Project Grant DESC0021614

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), provides $1,698,000.00 to Dover Pumps & Process Solutions Segment, Inc. (doing business as Cook Compression) to conduct research and development on advanced dynamic sealing technologies for hydrogen compression in fueling applications. The goal is to advance building, vehicle, lighting,...

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 Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Energy Concepts Company, LLC $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop an innovative refrigeration cycle for small-scale refrigeration. Energy Concepts will modify an existing propane-fired diffusion absorption chiller to enable operation using heat from renewable energy sources like solar thermal, geothermal, waste heat,...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new sub-kelvin refrigerator using superfluid helium vortex cooling. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, Yale University will analyze, design, build a prototype, and benchmark a two-stage cooling system combining a superfluid vortex cooler and Joule-Thomson precooler. The system aims to achieve high-capacity cooling below 1K without using helium-3, addressing stockpile depletion issues. By...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (Craft-Tech) on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of "EFFICIENT AND ROBUST COMPRESSOR DESIGNS FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLES". Craft-Tech, a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) services, will leverage its expertise in areas such as...

Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc., doing business as Act, was awarded a $195,369.97 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to complete work by November 21, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support Act's research into supercritical carbon dioxide dewatering enhanced by cosolvent and surfactant formulations. Specifically, Act will work to develop techniques using supercritical CO2,...

Precision Combustion, Inc. was awarded a $255,819 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the CAPTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 project. The project aims to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide through June 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies, such as carbon capture, to transform the energy sector and benefit national security. The...

Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. received a $199,983 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a configurable array of 3D-printed lubrication-free turbocompressors for high temperature industrial heat pump applications. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature...

This two-year, $250,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an innovative low-temperature approach to convert captured carbon dioxide emissions into calcium and magnesium carbonates using a vortex-flow driven process. Specifically, Cornell University will advance the fundamental aspects of reactor engineering and tuning of multiphase chemical interactions to chemically regenerate carbon dioxide-loaded solvents,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,824,449 Cooperative Agreement on January 17, 2025 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The project, titled "Efficient Compact Combustors for Methane Mitigation (ECOMM)", aims to mature the technology by demonstrating its long-term operation, material durability, and sustained performance for different methane emissions...