Project Grant NNX15AB33G

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000 to Global Algae Innovations, Inc. to conduct research on aqueous algae oil extraction. The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Comprehensive high-throughput screening to investigate the impact of treatment conditions on algal lipid extraction efficiency, including...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Global Algae Innovations, Inc. $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop algae-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes from June 27, 2022 to June 26, 2023. The award will support generating polymer formulations using samples of crude algal oils from Global Algae Innovations and simulated algal oils to determine the impact of impurities. Polaris Renewables LLC will receive a sub-award to calculate the...

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) received a $196,995 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering (ENG) federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds UTC's research project to characterize algae-derived renewable liquid fuel droplet combustion and identify ways to improve combustion properties through additives. Specifically, UTC will experimentally...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Project Grant award of $250,209 to Clemson University aims to investigate the motion and assembly of self-propelled "Marangoni surfers" on spherical interfaces, such as levitating water droplets in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The project will establish a computational-experimental framework to study the complex interactions between particle...

This $270,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at The Johns Hopkins University to study particle adsorption dynamics at fluid interfaces under microgravity conditions aboard the International Space Station. Funded through the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this three-year award beginning August 15, 2022 aims to advance fundamental understanding of how particles attach to droplets in the absence of sedimentation effects. Findings will provide insight into...

The National Science Foundation awarded Re-Synth International, Corp. a $245,692 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop continuous water-in-fuel emulsification technology. The technology aims to decrease fuel consumption and increase thermal efficiency in diesel engines for maritime applications. Specifically, the awardee will develop an inline system to produce a homogeneous water-in-fuel emulsion that can efficiently ignite inside diesel engines. The...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $184,180 Project Grant on July 22, 2024 to Atlantic Biomass, LLC under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the project "LOW-COST PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS (SAF) FROM PERENNIAL FEEDSTOCKS USING SIMULTANEOUS BALL MILLING AND ENZYME HYDROLYSIS". The project aims to develop a low-cost process for producing sustainable aviation fuels from perennial feedstocks using a combination...

This $339,497 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to advance the understanding of combustion and flame characteristics of hydrotreated vegetable oil/air/exhaust gas mixtures, with an emphasis on conditions relevant to diesel engines. The research will investigate the ignition and combustion kinetics of these mixtures using a rapid compression machine and measure laminar flame speeds and Markstein lengths in a...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $318,990 will fund research at Marquette University from January 2023 through December 2025 to develop a state-of-the-art combustion simulation tool for modeling multicomponent fuel droplets in high-pressure engine environments. The tool aims to capture the impact of realistic fuel composition on soot formation with greater fidelity than existing surrogate approaches. As part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the research seeks to...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will enable the University of Alabama to design bifunctional zeolite catalysts for upgrading ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel. The total funding amount is $508,888 over the award period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2030. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Advance the understanding of the structure and function of rare earth elements in zeolite catalysts through novel...