Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010919

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp, aims to develop a deep understanding of the behavior and interactions of novel multicomponent fluid mixtures for enhanced heat transfer in electronic and industrial systems. The $499,232 award, spanning from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will investigate the stability and properties of phase change material (PCM) particles suspended in liquid gallium alloys,...

This two-year, $297,189 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research aims to develop new approaches for ultra-low temperature refrigeration without reliance on rare helium isotopes. Specifically, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will investigate using electrically-tunable spin-orbit interactions in Rashba materials to achieve refrigeration through adiabatic electrification, with a goal of reaching temperatures as low as 0.01 K. If successful,...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants program (CFDA 66.047) provides $1,500,000 to Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Center (Tees) to develop and validate technologies to reduce the time and cost of reclaiming HFC refrigerants in the U.S. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Designing and testing an intensified modular unit capable of...

This $2,295,005 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hydrofluorocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants program (CFDA 66.047) supports the Air-Conditioning, Heating And Refrigeration Technology Institute, Inc. (AHRTI) in developing and testing an innovative technology to chemically convert and destroy hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning. The key activities funded through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,998 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer in Neffsville, Pennsylvania, for the development of a "Passive Two-Phase Microreactor Transportation Cooling System." This grant, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new sub-kelvin refrigerator using superfluid helium vortex cooling. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, Yale University will analyze, design, build a prototype, and benchmark a two-stage cooling system combining a superfluid vortex cooler and Joule-Thomson precooler. The system aims to achieve high-capacity cooling below 1K without using helium-3, addressing stockpile depletion issues. By...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund the development of experimental capabilities to measure properties of supercritical fluids and their mixtures at the University of North Texas from August 2022 to July 2023. The university will obtain experimental data on critical properties for mixtures of carbon dioxide with argon and R134a refrigerant. It will also conduct natural convection experiments to demonstrate the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Mimic Systems Inc. aims to develop a refrigerant-free heat pump technology using high-performance thermoelectric materials and methods. The project seeks to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of traditional solid-state heat pumps by leveraging new thermoelectric materials and manufacturing processes. The goal is to surpass the performance of traditional...

This three-year, $141,442 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at William Marsh Rice University to experimentally and numerically study oscillating multiphase flows and heat transfer in porous media. The research aims to improve understanding of these phenomena to enhance energy technologies like geothermal systems, carbon storage, batteries, and hydraulic fracturing. The university will develop experimental platforms using neutron imaging at Oak Ridge National...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants program (CFDA 66.047) provides $3,473,895 to the University of Washington to evaluate and demonstrate HFC destruction via alkaline hydrolysis (AH) technology. The key objectives are to: Investigate HFC destruction chemistry under AH conditions, including modifying a lab-scale AH reactor, studying reaction kinetics and byproducts, and optimizing the AH...