Project Grant 20163361025486

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a novel hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology to efficiently recover nutrients from animal manure and produce value-added engineered carbon materials. The $205,767 project, awarded to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, aims to optimize nutrient recovery from over one billion tons of animal waste produced annually in the U.S. and create engineered carbon...

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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), supports the development of an integrated cascaded heat exchanger system. The $812,500 award aims to demonstrate advanced manufacturing techniques to meet both power generation and industrial process heat demands. Key objectives include improving particle-side convective heat transfer,...

Energy Americas LLC received a $100,396 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop smart control technology for energy efficiency and animal welfare improvements in poultry buildings located in Boonville, Missouri. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through February 27, 2022. The Office of Science's mission includes delivering scientific tools to transform energy understanding and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Energy Concepts Company, LLC $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop an innovative refrigeration cycle for small-scale refrigeration. Energy Concepts will modify an existing propane-fired diffusion absorption chiller to enable operation using heat from renewable energy sources like solar thermal, geothermal, waste heat,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) will investigate the feasibility of using thermal dehydration to dispose of poultry carcasses and products during a disease outbreak. The $171,189 project, running from September 2024 to September 2026, will conduct full-scale tests to study operational issues like...

Media & Process Technology Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) to demonstrate the technical feasibility and energy savings potential of a non-evaporative substrate drying process using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction combined with ceramic membrane ultrafiltration. The two-year award, issued on September 9, 2022, will support development of a process to dewater wet substrates without...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Calion Technologies, Inc. on September 21, 2023. The grant supports the development of a modular, drop-in air source heat pump replacement for natural gas boilers used for process heating up to 160°F. The technology, known as "zero-GWP air source heat pump steam generation using ionocalorics," aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency....

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,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Ail Research Inc. a $198,701 Project Grant to integrate combined heat and power into controlled environment agriculture. Under the grant, Ail Research will deliver products and services supporting the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the company will work to integrate...