Project Grant DESC0025222

This $555,274 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research into the nanoscale physics of carbon dioxide utilization and storage in tight oil reservoirs. The Colorado School of Mines, in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, will investigate how CO2 interacts with oil at pore walls and gradients along walls modulate oil-CO2 transport through nanopores. Researchers will integrate bench-scale...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $275,000 to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to conduct collaborative research on improving the CO2 absorption and cycling stability of calcium oxide (CaO) sorbents for CO2 capture. The research aims to use computational modeling and in-situ electron microscopy experiments to elucidate the fundamental chemical reaction mechanisms between CO2 and CaO, in order to design...

This $460,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a comprehensive computational and experimental investigation to elucidate the key mechanisms and energies associated with the stability of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) dispersions in brine. The primary objectives are to: 1) develop a coarse-grained model of cellulose nanocrystals and predict their aggregation and morphology on liquid interfaces, 2) correlate predicted...

This five-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will provide $921,728 to Cornell University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The funding will support research investigating the crystallization mechanisms of calcium and magnesium carbonates in confined fluids within architected siliceous nanochannels. The project aims to further understanding of pore-scale interfacial processes...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Carbon To Stone, Inc. located in Ithaca, NY. The grant is for the project "REACTIVE CO2 CAPTURE AND MINERALIZATION USING ALKALINE INDUSTRIAL RESIDUES TO PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS" with a performance period from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025. The project aims to develop a process for capturing and mineralizing CO2 using...

This $547,426 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the electrochemical co-reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrate into methylamine. Principal investigators Hailiang Wang of Yale University and Julien Panetier of Binghamton University will study the catalytic mechanism of this reaction when catalyzed by cobalt phthalocyanine molecules supported on carbon nanotubes. The researchers will combine theoretical calculations, kinetic studies, and in situ vibrational...

This Project Grant award of $175,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to elucidate the cycling and deactivation mechanisms of earth-abundant CO2 looping sorbents, specifically calcium oxide (CaO), under precise temperature control. The key objectives are to use computational modeling and experiments to study the fundamental chemical reactions between CO2 and CaO, design processes to increase CO2 absorption capacity and sorbent service...

Mineralogic LLC received a $254,741 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to develop predictive tools for characterizing carbon sequestration in mined materials. The grant was awarded February 1, 2021 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop science and engineering solutions to national challenges. The project aims to advance predictive modeling capabilities to analyze how mined materials can capture and store carbon through natural...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $635,530 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct research on breaking scaling relations under realistic operating conditions for efficient catalytic production of fuels and chemicals from CO2. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) obtain fundamental knowledge critical to the design of highly efficient CO2 conversion catalysts; (2) develop computational...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and development at the University of Tulsa to advance the modeling and analysis of CO2 transport in porous media for geological carbon sequestration. The $157,471 award, effective July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, aims to develop computationally efficient data-driven models to predict and analyze the complex flow behavior of CO2 in geological formations. The...