This project seeks to address two seemingly disparate problemsbrine management and greenhouse gas emissions from cement manufacturing

Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded

Award ID
R24AC00498
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$312,778

Award facts

Completion date
Funding
  • $250,000.00 Federal
  • $62,777.83 Non-federal
Place of performance
Las Cruces, NM, USA

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Description

As the agency reported it.

Over the last decade saline wastewaters other than seawater and brackish groundwater including agricultural tile drainage power plant cooling tower blowdown water reverse osmosis brines and oil and gas produced waters have received increasing interest because desalinating these waters could augment freshwater sources for landlocked communities. These alternative waters contain elevated concentrations of sparingly soluble salts that prevent high recovery using conventional approaches. At the same time the manufacturing of portland cement the most widely used cement in the world generates 7 to 8% of the global carbon dioxide CO2 emissions each year. This project proposes to address brine management challenges by selectively precipitating out calcium hydroxide thereby softening the water and enabling high recovery and using this calcium hydroxide as a main ingredient for creating a nonportlandbased cement.

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
The University Of Texas At El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will utilize its electrodialysis metathesis (EDM) process to condition brine from the Kay Bailey Hutchison… $49,996

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Who received award R24AC00498?

R24AC00498 was awarded to New Mexico State University by Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) on August 14, 2024.

How much is award R24AC00498 worth?

$312,778 has been obligated on R24AC00498: $250,000 in federal funding and $62,778 in non-federal funding.

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