DEAR0001533

New Competitive Cooperative Agreement with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station under FOA Number DE-FOA-00002504 (REMEDY) and Control Number 2504-1558.

Project Title: Reducing Compressor Station Methane Emissions through Advanced Lean Burn Combustion Employing Radical Ignition and Feed-Forward Cycle Control.

The purpose of this award is to reduce methane emissions from compressor station natural gas (NG) engines by improving lean-burn operation. This improvement will result in a reduction of exhaust methane emissions, while maintaining low criteria pollutant emissions and reducing exhaust CO2 emissions.

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

THE REMEDY PROGRAM ADDRESSES METHANE, A POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS, AND COMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON CO2 REDUCTION. THE GOAL IS TO REVERSE THE RATE OF ACCUMULATION OF METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, DECREASE ATMOSPHERIC METHANE CONCENTRATION, AND THUS AMELIORATE CLIMATE CHANGE. THE REMEDY PROGRAM SEEKS HIGHLY REPLICABLE SYSTEM-LEVEL TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS THAT ACHIEVE AN OVERALL METHANE CONVERSION OF 99.5%, REDUCE NET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS > 87% ON A LIFE-CYCLE BASIS, HAVE A LEVELIZED COST OF CARBON LESS THAN $40/TON CO2, AND ADDRESS TECHNO-ECONOMIC ISSUES RELATED TO COMMERCIALIZATION. SYSTEMS MUST INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN OPERATE AT LEAN- AND ULTRA-LEAN METHANE CONCENTRATIONS INTEGRATED WITH SENSORS AND/OR CONTROL ALGORITHMS TO QUANTIFY EMISSION REDUCTION AND ENSURE CONSISTENT OPERATION.

81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) [DOE]

College Station, Texas 77845-4375 United States

Single Zip Code

DE-FOA-00002504

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 08/14/25 to 02/14/26 and the total obligations have increased 27% from $2,824,814 to $3,596,008.