Project Grant DEEE0006285

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,...

Direct Combustion Technologies, LLC received a $255,597 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support work under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. The grant supports the company's "Integrated Technologies for Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Energy Industries" project through December 31, 2022. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks to advance science, engineering, and technology solutions to...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,824,449 Cooperative Agreement on January 17, 2025 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The project, titled "Efficient Compact Combustors for Methane Mitigation (ECOMM)", aims to mature the technology by demonstrating its long-term operation, material durability, and sustained performance for different methane emissions...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $255,655 will support the development of a zeolite filter to dry biomass in an energy efficient and gentle manner. Specifically, the Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I award made to Startle Innovation LLC on September 15, 2022 and concluding March 31, 2023 aims to produce a reusable particle filter for efficiently dehydrating agricultural products while preserving...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Rebornc LLC will support the development and scaled production of novel additively manufactured, plastic-derived carbon materials as Joule heaters. These high-performance carbon Joule heaters are intended to decarbonize critical industrial processes, such as large-scale chemical syntheses, by reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions compared to traditional metal...

Burn Manufacturing CO. was awarded an $8.4 million fixed amount Project Grant by the U.S. Agency for International Development under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) to scale up clean cooking manufacturing in West Africa from August 17, 2022 through August 16, 2025. The grant will support Burn Manufacturing's expansion of operations in Ghana to increase production of clean cookstoves, with the goal of advancing equitable economic growth and public health...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $256,000 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant to Sofi Tec, LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop affordable and efficient new chemical processes for the conversion of natural gas to alcohols. The project aims to reduce methane emissions and mitigate carbon dioxide emissions by capturing and converting methane from flaring and venting, which is expected to have environmental benefits and provide a commercially...

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 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...