Project Grant DESC0022735

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...

General Electric Company's GE Additive division was awarded a $1,466,390 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a novel additive manufacturing process for fabricating silicon carbide matrix composite heat exchangers. The objective is to utilize an advanced additive manufacturing machine and method to fabricate complex silicon carbide components and incorporate chopped fibers to enable composite properties for applications...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $425,309 to the University of Dayton Research Institute to develop scalable performance and optimization tools for narrow-channel designs in particle-to-SCO2 heat exchangers and for commercial-scale trough designs in multi-stage falling particle receivers for concentrating solar power (CSP)...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $2,328,897 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a Multiscale Porous High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Using Ceramic Co-Extrusion. The goal of the project is to design a novel ceramic heat exchanger capable of operating over 1,200°C for aerospace applications. MIT will work with sub-awardees General Electric Company and Purdue University to develop a high...

This $10,950,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to accelerate the domestic manufacturing of Pajarito Powder's durable engineered catalyst support (ECS) materials and platinum-based catalysts (Pt/ECS and PtX/ECS). The project will scale up production from 30 g/day to 4 kg/day to support DOE's target of 20,000 fuel cell...

Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,994,352 Cooperative Agreement to Brayton Energy LLC on January 1, 2025 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to develop a particle media transport and storage solution enabling reliable power generation from concentrating solar power (CSP) systems with thermal energy storage (TES). The project aims to advance thermal energy storage and...

Cerium Laboratories LLC was awarded a $206,400 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop silicon nitride protective coatings for accident tolerant fuels through April 28, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Cerium Laboratories will leverage its...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop and demonstrate a new, low-temperature metallization strategy compatible with tandem perovskite photovoltaic cells for large-scale manufacturing. The $312,500 award, effective September 1, 2024, will fund the development of reactive silver and copper inks that can...

This $2,600,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) supports Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation (CCS), a non-profit organization, in developing large-scale 3D printed steel tools for molding lightweight automotive composite components. The 1-year project aims to advance additive manufacturing and composite materials innovations to enable low-cost, high-rate production of durable and...