U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Industrial Technologies Program – Petroleum Refining Industry of the Future

Relevant R&D Projects

The Industrial Technologies Program and other programs within EERE and DOE support several projects that are highly relevant to petroleum refining. Project factsheets for each project are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Industrial Technologies Program Relevant Petroleum Refining Programs and Projects

  • Chemicals and Allied Processes (CAP)
    • Distillation Column Modeling Tools factsheet (PDF 817 KB), slide (PDF 238 KB)
    • Separation of Olefin/Paraffin Mixtures with Carrier Facilitated Membranes, Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. (PDF 736 KB)
    • Low-Cost Chemical Feedstocks using an Improved and Energy-Efficient Natural Gas Liquids Removal Process, Gas Technology Institute. (PDF 736 KB)
    • Advanced Membranes Technology Platform for Hydrocarbon Separations, Air Products and Chemicals - factsheet (PDF 754 KB)
  • Industrial Materials for the Future
    • Chemical Industry Corrosion Management (PDF 176 KB)
    • Alloy Selection System (PDF 476 KB)
    • Corrosion Monitoring System (PDF 512 KB)
    • Study of Metal Dusting Phenomenon (PDF 162 KB)
    • Global On-Stream Inspection for Mechanical Integrity
    • Prediction of Corrosion of Advanced Materials and Fabricated Components
    • Development of Advanced Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Systems through Laser Surface Alloying and Materials Simulation
  • Sensors
    • Completed. Solid State Sensors for Monitoring Hydrogen (Chemicals) (PDF 715 KB)
    • Completed. Real-Time Gas Composition Analyzers for On-Line Process Control (PDF 482 KB) (SBIR)
    • Active. Diagnosis and Control of Natural Gas-Fired Furnaces via Flame Image Analysis (PDF 695 KB)
    • Active. Wireless and Sensing Solutions Advancing Industrial Efficiency (PDF 189 KB)
    • Active. Wireless Telemetry for Industrial Applications (PDF 489 KB)
  • Combustion
    • NOx Emission Reduction by Oscillating Combustion (PDF 60 KB)
    • Rotary Burner (PDF 85 KB)
    • Very Low Emissions: Forced Internal Recirculation (FIR) Burner (PDF 96 KB)
    • Very Low Emissions: Radiation Stabilized Burner (PDF 71 KB)
    • Very Low Emissions: Vortex Inertial Staged Air (VIStA) Burner (PDF 81 KB)
    • Ultra Low-NOx Burners (PDF 477 KB)

DOE Relevant Petroleum Refining Programs