Project Grant DESC0022694

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,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $4,688,123.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The award supports the development of a CO2 high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) system by Echogen Power Systems (Delaware), Inc., a for-profit technology company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The project aims to...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The $1,800,065 award will fund research and development to integrate phase change material (PCM) thermal energy storage and wet compression technologies to create high-efficiency industrial heat pumps. The primary awardee is the University of Cincinnati, who will lead the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Mimic Systems Inc. aims to develop a refrigerant-free heat pump technology using high-performance thermoelectric materials and methods. The project seeks to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of traditional solid-state heat pumps by leveraging new thermoelectric materials and manufacturing processes. The goal is to surpass the performance of traditional...

Harvest Thermal, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a low-emissions heating and hot water system. The 24-month project will address technical risks to enable large-scale deployment of residential heating and hot water load shifting using highly efficient heat pump systems. Harvest Thermal will systematically test system performance, reliability, and failure modes to...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,443,737 Cooperative Agreement to Atmoszero, Inc. of Loveland, Colorado under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund the development of a "Flexible Industrial Heat Pump for Simultaneous Refrigeration and Steam Production." The project aims to advance innovative energy...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), aims to demonstrate the viability and positive impacts of mechanical vapor recompression steam-generating heat pumps (MVR SGHPs) to achieve significant decarbonization of industry. The $15,316,593 project, awarded to Skyven Technologies, Inc., will demonstrate an innovative new approach to MVR SGHPs that addresses standardization and economy-of-scale...

Atmoszero, Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The two-year grant will support the development of heat pump technologies to decarbonize industrial steam production. Over 25% of U.S. manufacturing energy consumption is used to generate process steam, totaling nearly 4 quadrillion BTUs annually. While electrification could help...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Calion Technologies, Inc. on September 21, 2023. The grant supports the development of a modular, drop-in air source heat pump replacement for natural gas boilers used for process heating up to 160°F. The technology, known as "zero-GWP air source heat pump steam generation using ionocalorics," aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency....

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $7,460,680.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The goal of the project is to demonstrate the performance, emissions, and cost characteristics of Noble Thermodynamic Systems' Argon Power Cycle (APC) technology as a hydrogen-fueled flexible combined heat and power (CHP) system. This includes evaluating the APC's ability...