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A -- A DEVELOPMENT OF ON-LINE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION FOR GASIFICATION PROCESS CONTROL SOL DE-PS26-99FT40565 DUE 060399 POC Martin J. Byrnes, 412-892-4486, email byrnes@fetc.doe.gov, fax 412-892-6216 WEB: click here to download a copy of the solicitation, www.fetc.doe.gov/business/solicitation. E-MAIL: click here to cotact the contract specialist, byrnes@fetc.doe.gov. Announcement of Availability of Solicitation. The Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC) announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance (cooperative agreements) for the program entitled "A Development of On-Line Temperature Measurement Instrumentation for Gasification Process Control". Through this solicitation, DOE seeks to support applications addressing the development and testing of temperature measurement instrumentation capable of functioning in a sustained and reliable manner in the high temperature section of slagging gasification systems operating at elevated pressures. Applications will be subjected to a review by a DOE technical panel, and awards will be made to a limited number of applicants based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of the responses received to determine the relative merit of the approach taken in response to this offering by the DOE, and funding availability. The solicitation will contain a complete description of the technical evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor. Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40565, the Department of Energy seeks applications for innovative technical approaches to develop an accurate, reliable, robust and cost-effective real-time temperature monitoring system capable of measuring temperatures in the high temperature (typ. ranging from 2000 -- 2600F) section of pressurized, coal-fired slagging gasifiers. The Program Solicitation has one Area of Interest. The Department of Energy is interested in obtaining applications offering projects of thirty-months for the bench-scale development of real-time temperature measurement instrumentation for high temperature, high pressure coal-fired slagging gasification systems. A variety of approaches, including the use of thermocouple- or optically-based techniques, are acceptable as long as they offer the clear potential to meet the aforementioned objectives. Furthermore, all proposed temperature measurement instrumentation must be suitable for use on large-scale slagging gasification systems and applications must address issues such as laboratory scale-up, potential placement and method of mounting on actual operating systems. Approximately $1 million of DOE funding is planned for this solicitation. The estimated funding by the DOE is planned to be approximately $0.33 million per award. A minimum cost sharing of 20% of total estimated cost is required. The Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or about April 16, 1999. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program Solicitation. Posted 03/31/99 (W-SN314772). (0090)

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