10/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/07/2024 07:06
A team of researchers from NETL and academia have demonstrated the unique dynamic analysis capabilities available through the Lab's Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES) to advance clean energy technologies.
IDAES is a next-generation multi-scale modeling and optimization framework that is designed to support the U.S. power industry. Researchers from NETL, other national labs and universities across the nation use IDAES to accelerate design and deployment of integrated power, hydrogen and industrial processes to support broad decarbonization and emerging research and development priorities.
One area of clean energy technology optimization being explored using IDAES entails use of solid oxide cell (SOC) systems. SOCs are a promising dual-mode technology to produce hydrogen through high-temperature water electrolysis or generate power through a fuel cell reaction that consumes natural gas or hydrogen. While SOCs hold great promise for near-zero-emissions energy production, there are known challenges associated with the technology. Fortunately, some of these challenges can be mitigated through what are known as advanced control strategies - ways of optimally regulating and maintaining a system.
Recently, NETL researchers and others supporting IDAES have published a series of papers that detail how IDAES software was implemented for the following SOC applications.
NETL is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory that drives innovation and delivers solutions for an environmentally sustainable and prosperous energy future. By leveraging its world-class talent and research facilities, NETL is ensuring affordable, abundant and reliable energy that drives a robust economy and national security, while developing technologies to manage carbon across the full life cycle, enabling environmental sustainability for all Americans.