Project Grant DESC0025093

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new sub-kelvin refrigerator using superfluid helium vortex cooling. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, Yale University will analyze, design, build a prototype, and benchmark a two-stage cooling system combining a superfluid vortex cooler and Joule-Thomson precooler. The system aims to achieve high-capacity cooling below 1K without using helium-3, addressing stockpile depletion issues. By...

Novum Industria LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "GAS GAP HEAT SWITCHES FOR CONDUCTION COOLING OF SRF CAVITIES" through March 27, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness....

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 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 $380,000 National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate Project Grant supports research at Purdue University on direct immersion cooling for battery thermal management from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The goal is to improve lithium-ion battery performance, safety and lifetime through a new approach using liquid rather than conventional air cooling to directly cool individual battery cells. Purdue researchers will study new immersion cooling fluid formulations, develop...

The National Science Foundation awarded $275,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Kazadi Enterprises LTD to develop a Hydrologic Open Cooling System. The project aims to create a renewable, closed container cooling system incorporating rechargeable vacuum insulation and a novel two-stage heat pump. The system is designed to maintain cooling chamber temperatures between 1.5-5 degrees Celsius using 10% or less of the electrical power of...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of a novel hollow-fiber membrane technology tailored for use in a liquid desiccant air conditioning system. Awarded on May 15, 2023 for $255,965 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the grant aims to demonstrate a customized membrane design and quantify its impact on the proposed system's efficiency, size, and cost. The recipient, Zephyr Innovations Inc., plans to conduct a series of...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,997 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer based in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. The grant, awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will fund a research project to extend the lifetime and reliability of distribution transformers through passive thermal management technologies. The project aims to develop innovative cooling solutions that can improve...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...