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A -- TESTING AND EVALUATION OF PROMISING MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR COAL BASED POWER SYSTEMS SOL DE-PS26-00FT40769 POC Martin Byrnes, Contract Specialist, (412) 386-4486, fax (412) 386-6137, e-mail byrnes@netl.doe.gov WEB: click here to download a copy of the solicitation, www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicitation. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist, byrnes@netl.doe.gov. Announcement of Availability of Solicitation. The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance (cooperative agreements) for the program entitled "Testing and Evaluation of Promising Mercury Control Technologies for Coal Based Power Systems." Through this solicitation, DOE seeks to support applications in the following areas of interest: (1) Field Testing of Activated Carbon Upstream of Existing Utility Particulate Control Devices, (2) Field Testing of Effective Mercury Control Technologies Upstream of and Across Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems, (3) Field Testing of Concepts for Augmenting or Aiding in the Overall Control of Mercury in the Field Tests under Topic 1 and Topic 2, and (4) Testing Novel and Less Mature Control Technologies on Actual Flue Gas at the Pilot-scale. A DOE technical panel will perform a scientific and engineering evaluation of each responsive application to determine the merit of the approach, and availability of DOE funding in the technical areas proposed. Awards will be made to a limited number of applicants based on this review. The mission of the DOE Mercury Measurement and Control Program is to perform research and development in order to provide a better understanding of mercury and its speciation for coal-based power generation activities. The Department of Energy's Mercury Measurement and Control Program goal is to develop control strategies for reducing the current annual utility mercury emissions by 50 to 70% by 2005 and by 90% by 2010 at a cost between one-quarter to one-half of the current cost estimates. Research continues on developing potential technologies for mercury emission reduction from utility plants, and is designed to augment existing pre- and post-combustion technologies, with investigations studying different combustion conditions for possible mercury removal or mercury speciation modifications. The post-combustion R&D focuses on the addition of some type of sorbent technology (including gas-phase additives) to adsorb the mercury, or using new technology for mercury control. The primary objective of this solicitation is to solicit applications for work that seek cost-shared projects (1) to conduct field testing of promising mercury control technologies to determine their maximum removal of measured mercury levels (total i.e., elemental plus oxidized) while determining realistic process/equipment costs for various levels of Hg removed; and (2) to further develop the less mature methods for possible control of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. A secondary focus of this solicitation is to measure and/or assess potential multiple pollutant or co-control associated with the control technology field test and development projects designed to elucidate mercury emission reductions. The key element addressed in the solicitation's overall areas of interest is the control of mercury and its species generated by U.S. coal-fired utility boiler systems. A draft of this Program Solicitation is available for comment on NETL's World Wide Web Server Internet System at http:/www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit until January 14, 2000. The final Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or about January 28, 2000. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program Solicitation. Posted 12/15/99 (W-SN408709). (0349)

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