Future Energy

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Future Energy

• DESC 2005 Quality Conference
• Pam Serino
• DESC-BP

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Background

• The US is focusing on alternative means of energy
  for two reasons
• For National Security by reducing our dependency
  on foreign petroleum imports
• For a cleaner environment by reducing the amounts
  of hazardous emissions from the burning of fossil
  fuels

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Alternative Fuels

• Presently DESC purchases Biodiesel (B20) and
  Ethanol gasoline (E85) for administrative fleet
  vehicles
• Some installations have CNG and/or Electric fleet
  vehicles

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Hydrogen

• From the Presidents 2004 State of the Union
  Address, efforts have been funded to develop a
  Hydrogen powered economy
• Commercial car makers are investing millions to
  develop affordable hydrogen powered vehicles

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Hydrogen

• In 2004 DLA (DESC-BP) was requested by Congress
  to look at the Potential Use of Hydrogen as a
  Defense Logistics Fuel (email Pam for
  electronic version)
• TARDEC was given 10M in Congressional funding to
  continue the development of hydrogen fuel cells
  for DoD vehicles
• Hydrogen powered vehicles is still a decade or
  more into the future

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Hydrogen

• DoD is developing hydrogen battery packs to
  replace the current heavier batteries that
  soldiers have to carry
• Hydrogen power for stationary means like back-up
  generators and to operate power grids

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Synthetic Fuels (GTL)

• Synthetic fuels use a Gas-to-Liquid (GTL)
  technology such as Fischer-Tropsch or Thermal
  Conversion Processing
• This process can use many types of feedstock
  (coal, natural gas, biomass, etc) and convert it
  into a liquid fuel
• The end product is free of any hazardous material
  (NOx, SOx, particulate, aromatics, etc) and is a
  super clean fuel

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Synthetic Fuels

• These fuels are being used today. The jet fuel
  from Johannesburg International Airport in
  Southern Africa, is supplied synthetic fuel from
  SASOL Corporation
• This jet fuel is permitted in ASTM D1655 and DEF
  STAN 91-91 specifications at a 50 blend
• Several companies in the US are attempting to get
  government assistance for the development of a
  synthetic fuels industry

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Advantages to GTL Fuels

• Reduce the dependency on foreign imports of
  petroleum products
• Decrease amount of fossil fuel emission
  pollutants
• Bring technical jobs to low income areas by using
  waste coal products, meat rendering waste, etc.
  as feedstock to the GTL process and converting to
  a liquid fuel (plants in PA and MO)
• GTL technology is NOW

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DoD and Synthetic Fuels

• DESC-BP is a member of the OSD Synthetic Fuels
  Task Force (OSD Point Bill Harrison)
• Presently drafting an MOU with DOE regarding GTL
  development and policy
• Working with Capital Hill to establish a
  preference for synthetic fuels
• Establishing test programs to support the
  development of new specifications to permit the
  use of GTL fuels worldwide

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