Project Grant DESC0019987

This five-year, $444,267 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will support research into developing an alternative approach to plastic conversion based on a catalytic plasma-mediated depolymerization process operating at ambient temperature and in liquid water. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the grant aims to detail the mechanisms of plasma-assisted depolymerization of plastics...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $301,562 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee to support research titled "UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED HEAT AND MASS TRANSPORT CONTROL AND NON-NOBLE METAL CATALYST DESIGNS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE POLYOLEFIN UP-CYCLING" from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2024. This funding through the NSF's Engineering (ENG) program (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 47.041) will...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $689,738 to Clemson University from August 2022 through July 2025 to research sustainable recycling methods for agricultural and plastic waste via organosulfur chemistry. Professor Rhett Smith and students will study reaction pathways between elemental sulfur and functional groups in waste plastics like polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonates, as well as lignin, to facilitate...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Project Grant for $331,415, awarded on September 1, 2023, aims to develop a novel biocatalytic process for the deconstruction of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics. The project will explore the use of natural enzymes, such as lipase, to catalyze the alcoholysis of PET in non-aqueous solvents. This approach seeks to improve the efficiency and conversion of plastic waste using...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems provides $270,526 to Clemson University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop controlled fragmentation of polyolefinic materials triggered by microwave irradiation. The university will design materials with properties of conventional polyolefins but capable of controlled deconstruction into macromolecular chain fragments for reuse. Researchers will...

Liquid Ion Solutions LLC received a $206,275 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support work on a facile methodology for upcycling and recycling of PE and PP blends. The grant funded the development of a cost-effective process to convert post-consumer plastic waste comprised of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) into higher value products through recycling and upcycling techniques....

The University of Washington received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA Program 81.135, to develop an adaptive catalytic reactor that can store intermittent green hydrogen using plastic waste. The proposed technology aims to address two global challenges: the need for long-term storage of intermittent renewable energy, and management of plastic waste. By utilizing plastic waste as a carbon source, the technology will produce liquid...

This $465,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of an upcycling strategy for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic waste through chemical transformations producing value-added products. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Professor Rebecca Braslau of the University of California, Santa Cruz will work to convert PVC into 1,5-hexadiene and other alkane products using mild temperatures and ambient pressure. These efforts aim...

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...