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A -- METAL FILTERS FOR PRESSURIZED FLUID BED COMBUSTION (PFBC) APPLICATIONS SOL DE-RP26-98FT40002 DUE 040998 POC John R. Columbia, Contract Specialist, (412) 892-6219; James W. Huemmrich, Contracting Officer, (412) 892-6597; fax (412) 892-6216 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the Presolicitation Announcement., http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business/solicit/solicit.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., columbia@fetc.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC) is soliciting proposals to test porous metal compositions for their ability to withstand the corrosive environment found in PFBC power generation systems. The objective of this work is to fabricate and evaluate the corrosion resistance of porous metal filter media under simulated and actual PFBC conditions. The expected result of the work is selection of a porous metal composition that can be used as a filter element in PFBC power generation systems. The filtration media developed will provide filtration performance equal to or better than that provided by commercially available ceramic filter media. However, metal filters are expected to provide non-brittle mechanical behavior and improved resistance to thermal stress damage compared with ceramic filter elements. The scope of the project is to fabricate porous samples of various metal materials and expose them to simulated and actual PFBC hot gas cleanup conditions to determine if they can be used as filter materials in PFBC systems. The contractor shall obtain or fabricate porous metal filter media of various compositions, and expose them to simulated corrosion conditions in the laboratory as well as actual coal-fired operating conditions at a field site. Analyses will be performed to determine corrosion mechanisms and to predict filter element lifetimes. The resulting contract from this solicitation will contain an option for fabricating filter elements and installing them in an operating hot gas filtration system. The RFP is expected to be released on or about February 24, 1998. The solicitation (available in Portable Document Format (PDF)) will be issued only on DOE's FETC WORLD Wide Web Server Internet System at http:www.fetc.doe.gov (select Business, then Solicitations) and will not be distributed in paper form. Those who obtain a copy of the solicitation through the WWW should check the location frequently for any solicitation amendments.***** (0028)

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