Here at home, coal still provides around 30 percent of our electricity. Now, looking at coal, even though consumption has declined in the U.S., EIA projects that global coal consumption will remain stable between now and 2040, mainly because of the demand in Asia – which is encouraging news for our coal exports, which, by the way, have been on the rise. So, the benefits of the shale revolution continue to expand. It has also led to a renaissance in American manufacturing – a renaissance that is opening new potential and opportunities across the country.Īnd, by the way, one of the most exciting and potentially transformational opportunities can be found here in Appalachia, where an abundant supply of natural gas and natural gas liquids – like ethane – makes the region an attractive location for the build-out of a new petrochemical industry.Īs you know, the President was here in Pennsylvania a couple of weeks ago to tour Shell’s ethane cracker plant in Beaver County and to talk about the enormous potential it represents for Pennsylvania and the Appalachia region. So, the shale revolution, which was made possible by the advanced technology developed through public-private partnerships between DOE and the research community, has truly transformed the energy landscape in America and globally. We’re already a net exporter of natural gas, and those exports – including LNG exports – are impacting the global energy trade and changing market calculations around the world.Īnd we’re on the verge of being a net energy exporter for the first time since 1953 – during the Eisenhower Administration. Thanks to the shale revolution – which early DOE-supported research helped launch – America is the world’s top producer of both oil and gas. I want to kick things off by taking a look at the big picture – to put in context the work we’re going to focus on this week. I also want to thank everyone who helped organize this week’s meetings, and all those who are leading and contributing to the various sessions. I want to thank all of you for being here today. All rights reserved.Remarks of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg as prepared at the 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Project Review Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on August 26, 2019 Conclusively, one of the main challenges would be to decrease the cost of capture and to scale-up the technologies to minimize large-scale power plant CO 2 emissions.Īdsorption Carbon dioxide Metal organic framework Methane Nanomaterials Zeolite.Ĭopyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. The Fe 3O 4-graphene and the MOF-117 based NPs show the greatest CO 2 sorption capacities, due to their high thermal stability and high porosity. The review shows that materials based on porous supports that are modified with amine or metals are currently providing the most promising results. This review discusses the current state of the art on the use of novel nanomaterials as adsorbents for CO 2 and CH 4. Biogas purification and CH 4 storage would become a new motivation for the development of new sorbent materials, such as nanomaterials. Thus, an innovative design of adsorbents could possibly address those issues. These are: i) the utilization of the concentrated gas stream generated by the capture and gas purification technologies, ii) the reduction of the effects of impurities on the operating system, iii) the scale up of the relevant materials, and iv) the retrofitting of technologies in existing facilities. The existing NP sorption processes must overcome certain challenges before their implementation to the industrial scale. Emphasis is given on the use of nanoparticles (NP) as sorbents of CO 2 and CH 4, which are the two most important global warming gases. Innovative gas capture technologies with the objective to mitigate CO 2 and CH 4 emissions are discussed in this review.
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