Project Grant 1938079

Harvest Thermal, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a low-emissions heating and hot water system. The 24-month project will address technical risks to enable large-scale deployment of residential heating and hot water load shifting using highly efficient heat pump systems. Harvest Thermal will systematically test system performance, reliability, and failure modes to...

This SBIR Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop an advanced thermal oxidizer technology to cost-effectively control greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, as well as toxic/carcinogenic organic compounds and odors from small emission sources. The $256,657 award to Rotoheater LLC, awarded on February 15, 2024, will support research and development into a novel,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), focuses on the development of retrofit dehumidification systems for air conditioning (AC) units. The $274,921 award to Helix Earth Technologies Inc. aims to enable greater than 50% energy savings for AC systems by eliminating latent loads through a novel liquid desiccant-based retrofit dehumidification...

The National Science Foundation awarded $275,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Kazadi Enterprises LTD to develop a Hydrologic Open Cooling System. The project aims to create a renewable, closed container cooling system incorporating rechargeable vacuum insulation and a novel two-stage heat pump. The system is designed to maintain cooling chamber temperatures between 1.5-5 degrees Celsius using 10% or less of the electrical power of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project aims to develop an inductively heated thermochemical reactor for producing synthesis gas, a fundamental building block for chemicals and fuels. The $304,975 award to Cosine Corp will fund the design, construction, and testing of a reactor system that uses silicon carbide susceptors and a reduction-oxidation catalyst cycle to generate synthesis...

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...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), under the Clean Energy Demonstrations Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.255), has awarded a $15,316,593 Cooperative Agreement to Skyven Technologies, Inc. (UEI: H3DHCBKWWTF6) to demonstrate the viability and positive impacts of mechanical vapor recompression steam-generating heat pumps (MVR SGHP) for industrial decarbonization. The project aims to address the standardization and economy-of-scale challenges that have prevented broad adoption of MVR SGHP...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253), supports the establishment of a domestic production capacity of at least 10,000 cold climate air-to-air heat pumps, 5,000 geothermal water-to-air heat pumps, and 100 high-capacity cold climate air-to-water heat pumps annually. These products are designed to provide an efficiency increase of 25-75% compared to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), awarded a $2,602,145 Cooperative Agreement to Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. on November 1, 2024. The award supports the development of a "Fuel-Flexible Regenerative Low NOx Industrial Hydrogen Burner" over a period ending on October 2, 2025. This project aims to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in...