Review of DOE's Vision 21 Research and Development Program Phase I (2003) / Chapter Skim
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As noted in the Vision 21 Technology Roadmap, if the program meets its goals, it will essentially remove many of the environmental concerns traditionally associated with the use of fossil fuels for producing electricity and transportation fuels or chemicals (NETL, 2001~. The use of fossil fuels as a possible pathway to producing hydrogen is also in keeping with the growing interest of DOE in supporting the development of technologies for hydrogen production and use.
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Synthesis gas conversion to fuels and chemicals, and Advanced coal combustion.2 1 The Vision 21 Technology Roadmap breaks out two areas: (1) computational modeling and virtual simulation and (2)
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and hydrogen (Ham; H2 might be separated from the syngas for use in fuels cells to generate electricity; fuels and/or chemicals might also be synthesized from the syngas; and waste heat from the fuel cell might be used to produce electricity using steam turbines. It is envisioned by DOE that once technology modules are developed, vendors will be able to combine advanced technologies in configurations tailored to meet specific market needs.
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The Vision 21 Technology Roadmap also notes that small, distributed power generation is not considered to be part of Vision 21, although spin-off technologies from Vision 21 may be applicable to distributed generation, and Vision 21 plants could be designed as an integral part of a distributed power concept (NETL, 2001~. MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND BUDGET Planning for the Vision 21 Program and associated activities takes place at workshops that involve the Office of Fossil Energy and the NETL, other DOE offices, the national laboratories, state and local governments, universities, and private industry.
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The estimated budget for Vision 21 activities was about $50 million for FY 2002; the FY 2003 request to Congress is estimated to have been about $65 million.5 STATEMENT OF TASK The statement of task for the committee was as follows: The NRC committee appointed to conduct this study will review the Vision-21 program on an annual basis. It will receive presentations from DOE on progress in the program, R&D directions and initiatives that are being taken, DOE's strategy for the deployment of technologies coming from Vision 21 (including special attention to coalintensive developing countries where the market is likely to be)
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Those familiar with the committee report issued in 2000 will note that at that time, Vision 21 distinguished between "enabling" technologies and "supporting" technologies, a distinction that has been removed from the program and is not reflected in the current report. The appendixes present committee members' biographical information (Appendix A)
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