Project Grant DESC0023789

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,997 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Cincinnati, in collaboration with Purdue University, to develop an innovative electrochemical process for producing an important biopolymer precursor, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), from biomass-derived furfural and carbon dioxide. The 2-year project aims to establish an electrocatalytic bromine-mediated carboxylation approach to...

This $538,791 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support research at the University of Colorado to develop novel electrocatalysts for converting bio-derived carboxylic acids into alcohols, such as propylene glycol. The project aims to create a sustainable, low-carbon pathway for producing high-volume chemical products that currently rely on fossil fuel feedstocks and energy sources. Key aspects of the work include bridging...

This three-year, $360,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will support research at the University of Minnesota exploring alkali metal-based selective combustion catalysts. The goal is to develop an improved process for converting light hydrocarbon alkanes to olefins, key building blocks for polymer materials production. The University of Minnesota team will systematically study the structural and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $250,000 to Professor Abu-Omar of the University of California, Santa Barbara through July 2024 to develop catalytic processes for upgrading biomass-derived chemicals into renewable feedstocks. Specifically, the funding supports research designing metal oxide catalysts to selectively transform mixtures of molecules from biomass deconstruction into important monomers. It...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $273,000 to Purdue University to develop porous bi-layer catalysts for converting carbon dioxide into valuable C2+ products like ethylene at industrially relevant rates. A collaborative team from Purdue University and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will engineer novel layered catalyst structures...

Lakril Technologies Corporation was awarded a $206,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to complete work by June 26, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the project "POTASSIUM EXCHANGED FAU ZEOLITES FOR IMPROVED LACTIC TO ACRYLIC SELECTIVITY AND DEACTIVATION RATE FOR DECARBONIZATION OF THE ACRYLIC ACID INDUSTRY." Under this award, Lakril Technologies Corporation...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $981,840 Cooperative Agreement to Renewco2 Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop a scalable CO2 electrolyzer system for the competitive carbon-negative production of formic acid. The project aims to create an electrocatalytic process that can convert CO2 and electricity into formic acid, a valuable industrial chemical used in agriculture, leather treatment, and environmentally-friendly deicing. By utilizing waste CO2 from sources like...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $519,335 Project Grant under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to Lehigh University to elucidate the mechanism of alcohol coupling to form acrolein. The 3-year project, beginning September 1, 2024, represents a collaborative effort between Lehigh University and the Hamburg University of Technology in Germany to develop novel catalytic materials and optimal reactor operating conditions for the energy-efficient production of acrolein from...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

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,...