Project Grant N629091812060

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $425,309 to the University of Dayton Research Institute to develop scalable performance and optimization tools for narrow-channel designs in particle-to-SCO2 heat exchangers and for commercial-scale trough designs in multi-stage falling particle receivers for concentrating solar power (CSP)...

This $274,951 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the research and development of an air-breathing electric propulsion system for reusable satellites by Viridian Space Corporation. The proposed system uses an electric propulsion thruster and an air scoop to collect atmospheric air, enabling satellites to refuel directly from the Earth's atmosphere. This technology aims to create reusable satellites...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,874,838 Cooperative Agreement to Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to develop an innovative aluminum (Al) air energy storage and power generation (ESPG) system. The goal is to meet ARPA-E's PROPEL 1K program targets for zero-emissions, high energy density, and high efficiency to enable electrification across the aviation, rail, maritime, and trucking industries. The project team, which includes the University of...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites by Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business based in Aurora, Colorado. The project aims to create a prototype propulsion device utilizing a specialized metamaterial based on graphene composite that can generate thrust through unresolved...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding a collaborative research project to investigate a novel approach for improving electrostatic precipitation (ESP) technologies to reduce emissions of small diesel particulates. The $250,000 award to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside will explore the use of nanosecond high-voltage pulses to enhance ESP, known as plasma-enhanced electrostatic precipitation...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $985,369 to Direct Kinetic Solutions Inc., a small disadvantaged business in El Paso, Texas, to develop an innovative radioisotopic power source (RPS) that can deliver up to 20 years of continuous, stable power for critical applications in defense, space exploration, and the Internet of Things. The project aims to optimize advanced...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research effort at the University of Southern California to investigate a novel approach for improving electrostatic precipitation (ESP) technologies to reduce diesel particulate emissions. The project will explore the use of nanosecond high-voltage pulses to enhance ESP, known as plasma-enhanced electrostatic precipitation (PE-ESP). The research aims to...

Solve Technology and Research, Inc. was awarded a $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an Integrated Chemical and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Energy Storage technology. The one-year award running from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 will support a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project to address energy storage innovation. The proposed solution aims to combine mechanical...

The National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering awarded a $249,987 Project Grant to the President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara University (SCU) to support U.S. participation in the planning phase of a global research and training center. The planned center, co-led by SCU and Concordia University in Canada, aims to create a platform for collaborative investigation, innovation, and education towards a user-centric energy economy for grid-interactive...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (Craft-Tech) on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of "EFFICIENT AND ROBUST COMPRESSOR DESIGNS FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLES". Craft-Tech, a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) services, will leverage its expertise in areas such as...