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Low-Cost, High-Purity Ionic Transport Ceramic Oxygen Generator--Energy Research Company, 364 Decker Avenue, Staten Island, NY  10302-2207; 718-442-2725

Mr. Robert De Saro, Principal Investigator

Mr. Robert De Saro, Business Official

DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-00ER82999

Amount:  $100,000

 

Small and medium sized industrial end users are unable to reduce their energy use using either oxygen generation or flue gas recuperation due to a lack of capital and floor space.  These companies, in aggregate, are large users of energy expending about 578 trillion Btu annually in process heating alone.  We are developing an inexpensive ionic ceramic oxygen generator for small and medium sized industrial end users to be applied on their process heating equipment.  Our generator  produces pure oxygen at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods and has a smaller footprint.  In addition, it solves many of the sealing and longevity problems typically found with ceramic oxygen generators.  With widespread use, we estimate an annual energy reduction 263 trillion Btu.  We have already experimentally proven the concept’s feasibility.  In Phase I we will continue conducting experimental verification of the system. 

 

Commercial Applications and Other Benefits as described by the awardee:  Our near term commercial market is to provide pure oxygen for small and medium sized industrial end users.  This would eliminate the use of air in their process heating equipment resulting in energy savings of from 34 to 66 percent depending on the process temperature.  A total annual energy savings of 263 trillion Btu annually is expected.  In addition, the near total elimination of NOx production from these facilities will occur since no nitrogen will be in the oxidizer.  All remaining gaseous emissions will reduced proportionally to the reduction in energy use. Finally, an increase in process heating throughput is possible due to the decrease in energy use.