Project Grant DESC0025033

Solve Technology And Research, Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop additively manufactured hybrid thermal protection systems for supercritical carbon dioxide applications. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. This award will...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,955 Project Grant to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports the development of "Compact Additive SCO2 Heat Exchangers" with a project period ending on April 21, 2025. As part of this effort, PSI has subcontracted with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to collaborate on the research and development work. SwRI, a...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Mission Power Corp., doing business as Mission Drives, to support research and development of a magnet power supply for a tokamak fusion system. This award, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to advance power electronics and magnetics technologies that can strengthen U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. As an SBA-certified HUBZone firm, Mission...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Sporian Microsystems, Inc. $256,491 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a spectroscopy-based, real-time fluid composition monitoring system for supercritical carbon dioxide-based power cycles. The project aimed to deliver a monitoring system to analyze fluid composition during power generation. Southwest Research Institute was provided a $24,000 sub-award to conduct consulting and testing in...

Echogen Power Systems (Delaware), Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost particle-to-CO2 moving bed heat exchanger. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economy through scientific discoveries and tools. This award will support Echogen Power Systems' efforts to provide an affordable heat...

This federal 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 (CFDA 81.086) program will provide $17,547,861 to advance solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) systems from technology readiness level 4 to 6. The project aims to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kWe SOEC system that can perform steam and co-electrolysis, integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton...

Multiscale Systems, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support work through March 26, 2023. The grant is being used to fund research into metal additive manufacturing of functionally graded materials for roller bearings in high temperature sodium systems. This work aligns with the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program supports Propel Aero, Inc.'s development of a high-energy sodium-air fuel cell power source. The $1,117,000 award, effective July 10, 2024 through January 9, 2026, aims to deliver a power system with a specific energy of 1,000 Wh/kg, continuous power of 500 W/kg, and electricity cost of $0.30/kWh. The foundational technology is a sodium-air fuel cell using a solid-state...

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...