Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009419

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, aims to develop a visiting scholar program that will educate and train 4-6 minority students annually on advanced sorption materials for direct air capture (DAC). The key products to be delivered under this $1,499,999 award include: Fabrication of hydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) grafted L-lysine (PVDF-g-LYS) porous hollow fibers with rich amine functional...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide sequestration. The university will utilize industrial waste materials and a two-step mineral carbonation method to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as a stable mineral. This has the potential to offer a low-cost solution for permanent CO2 removal on a...

This two-year, $250,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an innovative low-temperature approach to convert captured carbon dioxide emissions into calcium and magnesium carbonates using a vortex-flow driven process. Specifically, Cornell University will advance the fundamental aspects of reactor engineering and tuning of multiphase chemical interactions to chemically regenerate carbon dioxide-loaded solvents,...

This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Media And Process Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The funding supports the company's research and development of reactive carbon capture processes to produce on-site green chemicals, through absorbent recycling. Specific efforts include bench-scale testing of ceramic membranes, modules,...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a light-based, energy-generating carbon removal process. The $274,094 award to Banyu Carbon Inc. aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering or reusing captured carbon dioxide. Key objectives include improving the resistance of the proprietary photoacid catalyst to degradation and replacing expensive...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,743,635 from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to transform industrial and biomass wastes into low-cost, low-carbon construction materials using a novel negative emission technology (NET). The project is a collaborative effort involving researchers from the University of Alabama, University of New Mexico, University of Idaho, and Alabama A&M University, a Historically Black College and University. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated $1.722 million under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA #81.089) for the project "Tunable Rapid-Uptake Aminopolymer Aerogel Sorbent for Direct Air Capture of CO2 (TRAPS)." Through this cooperative agreement awarded February 16, 2021 and set to be completed by March 31, 2023, Palo Alto Research Center will develop tunable rapid-uptake...

Molten Industries Inc. received a $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a novel method for tuning the production of high-quality solid carbon using methane pyrolysis. The company will conduct research to better understand carbon precipitation and formation in methane pyrolysis reactors. This will include developing an improved thermo-chemical model and reactor design to enable better control over producing...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Carbon To Stone, Inc. located in Ithaca, NY. The grant is for the project "REACTIVE CO2 CAPTURE AND MINERALIZATION USING ALKALINE INDUSTRIAL RESIDUES TO PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS" with a performance period from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025. The project aims to develop a process for capturing and mineralizing CO2 using...

Susteon Inc. will receive $1.5 million under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy to develop a novel direct air capture technology using high capacity structured sorbents. The award is funded through September 30, 2023. The technology development work is supported by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA #81.089). This program seeks to minimize environmental impacts from fossil fuels...