Grants and Contracts Details
Description
The proposed expansion of the briquette-combustion demonstration project will
be conducted with the primary objective of evaluating the behavior (i.e., processing, combustion,
and emission characteristics) of fuel pellets produced from a combination of fine coal, biomass,
and a proprietary binder formulation in an industrial-scale stoker boiler. This proposed project
expansion will be conducted in conjunction with and in addition to the combustion of fuel
briquettes as originally proposed by the UK Research Foundation and approved for funding by
the Governor's Office of Energy Policy under GOEP seed grant solicitation number 09-GOEP-
03. Similar to the original proposal, the proposed expansion also addresses all three of the
guiding principles used in the development of Kentucky's Energy policy: lower-cost energy via
production of a high-quality, low-cost fuel; responsible utilization of energy resources via
beneficial use of potential energy resources now being discarded; and a commitment to the
environment through production of a fuel that bums cleaner and reduces the amount of energy
resources that have been and continue to be discarded. The proposed expansion also addresses
the stated mutually inclusive goals of energy development, economic development and
environmental quality and specifically addresses five of the recommendations of the 2005
Comprehensive Energy Strategy including Recommendation 18-promotion of renewable
resources; Recommendation 25- support projects and initiatives intended to open new markets
for Kentucky coal; Recommendation 33-recovery of refuse associated with abandoned mine
wastes', Recommendation 36-transformation of waste materials to value-added products; and
Recommendation 42-responsible development of our energy resources III a low-cost and
environmentally- friendly manner.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/1/08 → 9/30/09 |
Funding
- KY Office of Energy Policy: $14,969.00
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