Project Grant DESC0009201

This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,832,880.00, issued on January 15, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development), aims to collaborate with the University of Oklahoma on the field deployment, full-scale validation, and commercialization of a low-cost emissions reduction retrofit kit for integral reciprocating compressors (IRCs) used in the natural gas industry. The project objectives are to...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) provides $9,495,087 to Cummins Inc. to research, develop, and validate a 100% hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine that achieves peak brake thermal efficiency, as well as demonstrate an engine and aftertreatment system that meets EPA's 2027 heavy-duty emissions regulations. The project period runs from August 1, 2024...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,702,516 Cooperative Agreement to Radical Combustion Technologies NG, LLC under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) on January 15, 2025. The primary objective of this project is to deploy RCTClean across a range of natural gas-fueled compressor engines to demonstrate significant reductions in methane slip (35-60% or more) and nitrogen oxides emissions (80-90%), while also reducing...

Paradigm Emissions Technologies, Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds research and development of a non-thermal plasma reactor system to destroy over 95% of particulate emissions from diesel exhaust. If successful, the technology has potential to reduce harmful particulate pollutants from diesel vehicle fleets...

This $166,992 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of control-oriented modeling and predictive control tools for high-efficiency, low-emission natural gas engines through a collaboration between Clemson University, the University of Georgia, and Cummins Inc. The National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate aims to improve engineering research and education through funding such as this award provided under the Congressionally Designated CFDA program for...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $193,395 to the Regents of the University of Idaho to conduct research on the combustion kinetics of hydrogen-rich fuels such as hydrogen, methane, and ammonia. The project aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the gas-phase and catalytic combustion processes of these fuel mixtures, which have the potential to enable more efficient and environmentally-friendly combustion...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research on the combustion behavior of new sustainable and environmentally friendly fuels, including ammonia and dimethyl ether (DME) blends. The $345,000 award to Wayne State University aims to investigate the "autoignition-assisted flame regime" of these fuel mixtures, focusing on...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $149,646 Project Grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the retrofit of a diesel terminal tractor engine with a 100% electric engine, reducing emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in Wayne County, Michigan. This project supports the DERA program's goals of achieving diesel emissions...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), awarded a $2,602,145 Cooperative Agreement to Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. on November 1, 2024. The award supports the development of a "Fuel-Flexible Regenerative Low NOx Industrial Hydrogen Burner" over a period ending on October 2, 2025. This project aims to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in...