The proposed design and demonstration project will exploit the engineering capabilities, technical and market knowledge of the team to advance the HDR and hybrid-HDR systems, developed during the U.S.…

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Award ID
DEEE0011231
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$17,547,861

Award facts

Assistance listing
81.086 Conservation Research and Development
Completion date 79% complete
Originally
Funding
  • $9,995,543.00 Federal
  • $7,552,318.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Madison, WI 53715, USA

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Description

The proposed design and demonstration project will exploit the engineering capabilities, technical and market knowledge of the team to advance the HDR and hybrid-HDR systems, developed during the U.S. DOE eere hysteel project (DE-EE0009249), from technology readiness level (TRL) 4 (i.e., component and/or breadboard validation in a laboratory environment) to TRL 6 (system/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment). The goal is to install and demonstrate the operation for at least 3600 HR of a 250 kwelsolid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system able to perform steam and CO-electrolysis operation by exploiting the thermal and chemical integration with the top gas stream of an existing 1.6 million tons per year direct reduction of iron (DRI) facility in toledo, OH. We plan to demonstrate the performance metrics that we successfully achieved in thermodynamic analyses and in SOEC cell and stack measurement campaigns in a relevant environment. Moreover, we will tackle the main challenges that our current industrial advisory board considers as the biggest hurdles for the implementation of this technology at a commercial scale, namely the hot gas cleanup system, and the control of the syngas product quality in the reducing gas stream. This project aims at eliminating the biggest barriers for the scaleup of SOEC steam and CO-electrolysis applied to DRI plants.

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Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Laboratorio Energia Ambiente Piacenza Scarl Phase 1: Research and development (M1-M12) Task 1.1: Optimization of heat recovery and thermal integration (LEAP, POLIMI) The team, led by LEAP, will leverage… $164,486
Politecnico DI Milano Task 1.1: Optimization of heat recovery and thermal integration (LEAP, POLIMI) The team, led by LEAP, will leverage the simulation codes and platforms developed… $161,430
Electric Power Research Institute Inc. Detailed design and fabrication (M13-M24) Task 2.5: Techno-economic analysis (EPRI, UW, POLIMI, LEAP) The baseline process heating and iron reduction systems… $75,810
University Of California Irvine Task 1.1: Hydrogen and syngas production quality conditioning (UCI, PoliMi, LEAP, FCE) We will perform a dynamic analysis of the SOEC unit and the assessment of… $275,000

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Who received award DEEE0011231?

DEEE0011231 was awarded to University Of Wisconsin System by Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Department of Energy) on October 1, 2024.

How much is award DEEE0011231 worth?

$17,547,861 has been obligated on DEEE0011231: $9,995,543 in federal funding and $7,552,318 in non-federal funding.

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