CX-100499 Categorical Exclusion Determination

High-Temperature Thermochemical Storage with Redox-Stable Perovskites for Concentrating Solar Power
Award Number: DE-EE0006537
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 03/13/2014
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the Colorado School of Mines to research, enhance and evaluate particle-based receiver and solar system process designs. DOE funding would be used to assemble and test a sub-scale particle receiver reactor device and a re-oxidation reactor to validate models and provide a basis for commercialization including a complete economic evaluation of such process modeling and engineering design.

Proposed project activities for BP 2 would include materials characterization, fabrication, and testing of kinetics and thermodynamics. All work would occur indoors at established research laboratories at the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO. The project would involve high temperature testing of reducible oxide materials which would be properly contained in the test facilities both at Colorado School of Mines and at NREL. No physical modification of existing facilities or construction of new facilities would occur under this project. No ground disturbing activities would occur. No change in the use, mission or operation of existing facilities would arise out of this effort. The laboratories and facilities comply with standard safety procedures and all processes and procedures are monitored by the Environmental Health and Safety staff. The laboratories and facilities have all applicable permits in place, and would not need additional permits for the proposed activities. All handling and disposal of gases, chemicals, wastes and liquid effluents comply with appropriate regulations.