology analysis completed • 2010—Virtual demonstrations of supporting systems • 2012—Completion of supporting technologies • 2015—Complete virtual demonstration

  9. Can it Happen? • Is the timeline realistic? • Are the goals realistic? • Is there a clear cut plan and goal? • …or is this just another method of procrastination, a “call for more research”?

  10. Progress, so far… • 8-11-99: U.S. DOE chooses three projects to kick start Vision 21: Waste Management and Processors, Inc., Dynegy Power Corp., and Texaco Natural Gas, Inc. for three projects concepts • 10-1999: First major competition held for a new type of fossil fuel plant (set of chosen projects will run for three years) • 3-00: DOE Selects First Vision 21 Projects toDesign the Energy Plant of the Future • 8-00: DOE selects seven new projects • 6-01: DOE selects new projects, in third round, to test materials

  11. Conclusion • Vision 21 at first sounds like a great plan, filled with ambitious goals that can eventually benefit the US, but it is unclear whether or not it is merely a political ploy to distract concerned citizens with big words and promises.

  12. By viewing the next slide, you are certifying that you are 18 and over… mature content!!

  13. Conveyor leading to coal storage facility in Reno’s Pinon Pine Power Project! Power Plants!! Demonstrations!! Fluidized Bed Combustions! New Methods!! Coal and sorbent conveyors seen just after entering the Ohio’s Tidd Plant!! Full frontal demonstrations in Ohio!!!

  14. Power Plants! Power Plants! Power Plants! And MORE Power Plants!! Design for a Vision 21 plant (don’t ask) Dyslexia kicked in… sorry… Just a power plant in University of Northern Iowa

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