Project Grant DESC0021725

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), supports the development of an integrated cascaded heat exchanger system. The $812,500 award aims to demonstrate advanced manufacturing techniques to meet both power generation and industrial process heat demands. Key objectives include improving particle-side convective heat transfer,...

Triton Systems, Inc. was awarded a $199,922 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop plastic heat exchangers with high conductance. The grant period ran from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Under this award, Triton Systems focused on delivering products and services to design and test prototype plastic heat exchangers with enhanced thermal conductivity...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,804 Project Grant on Jul 22, 2024 to Ceramic Tubular Products LLC, a for-profit limited liability company in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant supports the "Development of a High Thermal Conductivity SiC Cladding Using a Method for Predicting Tubular Thermal Properties" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). This research aims to advance innovative ceramic and composite materials for...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp, aims to develop a deep understanding of the behavior and interactions of novel multicomponent fluid mixtures for enhanced heat transfer in electronic and industrial systems. The $499,232 award, spanning from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will investigate the stability and properties of phase change material (PCM) particles suspended in liquid gallium alloys,...

This $1,875,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) supports research to further improve the thermal properties of carbon nanotube filters (CNTF) for industrial heat exchange applications. The project aims to leverage existing CNTF fabrication and thermal testing facilities to enhance the thermal effectiveness of these materials, which have potential to improve...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $206,000.00 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc., for the development of "ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR SCO2 AND MOLTEN SALT NUCLEAR REACTORS". The project aims to advance innovative heat exchanger technologies for use in supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) and molten salt nuclear reactor systems. Faraday...

This Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the "Engineering" program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $100,000 award, effective September 1, 2023, will fund a collaborative research project focused on developing an efficient and stable cooling solution for high power-density electronic devices through the use of partial flow-boiling processes with microstructured surfaces and ultrasonics. The key products and...

This three-year, $141,442 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at William Marsh Rice University to experimentally and numerically study oscillating multiphase flows and heat transfer in porous media. The research aims to improve understanding of these phenomena to enhance energy technologies like geothermal systems, carbon storage, batteries, and hydraulic fracturing. The university will develop experimental platforms using neutron imaging at Oak Ridge National...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,992 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (Act) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "Thermally Enhanced Obstructed Flow Board for Hot Spot Mitigation". The project aims to design and produce advanced thermal management solutions such as heat pipes, cold plates, and cooling systems for aerospace, defense, and energy applications. Act, a for-profit manufacturer of...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $180,506 project grant to Comprex, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in La Crosse, Wisconsin, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of a low-cost, modular diffusion-bonded heat exchanger from July 2025 to July 2026. Comprex, LLC specializes in high-temperature and high-pressure heat exchange equipment for military and civilian applications and has...