DOE Fossil Energy R&D Program: Transformational Pre-combustion Carbon Capture Technologies

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, the Carbon Capture Program will solicit applications under this FOA to develop technologies in the area of pre-combustion carbon capture. Approaches that look at either hydrogen (H2) separation or carbon dioxide (CO2) separation will be accepted. The carbon capture technologies developed through this FOA will have direct application to coal gasification processes where coal derived synthesis gas or hydrogen are produced. Additionally, because gasification technology is often used to produce industrial chemicals, the technologies developed through this FOA will also be directly applicable to industrial gasifiers. Finally, as these technologies are successfully developed, they can represent an export opportunity to other countries that have a larger installed base of gasifiers than the U.S. Coal or petcoke derived syngas may be proposed, but if the fuel source isn’t coal, the Applicant must show the applicability to a coal-based system. The technologies developed through this FOA will help the United States maintain expertise in the area of gas separations and be prepared in the event that coal gasification-based power generation returns to the U.S. due to increased natural gas prices.