The National Science Foundation awarded a $242,890 Project Grant to Stec Technology, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a low thermal electro-emulsification solution to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in marine diesel exhaust by 80% and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30%. The goal of the project is to incorporate the emissions reduction technology into a fuel processing system that can be integrated into existing diesel...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $318,990 will fund research at Marquette University from January 2023 through December 2025 to develop a state-of-the-art combustion simulation tool for modeling multicomponent fuel droplets in high-pressure engine environments. The tool aims to capture the impact of realistic fuel composition on soot formation with greater fidelity than existing surrogate approaches. As part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the research seeks to...
This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...
This $145,234 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support collaborative research at the University of Akron to advance the understanding and applications of supercritical fluids. The research aims to characterize the anomalous behavior and transport phenomena of supercritical fluids such as water, carbon dioxide, methane, argon, and nitrogen. This knowledge will enable new technologies for high-capacity, energy-efficient, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $250,431 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to conduct collaborative research on the role of cavitation in demulsifying water-oil emulsions through integrated experimental and computational studies. The project aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of how acoustic cavitation can enhance the efficiency of ultrasound-based water-oil separation, a critical step in the crude oil...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $549,733 awarded on February 15, 2022 will support the development of micellar nanofluids to reduce the use of harmful solvents in oil and gas production through January 31, 2025. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), William Marsh Rice University will work to produce a nanofluid containing aggregated colloidal nanoparticles that can significantly decrease the use of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene solvents, which are...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Texas A&M University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for work titled "PFI-TT: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: ROBUST HIERARCHICALLY-TEXTURED SURFACES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF HEAVY CRUDE OILS." The two-year award beginning July 1, 2021 will support the development of hierarchically-textured surfaces to more efficiently transport heavy crude oils. As part of its mission to promote innovation and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,310 Project Grant to Falcon Fuel Cells Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to evaluate the maximum concentration of impurities in reformed ammonia and syngas fuels that will allow their high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cell technology to remain technically and commercially viable. This research aims to contribute to the displacement of fossil fuel combustion technologies,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $339,497 to Michigan State University to conduct research on the ignition and flame speed characteristics of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/air/exhaust gas mixtures. The goal is to advance the understanding of combustion and flame properties of HVO, a promising second-generation biofuel, to enable improved engine design and optimization for cleaner, more efficient diesel engine...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $370,657 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of North Texas Research and Innovation Division. The grant supports collaborative research focused on delineating the anomalous behavior of supercritical fluids and exploring their potential applications in high-capacity, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible fluid transport and thermal management systems. Key objectives include developing thermodynamic...