Meetings

AGENDA

Welcome: Introduction – John Shinn, NETL

Keynote: History and Evolution of Advanced PSE+ Programs – David Miller, NETL

Core PSE+ Programs – Key Capabilities and Directions

• Point Source Carbon Capture Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) – Role of CCSI² – Mani Gavvalapalli, DOE
• Carbon Capture Simulation for Industry Impact (CCSI²) – Michael Matuszewski, NETL
• Institute for Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES) – Anthony Burgard, NETL; Carl Laird, Carnegie Mellon University

Process-Focused PSE+ Programs

• Water treatment Technology Assessment Platform (WaterTAP) – Tim Bartholomew, NETL
• Applying Novel Modeling Methods to Accelerate CM RD³ (PrOMMiS) – Thomas Tarka, NETL
• Produced Water Management (PARETO) – Markus Drouven, NETL
• National Emissions Reduction Initiative (NEMRI) – Markus Drouven, NETL

Applications of Advanced PSE+ Approaches to Accelerate Technology Development and Deployment

• Accelerating Carbon Capture Technology Development in Partnership with CCSI² – Marty Lail, Research Triangle Institute
• Advancing the State of the Art in Expansion Planning for the California Grid in Partnership with IDAES – Seolhee Cho, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris McLean, California Energy Commission; Ben Omell, NETL
• DISPATCHES: Design and Optimization Infrastructure for Tightly Coupled Hybrid Systems – Alex Dowling, University of Notre Dame; John Siirola, Sandia National Laboratories
• Evaluating Advanced Hybrid Energy Systems with IDAES  – Miguel Zamarripa, NETL; Daison Caballero, NETL; Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, NETL
• Incorporating Detailed Water Chemistry with Process-Scale Cost Optimization – Tim Bartholomew, NETL; Leslie Miller, OLI Systems

IDAES for Advanced Users

• Model, Flowsheet, and Costing Libraries – Alejandro Garciadiego, NETL
• Making Models Dynamic and Controllable – Doug Allan, NETL
• Tools and Workflows for Surrogate Modeling – Miguel Zamarripa, NETL

New and Upcoming IDAES Features

• Diagnostics and Scaling – Andrew Lee, NETL
• IDAES Visualization – Dan Gunter, LBNL

CCSI2 for Advanced Users

• Technical Risk Reduction: Sequential Design of Experiments and Uncertainty Quantification – Abby Nachtsheim, LANL
• Pyomo DoE: Science-based Design of Experiments – Alex Dowling, University of Notre Dame
• FOQUS Demonstration (Turbine, Sinter, UQ, DOE, Surrogates) – Katherine Hedrick, NETL

PARETO 

• PARETO – DOE’s Produced Water Optimization Initiative. Pipeline Hydraulics. – Markus Drouven, Naresh Susarla, Miguel Zamarripa, NETL
• Rare Earth Element/CM Screening Tool – Carl Laird, Carnegie Mellon University

CCSI2 and IDAES Breakout Sessions

• EPRI – EEMPA Solvent Pilot – Josh Morgan, NETL
• RTI – Gen 2 Non-Aqueous Solvent – Josh Morgan, NETL

WaterTAP Breakout Sessions

• Assessing the Cost of GAC and IX Technologies for Treating PFAS – Hunter Barber, WVU
• Analyzing Solar Driven Desalination Systems – Kurby Sitterley, NREL
• Using Benchmark Simulation Models to Evaluate Biological Wastewater Treatment – Adam Atia, NETL
• WaterTAP’s Graphical User Interface – Dan Gunter, LBNL; Michael Pesce, LBNL
• Scale Management and Mitigation Utilizing a Novel Theoretical Tool – Gaurav Das, OLI Systems
• Evaluating Chemical Softening and Electrocoagulation for Brine Pretreatment – Abdiel Lugo, NMSU
• Evaluating the Design & Operation of an Electrodialysis Desalination System – Xiangyu Bi LBNL
• Investigating High Pressure Reverse Osmosis – Alexander Dudchenko, SLAC

POSTERS

Carbon Dioxide Removal

• Process Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Sorbent Material for Direct Air Capture Applications – Daison Caballero
• An Optimization Framework for Net Negative NGCC Power Plants – Alex Noring

General

• Open-Source Scientific Software: Community Engagement and Commercial Adoption
  – Keith Beattie, Dan Gunter, Ludovico Bianchi

CCSI²

• Advanced Solvent Configurations for Superstructure Optimization – Katherine Hedrick
• CCSI² Computational Support for Modeling of RTI Non-Aqueous Solvent Technology – Josh Morgan
• CFD Simulations for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture – Grigorios Panagakos
• Characterizing the Pareto Trade-off between Science-based Information Content and Measurements Cost – Jialu Wang
• Designing an Amine-Based CO2 Absorption System in Light of Epistemic Uncertainty – Jason Sherman
• Modeling and Optimization of a Rotary Packed Bed Contactor for CO₂ Capture – Ryan Hughes
• Optimization of Intensified Towers with Internal Heat Exchangers for CO₂ Capture – Stephen Summits
• Process Intensification: Experimental Scale-up, Solvent & Packing Optimization for Point Source Capture of CO₂ – Costas Tsouris
• Solvent/packing Interaction & Multiscale Modeling for Pilot Support of Water-lean EEMPA Solvent – Jay Xu
• Technical Risk Reduction: Sequential Design of Experiments and Uncertainty Quantification – Abby Nachtsheim
• Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimization of NGCC Solvent-based Carbon Capture Systems at High Capture Levels – Ben Omell

DISPATCHES

• Multiscale Optimization of Integrated Energy Systems that Co-Produce Electricity and Hydrogen Using Market Surrogates – Xinhe Chen, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty
• Simultaneous Design and Operation of a Fossil-based Hybrid Energy System with Integrated Thermal Energy Storage – Soraya Rawling, Naresh Susarla

IDAES

• Flexible Modular Formulations for Grid Infrastructure Expansion Planning – Kyle Skolfield
• IDAES Diagnostics Toolbox – Andrew Lee
• IDAES Visualization and User Interfaces – Dan Gunter
• ML-Guided Optimization of Energy Systems – Nick Sahinidis
• NMPC for Mode-Switching Operation of Reversible Solid Oxide Cell Systems – Doug Allan, Michael Li
• Optimal Long-Term Operation of Solid Oxide Electrolyzers Considering Physical and Chemical Degradation – Nishant Giridhar
• Advances in Process Family Design for Rapid Deployment of Chemical Processes– Georgia Stinchfield
• Optimization for Infrastructure Planning of Reliable and Carbon-neutral Power Systems: Application to San Diego County – Seolhee Cho

PARETO

• AquaTrade: The PARETO-Powered Produced Water Matchmaking Portal – Philip Tominac
• A Computational Framework to Evaluate Opportunities for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals in Produced Water Networks – Arsh Bhatia
• Project PARETO: A Systems Approach to Produced Water Management – From Advanced Infrastructure Buildout, Optimization, and Hydraulic Analysis to Treatment and Beneficial Reuse Across Industries – Elmira Shamlou, Travis Arnold

PrOMMiS

• Designing Operationally Flexible Diafiltration Membrane Systems for Li/Co Separation – Jason Yao
• Opportunities for Membranes to Enhance Critical Mineral Processes – Molly Dougher
• PrOMMiS Unit Model Library – Alejandro Garciadiego
• Recycling Rare Earth Elements from End-of-Life Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Motors – Chris Laliwala
• Science-Based Design of Experiments and Pyomo.DoE – Hailey Lynch, Jialu Wang

OLI

• OLI Software: Thermodynamic Modeling Tool for Critical Materials – Gaurav Das
• OLI Automation: Cloud Thermodynamic Modeling Tools – Adi Bannady
• Predictive Chemistry Modeling in Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage – Leslie Miller
• Scale Management and Mitigation Utilizing a Novel Theoretical Tool – Gaurav Das

Supercritical CO₂

• Optimal Design of Power Cycles With Storage for Flexible Operation in High Variable Renewable Energy Electricity Markets – Tyler Jaffe, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty

WaterTAP

• Adsorption Processes in WaterTAP – Hunter Barber, Kurby Sitterley
• Crystallization Processes in WaterTAP – Mayo Amusat, Zhuoran Zhang
• Electrochemical Processes in WaterTAP – Xiangyu Bi, Srikanth Allu
• Evaporative Processes in WaterTAP – Carson Tucker, Elmira Shamlou
• Graphical User Interface for WaterTAP – Dan Gunter, Michael Pesce
• Industry Standard Biological Wastewater Treatment in WaterTAP – Marcus Holly, Chenyu Wang
• Multiperiod Modeling for Solar Driven and Flexible Desalination – Mukta Hardikar, Akshay Rao
• Osmotic Processes in WaterTAP – Zach Binger, Chenyu Wang