{"673520":{"#nid":"673520","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Grants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy\u2019s \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/iedo\/funding-selections-fy23-industrial-efficiency-and-decarbonization-multi-topic-foa\u0022\u003EIndustrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe awards include 49 high-impact, applied research, development, and pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration projects that will reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions in conjunction with cross-sector industrial decarbonization approaches.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech funding includes a project, in the topic area of Decarbonizing Forest Products, on innovative refining, paper forming, and drying to eliminate CO2 emissions from paper machines. Funded at $3.1 million, the project is led by \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, professor and James Harris Faculty Fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E). Collaborators include co-PI \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/cyrus-aidun\u0022\u003ECyrus Aidun\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, professor of mechanical engineering; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/patritsia-stathatou\u0022\u003EPatritsia Stathatou\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, research scientist at RBI; and Aruna Weerasakura, senior research engineer. External collaborators include Fort Valley State University, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and several RBI member companies. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMeredith\u2019s project focuses on decarbonization in energy-intensive drying, paper forming, and pulping processes and will combine recent deflocculation breakthroughs in fiber refining with low-water, multiphase paper forming. The innovations will facilitate the cost-effective implementation of advanced electrical drying technologies in the paper industry. By taking advantage of the increasing fraction of non-fossil electricity in the U.S., electrified drying, if implemented partially (50%), has the potential to reduce the generation of non-biogenic emissions by over 10 million metric tons of CO2e annually.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0022I am excited because the new project will utilize the multiphase forming laboratory that is under construction in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/location-directions\u0022\u003EPaper Tricentennial Building\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, representing the first major \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eexpansion in lab space there since the 1990s,\u201d said Meredith. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/valerie-thomas\u0022\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E, the Anderson-Interface Chair of Natural Systems and professor of industrial and systems engineering and public policy, is a co-PI in a $1.45 million project titled \u201cMild Co-Solvent Pulping to Decarbonize the Paper and Forest Products Sector,\u201c led by the University of California, Riverside. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThomas\u2019 project, also under the topic area of Decarbonizing Forest Products, aims to enhance Co-solvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation (CELF) technology into a more environmentally sustainable alternative to traditional kraft pulping. CELF technology will be applied to optimize the production of dissolving pulp used in the manufacturing of extruded textile fibers and will also produce dissolving lignin as a by-product that can serve as a natural resin binder or a renewable ingredient for producing industrial adhesives and binders. This technology has the potential to reduce carbon intensity by 50 \u2013 75% and operating costs by 10 \u2013 20%.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDavid S. Lewis Jr. Chair and professor in aerospace engineering and executive director of the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E is co-PI along with Vishal Acharya, principal research engineer and Benjamin Emerson, principal research engineer at Georgia Tech in a $3.25 million project titled \u201cOmnivore Combustion System,\u201d led by GTI Energy, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ean Illinois-based technology company. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELieuwen\u2019s project, under the topic area of Low-Carbon Fuels Utilization R\u0026amp;D, \u003C\/span\u003Ewill design and demonstrate a scaled, adaptable omnivore combustion system (OCS) that can accommodate a continuously varying blend of low-carbon fuels with ultra-low nitrous oxide emissions, including natural gas-hydrogen blends, syngas, and biogas. The project will demonstrate a full-scale OCS for at least 100 hours and will focus on three aspects \u2014 improving performance, operation stability and safety, and fuel flexibility \u2014 and can potentially be used for industrial furnace applications in high carbon-emitting industries.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe industrial sector is large in both its significance for our economy and its negative climate impacts, and each of these projects addresses significant challenges for the decarbonization of this critical sector,\u201d Lieuwen said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe projects are part of DOE\u2019s Technologies for Industrial Emissions Reduction Development (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-03\/Decarbonizing%20America%27s%20Industrial%20Sector%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\u0022\u003ETIEReD\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) Program, which invests in fundamental science, research, development, and initial pilot-scale demonstrations projects to decarbonize the industrial sector \u2014 currently responsible for a third of the nation\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/iedo\/funding-selections-fy23-industrial-efficiency-and-decarbonization-multi-topic-foa\u0022\u003EIndustrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy\u2019s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding"}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-03-14 13:21:28","changed_gmt":"2024-03-14 15:15:59","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673386":{"id":"673386","type":"image","title":"Industrial Decarbonization Grants - Researchers","body":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom Left to Right: Carson Meredith, Valerie Thomas, Tim Lieuwen\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1710421325","gmt_created":"2024-03-14 13:02:05","changed":"1710421358","gmt_changed":"2024-03-14 13:02:38","alt":"Carson Meredith, Valerie Thomas, Tim Lieuwen","file":{"fid":"256775","name":"carsonvalerietim.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/14\/carsonvalerietim.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/14\/carsonvalerietim.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":165574,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/14\/carsonvalerietim.jpg?itok=AGf3Kual"}}},"media_ids":["673386"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E || Research Programs Communications Manager || \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E || \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003ESEI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}