Project Grant DESC0018010

This $433,612 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Colorado State University and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology to advance understanding of plasma-assisted ammonia reforming for carbon-free fuel applications. The grant is funded through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve engineering innovation and research. Under the three-year award beginning December 2022, the researchers will experimentally validate ammonia plasma...

Auburn University received a five-year, $459,780 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will support research into low-temperature plasma assisted combustion of oxygenated fuels to enable cleaner and more sustainable mobility solutions. Specifically, Auburn University researchers will investigate plasma-chemical effects on the low-temperature combustion reaction...

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 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 National Science Foundation awarded $275,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to FC Renew, LLC to develop a renewable platinum catalyst for fuel cell applications. The 12-month project grant aims to establish proof-of-concept for an in-stack electrocatalyst renewal approach that enables reuse of once end-of-life fuel cells. By renewing the platinum electrocatalyst without removing it from the vehicle, the technology has potential to significantly...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Susteon Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research titled "LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA AND NANOPARTICLE CATALYZED STEAM METHANE REFORMING TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN." The one-year project period runs from June 28, 2021 to May 15, 2022 in Cary, North Carolina. The grant funds research to develop low-temperature plasma and nanoparticle catalyst technologies for steam...

Precision Combustion, Inc. was awarded a $206,295 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on February 14, 2022. The grant will support research on thermally and chemically stable metallic membranes for hydrogen generation with carbon dioxide capture through November 13, 2022. The Office of Science aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Redshift Energy, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The funding supports the development of a plasma technology for the dissociation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to produce carbon-free hydrogen and recover sulfur. Key innovations include: 1) a high-speed vortex flow design to achieve high energy efficiency, 2) a gas-dynamic and chemical-kinetic...

Under a $3,230,673 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), Purdue University is leading the development and validation of a technology that enables cost-effective utilization of spark-ignited hydrogen (H2) combustion engines in off-road vehicles. The project aims to create a high energy-efficient hybrid excavator powered by a hydrogen combustion engine. As sub-awardees, Cummins Inc. and Bosch Rexroth...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for $424,698 provides funding from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028 to investigate the use of atmospheric low-temperature plasma catalysis as an alternative to conventional thermally activated reaction routes for producing oxygenated fuels and chemical products. The key focus is on understanding the fundamental chemical and physical mechanisms of plasma-enhanced...