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1 Introduction
Pages 14-17

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... Future power plants are expected to produce energy and/ or other products with "zero net carbon dioxide emissions." Current research in DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program and anticipated new research on gasifiers, high-temperature heat exchangers, hybrid cycles, fuel cells, and conversion processes, will be the basis for meeting these goals (DOE, 1999~. Based on the concepts of the Vision 21 Program, the MULE is attempting to advance power-generation technologies via the development of modular facilities designed to economically coproduce electricity, process heat, transportation fuels, and chemicals with almost no by-product air pollutants, solid or liquid wastes, or carbon dioxide emissions.
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... In formulating findings and recommendations, the committee also considered the current and future energy issues and challenges facing the United States, as well as environmental and climate change, which will inevitably influence domestic energy policy and the focus of MULE' s programs. VISION 21 PROGRAM PLAN AND GOALS In April 1999, the DOE issued The Vision 21 Program Plan: Clean Energy Plants for the 21St Century (DOE, 1999)
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... Process definitions, followed by process evaluations and economic analyses, will be used to identify technologies that can meet the performance and economic goals in the required time frames. PROGRAM GOALS The goal of the Vision 21 Program is to provide complete commercial plant designs, as well as virtual simulations of Vision 21 plant performance by FY15.
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... Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Vision 21 Program Plan and goals. Chapter 3 addresses the enabling technologies component of the program; Chapter 4 addresses the supporting technologies and systems integration components; and Chapter 5 addresses market aspects of the realization of Vision 21 concepts.
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