Industrial grid flexibility by refrigerant energy management system

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,495 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Energy Concepts Company, LLC to develop an "Industrial Grid Flexibility by Refrigerant Energy Management System". The project aims to advance innovative refrigeration technologies that can enable industrial grid flexibility through the use of renewable energy sources such as solar thermal, waste heat, biogas, and biomass. The project leverages Energy Concepts' expertise in absorption cycle technologies and the company's prior work on the Diffusion Absorption Cycle with Generator Rectifier (DACGR) system, which is designed to provide small-scale refrigeration with zero global warming potential and zero ozone-depleting potential. The project will be performed at Energy Concepts' facilities in Annapolis, Maryland and is expected to be completed by July 2025.