Power Generation and Utility Fuels
The Power Generation and Utility Fuels group focuses on developing viable technologies for producing clean electricity and energy from Kentucky's fossil resources and biomass. The group has expanded this scope to include the coal cleaning, biomass briquetting, combustion/gasification, carbon management, utilization of animal waste, pollution control as well as power plant performance improvement.
This is the FGG (Flue Gas Generator) that burns coal to generate flue gas that has characteristics close to those of flue gas used in coal fired power plants. According to federal regulations, the SO2 is scrubbed out before the gas is sent to the Pilot Plant. With this "real" flue gas, new CO2 capture methods can be tested in the Pilot Plant to review how they will perform in industrial applications.
Workshop
Jobs
- March 2013 - Polymer Synthesis PostDoc Position Available
- March 2013 - Membrane Development PostDoc Position Available
- January 2013 - Electrochemistry PostDoc Position Available
- December 2012 - Catalysis PostDoc Position Available
- August 2012 - Carbon Capture and Sequestration Energy PostDoc Position Available
News
- ARPA-E $1.9M Award to CAER PowerGen
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ARPA Group
- Taulbee's Work Included in Document to Congress Describing National Security Research
- CAER Receives Largest Federal Grant in its History
- Taulbee Receives Patent
- CAER Part of U.S.-China Energy Research Consortium
- Jim Neathery Will Hold Adjunct Position in UK College of Engineering
- PowerGen News Archive
Cool Stuff
About PowerGen and Utility Fuels
- Reduction of the Explosive Potential of Ammonium Nitrate - NIHS Video
- Detonation Blasts and Briquetting Videos
- Electricity Generation - Wikipedia
- Electric Power Industry Fuel Statistics - From EIA
Videos
