Introductory Webinar for the National Laboratory Gasification Consortium

Please join us for an introductory webinar on the newly formed National Laboratory Gasification Consortium (NLGC).

The NLGC, led by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and including researchers from NETL, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was created to address the key challenges associated with gasification of alternative and blended feedstocks (coal, municipal solid waste, residual biomass) to produce syngas for chemicals, fuels, or hydrogen. The NLGC advances prior work by the Feedstock Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) and other programs funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office and Office of Fossil Energy.

The overall goal of the NLGC is to enable economic utilization of a broader spectrum of alternative and blended feedstocks to ensure fuel resiliency in gasification systems. The NLGC will

  • Engage industry to collaboratively tackle gasification feedstock challenges by leveraging the national labs’ premier capabilities
  • Expand the gasification feedstock base to include waste resources and mixtures of these with coal and biomass to produce syngas for energy, chemicals, fuels, and/or hydrogen
  • Provide data, information and tools to expand alternative and blended feedstock utilization in the gasification industry

The webinar will first provide an overview of the NLGC and highlight planned work in four key areas:

  • Feedstock Supply-Chain Modeling & Analysis
  • Feedstock Preprocessing
  • Feedstock Variability Sensing for Gasifier Control
  • Developing an AI-driven Kinetic Database for Co-gasification

After this overview, we will engage attendees to collect feedback on the planned work to ensure the NLGC is focused on the critical needs of the gasification community.

A recording of the webinar will also be available at this site following the meeting. For more information, contact NLGC Industry Engagement Lead Jim Parks at [email protected]

NOTE: Questions asked before/during the webinar will not be answered live.

Speakers

Dr. Mehrdad Shahnam

Team Supervisor
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Dr. Nathan T. Weiland

Senior Fellow – Energy Conversion Engineering
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Dr. Edward J. Wolfrum

Principal Researcher and Group Manager
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dr. James E. Parks II

Section Head, Energy and Industrial Processes Section
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Jordan L. Klinger

Senior Research Engineer
Idaho National Laboratory

Michael Talmadge

Senior Research Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory