Project Grant DEFG0208ER85111

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $3,648,906 cooperative agreement to SRI International and the University of Houston to develop a "Printed Microreactor for Renewable Energy Enabled Fuel Production (PRIME-FUEL)." This project, funded under ARPA-E's GREENWELLS program (CFDA 81.135), aims to create a highly energy-efficient, modular catalytic microreactor that will convert carbon dioxide to methanol using intermittent...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $4,275,642.00 to Columbia University for the development of a membrane-free electrochemical reactor ("electrolyzer") that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into energy-dense liquid ethanol fuel. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Develop a novel electrode assembly and state-of-the-art cathode catalysts to enable the...

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 $736,200 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2026, supports Northeastern University's research and development project titled "Modular Electrochemical Ethanol Production Using Intermittent Power (Electricity)". The key objectives of this project are: 1) To demonstrate over 60% conversion efficiency (Faradaic efficiency) in producing ethanol...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy federal grant program, provides $2,339,828 to Emvolon, Inc. to develop a dynamically operable chemical reactor system capable of storing at least 50% of intermittent electricity from renewable sources as carbon-containing liquid fuels. The project aims to produce sustainable carbon-based liquid fuels from renewable energy and carbon dioxide...

This $700,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to New York University (NYU) under the CFDA Program 81.135. The project aims to demonstrate the stable production of ethanol directly powered by variable renewable energy through innovations in electrocatalysts, dynamic electrolyzer operation, and integration with proprietary thermocatalytic reactors. The research will leverage technoeconomic and life cycle analysis...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for $250,000 aims to develop a new process for producing sustainable liquid fuels using CO2 as a starting material. The key products and services to be delivered through this 2-year project (4/1/2025 - 3/31/2027) include: Generating fundamental knowledge for designing a CO2 electrolyzer that can selectively produce C2H4 based on operation conditions, catalyst design, and...