Project Grant DESC0019929

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to the University of Houston System will advance the design and performance of chemical looping reactors for partial oxidation reactions. The total award amount is $449,999 and the performance period runs from December 15, 2024 to November 30, 2027. The key products and services to be delivered through this research project include: Developing a detailed, molecular-level understanding of oxygen speciation...

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 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $273,000 to Purdue University to develop porous bi-layer catalysts for converting carbon dioxide into valuable C2+ products like ethylene at industrially relevant rates. A collaborative team from Purdue University and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will engineer novel layered catalyst structures...

Polykala Technologies, LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of "NANOCATALYSTS AND SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING ASSISTED BY INEXPENSIVE CUSTOM DESIGNED LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA." The work will be performed in San Antonio, TX through June 26, 2023. The award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to...

This three-year, $360,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will support research at the University of Minnesota exploring alkali metal-based selective combustion catalysts. The goal is to develop an improved process for converting light hydrocarbon alkanes to olefins, key building blocks for polymer materials production. The University of Minnesota team will systematically study the structural and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...

The Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $312,757, is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The goal of this project is for North Carolina State University (NCSU) to demonstrate their patented Chemical Looping - Oxidative Dehydrogenation (CL-ODH) technology for sustainable and cost-effective ethylene production. The Phase 1 work will focus on...

The Southwest Research Institute received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to complete a conceptual design and optimization study of a commercial-scale Liquid Air Combined Cycle system integrated with a natural gas combustion turbine. The study will be carried out in collaboration with sub-awardee Pintail Power LLC. The award supports the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $474,379 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a government entity and state institution of higher learning, to conduct research on the intensification of catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to produce hydrocarbons. The project will develop cooperative tandem catalysts that promote sequences of chemical reactions, which could enable new process...

TDA Research, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a novel sorbent-assisted steam methane reforming process for production of blue hydrogen. The process aims to produce hydrogen through steam methane reforming with integrated carbon capture and storage. TDA Research will conduct research and development activities at its facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado from...