The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $352,047 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to conduct research on understanding the mechanisms controlling the entrapment and ripening of multicomponent gas bubbles in underground hydrogen storage systems. The 3-year award, which began on May 1, 2024, aims to gain fundamental insights into the factors affecting the spatial distribution, size, shape, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $290,078 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to conduct research on hydrogen flow in porous media for underground energy storage. The key objectives are to: (1) elucidate the hydrogen transport, storage, and loss in porous media during repetitive drainage-imbibition processes at the fundamental pore scale; and (2)...
This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering, under the CFDA 47.079 program, will fund research into underground hydrogen storage solutions. Over four tasks, the University of California, Berkeley will investigate the scientific, economic, and social implications of geologic hydrogen storage to enable a transition to renewable energy sources. Specifically, the university will conduct experiments to understand chemical and...
This $440,290 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at St. Bonaventure University exploring the molecular corking effect for potential hydrogen storage applications. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the five-year award beginning February 2022 will investigate how molecular corks interact with single-atom alloy surfaces to control hydrogen spillover and desorption. Principal Investigator Dr. Scott Simpson will employ computational methods and...
This four-year, $899,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to develop damage resistant materials for hydrogen storage and transport. Funded from October 2021 through September 2025, the award supports collaborative research between the Research Foundation for the State University of New York and Stony Brook University to advance materials science technologies critical to enabling large-scale hydrogen infrastructure. The project...
This $710,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a multi-year research project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to advance the understanding of naturally occurring hydrogen deposits in the Midcontinent region of the United States. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) elucidate the transport and accumulation of natural hydrogen in soils and rocks through laboratory testing and field monitoring, 2) identify...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $381,584 Project Grant to the University of Houston System for the development of a "Structured Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Sustainable Hydrogen Production." The 3-year research project aims to address two key technical barriers for this technology: (1) synthesizing a hydrogen transport membrane that meets flux, selectivity, and durability targets; and (2)...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $302,316 will fund research at Louisiana State University from October 2022 to September 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The university will investigate developing hybrid catalysts using both reducible and non-reducible metal oxides to generate highly stable and selectively catalytic materials for methane dry reforming. Researchers will use theoretical, computational, and experimental methods to design effective dry reforming of...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $999,975 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana State University (LSU) on February 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The overarching goal of this 1-year project is to develop a safe, inexpensive, and recyclable hydrogen storage and generation system based on formate dehydrogenation and bicarbonate hydrogenation reactions. The primary objective is to create...
This $460,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities Program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research project led by Howard University to develop an innovative electromagnetic (EM)/microwave-assisted catalytic process for in-situ hydrogen (H2) generation within petroleum reservoir formations. The key objectives of this 3-year research effort are to: 1) elucidate the fundamental rock-hydrocarbon-water-catalyst interactions under...