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Immersion Autoclave
NETL researcher Dr. Burt Thomas
B26-105
The High Pressure Immersion and Reactive Transport Laboratory is a multi-functional, state-of-the-art facility capable of performing geological studies at simulated depths up to 10,000 feet, providing an experimental basis for modeling of various subsurface phenomena and processes. Research is aimed at monitoring the long-term storage stability and integrity of CO2 stored in geologic formations to better simulate conditions found in potential geologic storage sites. The laboratory has a wide range of tools and instrumentation to ensure a complete cycle of scientific studies from preparation of representative samples, through the preliminary measurements of basic properties, to the advanced investigation of the processes of interest under simulated subsurface conditions. The Autoclave Test Facility uses continuously-stirred autoclave reactors to conduct experiments at high pressures and temperatures to investigate gas/liquid and gas/slurry interactions. The Geological Storage Core Flow Facility includes three flow-through test systems that can measure permeability, CO2-enhanced oil recovery, and CO2.
Immersion Autoclave
NETL researcher Dr. Burt Thomas
B26-105
The High Pressure Immersion and Reactive Transport Laboratory is a multi-functional, state-of-the-art facility capable of performing geological studies at simulated depths up to 10,000 feet, providing an experimental basis for modeling of various subsurface phenomena and processes. Research is aimed at monitoring the long-term storage stability and integrity of CO2 stored in geologic formations to better simulate conditions found in potential geologic storage sites. The laboratory has a wide range of tools and instrumentation to ensure a complete cycle of scientific studies from preparation of representative samples, through the preliminary measurements of basic properties, to the advanced investigation of the processes of interest under simulated subsurface conditions. The Autoclave Test Facility uses continuously-stirred autoclave reactors to conduct experiments at high pressures and temperatures to investigate gas/liquid and gas/slurry interactions. The Geological Storage Core Flow Facility includes three flow-through test systems that can measure permeability, CO2-enhanced oil recovery, and CO2.
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has promised loan guarantees to build Banovici and Tuzla 7 power plants, but will they be legal?
Coal subsidies are risky for public budgets, consumers and investors, but they're often illegal too.
The Energy Community countries – the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova - are bound by EU state aid rules. Failure to follow them will cost them dearly if the aid has to be recovered.
Read more at bit.ly/state-aid-risk
From the toxic waste created by the extreme extraction of tar sands destroying indigenous communities in Canada, to toxins created by the BP Whiting refinery producing sacrifice communities in the Greater Chicago area, to the resultant catastrophic effect on our climate, the urgent need for a just transition away from fossil fuels to a 100% renewable energy economy is abundantly clear.
Greenpeace and Mosquito Fleet activists block a Kinder Morgan barge from entering the company’s Seattle facility by locking themselves to the pier and displaying banners. "The company's Trans Mountain Pipeline tramples Indigenous rights, threatens communities and their access to clean water, and the increased tanker traffic from the pipeline could decimate marine wildlife including the 76 remaining Southern Resident orcas,” said Greenpeace activist and Seattle resident Samantha Suarez.
Photo citation: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2021. Aerial support provided by LightHawk.
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Activists with Greenpeace, Oil & Gas Action Network and Regenerating Paradise gather at a burn scar site in the North Complex Fire urging Governor Newsom to take immediate action to phase out fossil fuels and end neighborhood drilling.
The North Complex Fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California in the counties of Plumas and Butte. There were 21 fires started by lightning on August 17, 2020; by September 5, all the individual fires had been put out with the exception of the Claremont and Bear Fires, which merged on that date, and the Sheep Fire, which was then designated a separate incident. On September 8, strong winds caused the Bear/Claremont Fire to explode in size, rapidly spreading to the southwest. On September 8, 2020, the towns of Berry Creek and Feather Falls were immediately evacuated with no prior warning, By September 9, 2020, the towns of Berry Creek and Feather Falls had been leveled, with few homes left standing. The fire killed 16 people and injured more than 100. Among the 16 fatalities was a 16-year-old boy. The complex burned an estimated 318,935 acres (129,068 ha),
A lot of man made fuel clouds showing in that cold weather that came our way in Montreal today. They are always there just more visible in cold weather. Taken from Newman hill at parc Ignace-Bourget in the borough of Ville Emard.
On July 2, 2014 workers with heavy equipment use a thermal desorption process in what was formerly Steven Jensen's wheat field near Tioga, North Dakota. A Tesoro Logistics LP pipeline spilled more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil into the field in September of 2013. The six-inch pipeline was carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale play to the Stampede rail facility outside Columbus, North Dakota.
Thermal desorption involves excavating soil or other contaminated material for treatment in a thermal desorber. To prepare the soil for treatment, large rocks or debris first must be removed or crushed. The smaller particle size allows heat to more easily and evenly separate contaminants from the solid material. The prepared soil is placed in the thermal desorber to be heated. Low-temperature thermal desorption is used to heat the solid material to 200-600ºF to treat VOCs. If SVOCs are present, then high-temperature thermal desorption is used to heat the soil to 600-1000ºF.
Gas collection equipment captures the contaminated vapors. Vapors often require further treatment, such as removing dust particles. The remaining organic vapors are usually destroyed using a thermal oxidizer, which heats the vapors to temperatures high enough to convert them to carbon dioxide and water vapor. At some sites with high concentrations of organic vapors, the vapors may be cooled and condensed to change them back to a liquid form. The liquid chemicals may be recycled for reuse, or treated by incineration. If the concentrations of contaminants are low enough, and dust is not a problem, the vapors may be released without treatment to the atmosphere. Often, treated soil can be used to fill in the excavation at the site. If the treated soil contains contaminants that do not evaporate, such as most metals, they may be disposed of and capped onsite, or transported offsite to an appropriate landfill.
This is a screen capture of a video by AIDG. It shows the bicycle gears used in Catapult Design's small windmill prototype. The full story is at www.engineeringforchange.info/?p=959.
Vancouver resident Nancy McLean is led away by police after joining indigenous activists, senior citizens and other activists to block the gates to Kinder Morgan’s construction site on Burnaby Mountain in British Columbia. In solidarity with Coast Salish communities, they aim to show the world that Canada is going down the wrong path on climate and on reconciliation with Indigenous Nations in building this pipeline.
Students from Fossil Free UNSW occupy their university's chancellery building calling on the administration to divest from fossil fuels as part of the nationwide #floodthecampus campaign.
Photo citation: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2020. Aerial support provided by LightHawk.
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Here are photos of the individual paintings, by Uros Jelic -
- www.flickr.com/photos/tobanblack/3894250611/
- www.flickr.com/photos/tobanblack/3894253793/
There are more photos of his works in the gallery on his web site -
NETL's High Pressure Combustion Facility provides the test capabilities needed to evaluate new combustion concepts for high-pressure, high-temperature hydrogen and natural gas turbines. These concepts will be critical for the next generation of ultra clean, ultra efficient power systems.
Imaging coal, rock, and other geological core samples shows researchers how liquids, gases, and solids flow through these materials, and measures rock-fluid phenomena, such as how CO2 behaves in coal cores and other geologic samples. These measurements provide information on the actual distribution of minerals and fluids inside samples, rather than merely average measurements.
The micro-CT scanner operates at the highest resolution and analyzes pore surfaces.
Left to right: Vyacheslav Romanov, Kyle Buchheit (Mickey Leland intern), Dirk Van Essendelft, Terry Jordan.
High on the steep slopes surrounding Longyearbyen, abandoned wooden structures hint to a mining past.
WASHINGTON DC, USA -- Sunday, May 15th, 2016. Hundreds of climate activists protest at a rally organized by the Break Free movement against fossil fuel projects. Demonstrators went to the streets at the nation's capital to protest in front of the White House, calling on the decision makers in Washington DC to support the transition to renewable energy instead of coal, oil and gas energy.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo by: Eman Mohammed
Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo helps carry a Chinese language banner in the People's Climate March in New York City on September 21, 2014. The march, two-days before the United Nations Climate March, is billed as the largest climate march in history. Photo by Michael Nagle/Greenpeace
NETL's High Pressure Combustion Facility provides the test capabilities needed to evaluate new combustion concepts for high-pressure, high-temperature hydrogen and natural gas turbines. These concepts will be critical for the next generation of ultra clean, ultra efficient power systems.
Refinery Corridor Healing Walk #3
Benicia to Rodeo, California June 11, 2017 - 3rd of 4 walks this year along the Refinery Corridor in the East Bay. Organized by Idle No More SF Bay, this 10.5 mile walk started in Benicia, home of Valero's Benicia Refinery, crossed the Carquinez Bridge and then passed thru the heart of Conoco-Phillips 66 “San Francisco” refinery.
Within minutes of the early morning start, walkers had the extremely rare opportunity to observe 2 Bald Eagles fishing and hanging out along the bay. And then, almost as if scripted, what started as a bright, sunny day turned increasingly windy and as the walkers approached the Conoco-Phillips 66 refinery, dark, menacing clouds formed, complete with lightning and eventually rain.
These walks have been bringing native people, local communities and those concerned about the health of the planet together to envision a healthier future, since 2014.
The next walk (July 16, 2017) will cover the section of the Refinery Corridor from Rodeo to the Chevron Richmond refinery. It will be the very last of a total of 16 walks that have happened over a period of 4 years.
These walks have done an outstanding job of connecting communities and issues and providing insights and ways to connect to the fierce battles being waged in our own back yards for "Clean Air, Water & Soil
Safe Jobs, Roads, Railroads & Waterways
A Vibrantly Healthy Future for All Children
A Just Transition to Safe & Sustainable Energy"
A sea of people in red shirts hold up 'No Coal Exports' signs at the Washington State’s Department of Ecology, Cowlitz County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first of three public hearings regarding the proposed coal export terminal at Longview, Washington. Millennium Bulk Logistics is proposing to build a 44 million ton coal export terminal in Longview. The hearing was held at the Cowlitz Expos Center on May 24, 2016.
The CT Scanner Laboratory provides imaging data that can be used for computer simulations, economic evaluations, and site characterizations. The scanner generates a three-dimensional (3-D) image of an object's structure by collecting and combining many 2-D X-ray images. Coal, rock, and other geological samples are imaged to measure how liquids, gases, and solids flow through them, or to measure other rock-fluid phenomena, such as how CO2 is adsorbed or absorbed in coal cores. The measurements provide information on the actual distribution of minerals and fluids inside samples, rather than providing merely average measurements.
An ACEO I made for my etsy store.
Wow, is this a bad ACEO or what? Poor Mr. Dinousaur, the source of our oil. A comic reflection on where the gas in our cars comes from. Pen and art markers on 140 lb acid free watercolor paper. Original, not a print!
ACEO stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. Basically art that is 2.5" x 3.5", after that anything goes!
Untreated sewage channels with waste waters from the Kolubara mine pass through the Vreoci village and end in a tributary of the river Sava, eventually reaching Belgrade downstream.
Nearby residents have become completely dependent on bottled water as both tap and well water have become undrinkable. Families are suffering from chronicle diseases.
NETL’s Albany lab specializes in metals research for energy applications, and its Fabrication Laboratory helps develop strong, durable alloys for use in energy production. Researchers in the Lab work on projects for the Department of Energy but have also developed alloys for Shell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, GE, Pratt & Whittney-Rockedyne (P&W), medical stent applications for Boston Scientific Laboratories, and others.
Refinery Corridor Healing Walk #3
Benicia to Rodeo, California June 11, 2017 - 3rd of 4 walks this year along the Refinery Corridor in the East Bay. Organized by Idle No More SF Bay, this 10.5 mile walk started in Benicia, home of Valero's Benicia Refinery, crossed the Carquinez Bridge and then passed thru the heart of Conoco-Phillips 66 “San Francisco” refinery.
Within minutes of the early morning start, walkers had the extremely rare opportunity to observe 2 Bald Eagles fishing and hanging out along the bay. And then, almost as if scripted, what started as a bright, sunny day turned increasingly windy and as the walkers approached the Conoco-Phillips 66 refinery, dark, menacing clouds formed, complete with lightning and eventually rain.
These walks have been bringing native people, local communities and those concerned about the health of the planet together to envision a healthier future, since 2014.
The next walk (July 16, 2017) will cover the section of the Refinery Corridor from Rodeo to the Chevron Richmond refinery. It will be the very last of a total of 16 walks that have happened over a period of 4 years.
These walks have done an outstanding job of connecting communities and issues and providing insights and ways to connect to the fierce battles being waged in our own back yards for "Clean Air, Water & Soil
Safe Jobs, Roads, Railroads & Waterways
A Vibrantly Healthy Future for All Children
A Just Transition to Safe & Sustainable Energy"
Containers of oil contaminated soil sit near wind turbines on the scene of an oil pipeline rupture along the Alameda County-San Joaquin County border near Tracy, California cleaning up a spill reported to be as much as 21,000 gallons. The leak in the underground pipe, which was reported by Shell Pipeline Co. after a line between Coalinga (Fresno County) and Martinez lost pressure, was spilling crude oil into the soil but was not near any waterways where the problem would escalate. The oil release was visible on the ground in a 250-by-40-foot section, San Joaquin County officials said.
Greenpeace and Mosquito Fleet activists block a Kinder Morgan barge from entering the company’s Seattle facility by locking themselves to the pier and displaying banners. "The company's Trans Mountain Pipeline tramples Indigenous rights, threatens communities and their access to clean water, and the increased tanker traffic from the pipeline could decimate marine wildlife including the 76 remaining Southern Resident orcas,” said Greenpeace activist and Seattle resident Samantha Suarez.
Untreated sewage channels with waste waters from the Kolubara mine pass through the Vreoci village and end in a tributary of the river Sava, eventually reaching Belgrade downstream.
Nearby residents have become completely dependent on bottled water as both tap and well water have become undrinkable. Families are suffering from chronicle diseases.