U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND
SMALL BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
FY 2003 PHASE II - AWARDS BY TOPIC
TOPIC:
MEASUREMENT AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GASIFIERS
Energy Research
Company
Real-Time,
In-Situ Laser Sensor for
2571-A Arthur Kill Road
Feedstock
Monitoring in Gasifiers
Staten Island,
This project will develop a new laser based sensor for
measuring the components
of coal in order to boost the efficiency and lower the toxic
emissions
from coal-based power plants.
Process Metrix, LLC
Monitoring
Particulates in High
2110 Omega Road
Pressure/Temperature
Gasifiers
Suite D
San Ramon, CA
This project will develop a particle monitoring instrument
for application to
high pressure coal gasification and filtration. This
continuous monitor
will improve plant operation, efficiency, and reliability.
STTR
Project
SABIA, Inc.
Real-Time Monitoring of Ash,
7944 Convoy Court
and Elemental Contaminants
San Diego,
North Carolina
This project will develop an on-line coal analyzer for optimizing
pollution
controls in coal-fired power plants.
TDA
Research, Inc.
Sorbents for High-Temperature Mercury
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Removal from Coal-Derived Syngas
Wheat Ridge,
This project will develop sorbents to remove
trace contaminants from coal
in a cost-effective way to support the
widespread utilization
of advanced, highly efficient and
environmentally responsible
coal-based processes.
TOPIC:
SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS
STTR Project
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Advanced Control Modules for
3 Great Pasture Road
Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power
Danbury,
University
of
This project will develop software modules that can be
programmed into existing,
standard plant controllers so that power plants will
operate at maximum performance
and reliability by utilizing known information
about the plant and electrical load,
inferring unknown information, and learning
new information
over time.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
Fiber Optic, Single-Point Sensors for
2851 Commerce Street
High-Temperature Gas Turbine Applications
Blacksburg,
VA 24060-6657
This project will develop novel, high-temperature fiber
optic sensors for utility gas turbine
applications that will also reduce
emissions, and minimize unplanned outages.
MesoScribe
Technologies, Inc.
Embedded
Sensors in Turbine Systems by
Long
Island
High
Technology Incubator
Direct Write Thermal Spray Technology
25 East
Loop Rd, Ste 111, Box 103
Stony
This project will develop sensor fabrication strategies for
advanced gas turbine
engines to improve performance monitoring necessary to
increased efficiency,
reduced operational and life cycle costs, and enhanced
safety.
TOPIC:
MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Ceramatec, Inc.
Perovskite/Oxide Composites as Mixed
2425 South 900 West
Protonic/Electronic Conductors for
Salt Lake
City,
UT
This project will develop a reliable and commercially
viable option for hydrogen
recovery effective for fuel cell powered automobiles
such as FreedomCAR.
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Highly Textured Composite Seals for
720-I
Worthington,
This project will develop low-cost materials, synthesis and
fabrication technologies
to prepare novel composite seals for use in commercial
fuel cells for residential
power and heat, remote power generators, and
transportation.
TOPIC:
OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES
APS Technology, Inc.
Rotary Steerable Motor System for Deep
8 00 Corporate Row
Gas Drilling
Cromwell,
This project will develop a new drilling tool that allows
greater power to be delivered to the
drill bit while allowing the drill bit to be continuously
oriented in the
desired direction, thereby eliminating “crooked” holes
which cause drilling, completion,
and production problems.
CompletionConcepts
Method of Sand Control Completion for
6819 Highway 90 Blvd.
Cold Production in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Suite
670
Eliminating Perforating and Gravel Packing
Katy,
This project will develop a novel method of integrating well
construction and completion
technologies which will make production of heavy oil reserves
economically and
environmentally viable.
Energent Corporation
Research and Development of an Integral
2321 South Pullman Street
Separator for a Centrifugal Gas Processing
Santa Ana,
This project will develop a very compact, efficient gas
processing device which will enable
increased gas production from previously uneconomic resources
in the
Membrane Technology
and Research, Inc. (MTR)
Multilayer Composite Membranes for
1360 Willow Road
Upgrading Acid-Rich Natural Gas
Suite
103
Menlo Park,
This project will develop a field-demonstrated membrane
separation system that will
substantially lower the cost of removing carbon dioxide from
natural gas.
SVT Associates
Pressure Sensor Electronics for High
7620 Executive Drive
Temperature Drilling
Eden Prairie, MN
This project will develop an advanced semiconductor
technology using materials
which have superior electronic properties for high
temperature and harsh environments.
TDA Research, Inc.
Catalyst to Improve Small-Scale Claus Plants
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge,
This project will develop a catalyst for use in the natural
gas treatment process that
will result in substantial cost savings for producers by
eliminating the need to
install expensive technology to meet regulatory compliance.
Timberwolf
Corporation
Keyhole Squeeze-Off Tool to Enable Repair
P.O.Box
1328
of Large (4" and 6") Polyethylene Gas Pipes
Whitefish,
This project will develop a tool to enable the safe, reliable
and cost effective repair
or large diameter polyethylene pipes used in both the natural
gas and water
distribution industries.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH
Carbozyme, Inc.
Biomimetic Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Materials and Systems Research, Inc.
LSGM Based Composite Cathodes for Anode STTR Project Mesoscopic Devices, LLC
Millisecond Contact Time Reactors for
1 Deer
Park Drive
Capture from Flue Gas
Suite H-3ence
Columbus Road
Monmouth,
NJ 08852
This
project will develop a novel, enzyme catalyzed liquid membrane
reactor to
separate carbon dioxide from flue gas to capture greenhouse gas
and reduced the
risk of global warming.
5395 West 700 South
Supported, Intermediate Temperature (600-800
Salt Lake
City,
This project will develop low-cost, highly efficient, low
temperature, solid oxide fuel
cells capable of operating on various fuels,
including natural gas, biogas,
methanol, and gasoline, for transportation,
residential, and mobile power.
MECOM, Inc.
Sequestration and Bioconversion
12 Woodway
Houston,
Southeastern
This project will develop a microbiological technology that
will increase the availability
of clean energy as well as reduce the emission of
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
510
Compton Street
Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Suite
106
Broomfield,
This project will develop a system for converting the
natural gas in remote fields
into a liquid that can be transported in existing
oil pipelines or in fuel trucks.
TOPIC:
CATALYSTS FOR PETROLEUM REFINING AND CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
ELS Technology, Inc.
Advanced Structural Carbon-Supported
6600 East Lookout Drive
Catalysts for Industrial Polymer Synthesis
Parker, CO
80138
This project will develop improved catalysts to support
development of cleaner,
more selective, more innovative chemical processes to
help maintain American competitiveness in
chemical process industries.
EverNu Technology, LLC
Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methacrylic Acid
1616 Holly Hill Lane
Preparation via One-Step Oxidation of
Suite
108
Isobutane
Glen,
This project will explore a cost saving, energy saving, and
environmental friendly
catalytic process using natural gas to make a high demand
commodity chemical which is
currently produced using complex and high cost
processes.
TDA Research, Inc.
Catalytic Process for Converting Fuel Gases
12345
West 52nd Avenue
into Gasoline
Wheat
Ridge, CO
This project will develop a crude oil refining process to
increase the percent of each
barrel of crude oil converted into gasoline,
resulting in almost 200,000 additional barrels of
gasoline per day for the
TOPIC:
BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RESEARCH
Diversa Corporation
Discovery and Optimization of
4955
Directors Place
Cellobiohydrolase
San Diego,
CA
This research will focus on finding enzymes that will more
efficiently produce sugars
from biomass for the production of ethanol.
TOPIC:
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS INTEGRATION
UES, Inc.
Development of Ion Beam Techniques for
4401
Dayton,
This project will develop a technique for separation and
transfer of thin layers of different
materials on a substrate for micro- and
opto-electronics and micro-electro-mechanical
systems integration.
TOPIC:
NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
Adelphi Technology, Inc.
An Inexpensive, Efficient Neutron
2181 Park Boulevard
Monochromator
Palo Alto,
This project will demonstrate the applicability of an
instrument to condition neutron beams
for microscopy for biomedical studies,
scientific and industrial imaging, and neutron
research instrumentation.
P.O. Box
Tallahassee,
This project will develop a new type of elemental analysis
system for use on electron
microscopes that will give increased speed, ability
to discriminate elements, and ease of use.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
Advanced X-Ray Detectors for Transmission
19355
Business Center Drive
Electron Microscopy
Suite
8
Northridge,
This project will develop generation detectors for
Transmission Electron Microscopy
that will improve data quality and will open up
applications to scientific and industrial
problems that cannot be studied with
current detector technologies.
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.
Using Convergent Beams for Small-Sample,
15 Tech
Valley Drive
Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction
East
This project will use a novel optic to intensify and focus
a neutron beam so that
analyses of molecular structures can be performed on
smaller samples, in shorter periods
of time and with better performance than
ever before.
TOPIC:
METAL FORMING
STTR Project
Applied Engineering Solutions, LLC
Hydroforming of Lightweight Aluminum and
5537 Corey Swirl Drive
Magnesium Components from Tube-
Dublin,
OH
Ohio
This project will develop strong lightweight magnesium and
aluminum alloys using a novel
metal-forming process which uses high-pressure
fluids to form parts of complex
shapes, which can be used to make vehicles more
lightweight and fuel-efficient.
TOPIC:
NOVEL APPROACHES TO THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS - FABRICATION, PROCESSING, AND
CHARACTERIZATION
Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
P-Type ZnO
201 Circle Drive North
Suite
102/103
Piscataway,
This project will develop and demonstrate reliable
production of a novel transparent
semiconductor that will make possible a new
class of devices useful in flat panel displays,
touch screens, and other
applications.
United Solar Systems Corp.
High Efficiency Amorphous and
1100 West
Maple Road
Microcrystalline Silicon Based Double-
Troy,
MI
Frequency Glow Discharge
This project will develop commercially viable silicon films
for solar cells that would result
in higher solar conversion efficiency and
lower product cost.
TOPIC:
BATTERY
TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
A123 Systems
An Advanced Cathode Material for Li-Ion
8 Saint Mary's Street
Batteries
Suite
611
Boston,
This project will develop a new class of lithium batteries
that can meet the automotive
demands of the 21st century as well as
emerging hybrid fuel cell vehicle technologies.
Farasis
Energy, Inc.
Stabilized
Lithium Manganese Oxide Spinel
851 W. Midway Avenue
Cathode for High Power Li-Ion Batteries
Alameda,
This project will develop technology to greatly increase
the safety and decrease the cost of current
lithium-ion batteries, making them
economically practical for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
Optodot Corporation
Low-Cost Nanoporous Sol Gel Separators for
214 Lincoln Street, Suite 305
Lithium-Based Batteries
Allston,
MA
This project will develop safer, much faster recharging and
discharging, longer lasting,
and more energetic batteries. The technology developed also will be useful
for fuel cells, solar cells,
optical telecommunications, ultra-filtration membranes,
and ink jet digital
printing.
TOPIC:
APPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Broadata Communications, Inc.
2545 West
237th Street
Suite K
Torrance,
CA 90505
This project will develop a low-cost system to reduce
electricity consumption by intelligent control
of light fixtures using existing
AC power line infrastructure.
Maxdem, Inc.
New
140 East
Arrow Highway
San Dimas,
This project will develop solid-state lighting materials to
promote the widespread
use of this environmentally friendly, energy saving
lighting technology.
Universal Display Corporation
Novel High Performance OLED Lighting
375 Phillips Boulevard
Sources
Ewing,
This project will develop high efficiency solid state
lighting for the next
generation of general illumination by means of two novel
approaches based on phosphorescent
organic light emitting devices.
TOPIC:
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE CONDITIONING
Proctor Engineering Group
Advanced Onboard Diagnostics for HVAC
418
Mission Avenue
Systems
San
Rafael,
This project will develop an automated system that informs
home or building owners
that their air conditioning systems are operating below
their designed efficiency,
directs technicians how to fix the problem, and
checks that it is fixed.
TOPIC:
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.
Nanomaterials-Based Electrodes for Fast
201 Circle Drive
Discharge and Charge Rate Energy Storage
Suite
102/103
Devices
Piscataway,
This project will develop a technology that will lead to a
new class of high performance
batteries, which is expected to bring hybrid
electric vehicles closer to becoming commercially viable.
UQM
Technologies, Inc.
High
Performance Integrated Controller-PM
7501 Miller Drive
Motor with Low Cost Rotor Position Sensor
Frederick,
This project will develop an integrated controller-motor
propulsion system for electrically propelled
vehicles that will surpass foreign
offerings in terms of manufacturability and performance.
TOPIC:
IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY FOR WIND
TURBINES
3TEX, Inc.
Three-Dimension Woven Carbon-Glass
109 MacKenan Drive
Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades
Cary,
NC
This project will develop lighter materials and design
approaches that take advantage
of the superior properties of carbon fibers and
the new development of high-tech 3D-woven
fabrics for use in large wind
turbines.
Composite Support & Solutions, Inc.
Cost Effective Approach to Tall Composite
32526
Seahill Drive
Building C-11
Fabrication
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop a wind turbine tower lighter than
current technology that
can be manufactured entirely on site, using labor
available locally, that will reduce manufacturing
and construction costs.
Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Demonstration of Commercially Viable
5729
Lakeview Drive NE
Megawatt-Scale Adaptive Blade Technology
Kirkland,
WA
This project will develop technology to produce wind
turbine blades from carbon fibers,
enabling innovative blade designs that will
reduce the cost of wind energy at low wind speed sites.
4320
East Lake Creek Farms
Turbine
Heber
City,
This project will develop innovative carbon fiber building
material to enable construction
of higher and more powerful wind turbine farms,
thus reducing the cost of alternative energy.
TOPIC:
IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY FOR BIODIESEL AND RELATED APPLICATIONS
STTR Project
Heat Wise Inc.
Low NOx Commerical Burner
1528 Rocky
Middle
Island,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
This project will develop a series of high performance oil
burners for multifamily
residential buildings, schools, offices, and other
commercial applications. gt
TOPIC:
IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS
STTR Project
K. Wetzel & Company
Carbon Fiber Composite Aeroelastically
P.O. Box 4153
Tailored Rotor Blades for Utility-Scale
4108
Spring Hill Drive
Wind Turbines
Lawrence,
Wichita
This project will develop and demonstrate the feasibility
of producing an advanced-technology
tailored blade for the wind turbine
industry.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL IN INDUSTRY
Los Gatos
Research
Cavity-Enhanced Gas Analyzer for Process
67 East Evelyn Avenue
Control Applications
Suite
3
Mountain
View,
This project will develop a laser-based, gas analyzer that
will be more sensitive, faster,
and cheaper than current industrial process
control methods, potentially saving
petrochemical manufacturers several million
dollars per year.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
Broadly Tunable Mid-IR Hydrocarbon Sensor
20
Andover
,
This project will develop a new type of laser source that
can be used to monitor
the concentrations of certain process chemicals in real
time during production.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Duly Research, Inc.
A Polarized Electron RF Photoinjector
1912
MacArthur Street
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop a polarized electron source
suitable for producing a high quality,
polarized electron beam, essential for
future linear colliders. The technology will also have uses in
nuclear physics research and other potential
medical and industrial applications.
Duly Research, Inc.
An Ultra Low Emittance DC/RF Photoelectron
1912 MacArthur Street
Gun
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop bright, ultrafast, x-ray sources
for cutting edge research in
structural biology and materials science, and for
medical imaging and therapy.
Euclid
Concepts
LLC
Transformer Ratio Enhancement Experiment
5900
Harper Road
for Next Generation Dielectric
#110
Accelerators
Solon, OH
This project will develop a new type of cost effective high
efficiency electron
accelerator based on an advanced technology ceramic
structure energized by a specially
formed low energy electron beam. Applications include instrumentation for basic research,
communications
electronics, materials irradiation and, and other areas.
ICARUS Research, Inc.
Staged Laser
7113 Exfair Road
Capillary Discharge with Plasma Lens
Bethesda,
This project will design an accelerator using technology
that will permit a significant
reduction in the size and operating costs.
Tech-X Corporation
IONPACK: Ionization Package for Intense
5541 Central Avenue
Lasers
and Plasma Physics Codes
Suite 135
Boulder
,
This project will develop a software library for ionization
processes related to high-energy electron accelerators,
providing new capabilities for the simulation and design of plasma based accelerators and
devices.
TOPIC:
RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND
COLLIDERS
Calabazas Creek Research
Development of a 50 MW Multiple Beam
20937 Comer Drive
Klystron
Saratoga,
This project will substantially increase the capability of
high efficiency radio frequency
power amplifiers needed for accelerators, x-ray
scanners, radar, and communications, while
dramatically reducing total system
cost.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Multiple Concentric High Voltage Cable
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop technology to allow use of a
newly developed, efficient klystron
for the Next Generation Linear Collider. This technology will directly support new generations of
affordable
accelerator systems for cancer therapy, x-ray inspection systems, and
food/mail
sterilization.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Inductive Modulator Switch
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This
project will develop very fast, solid state switches for use in high voltage,
pulsed power applications including radar, semiconductor manufacturing, cancer
radiation treatment,
x-ray inspection systems, and electric sterilization of
food and mail.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Multiplier Power Supply
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop a power source technology that will reduce the
operational
costs of the Next Generation High Energy Physics Research Linear
Collider
as well as for thousands of industrial and medical accelerators
world-wide.
Duly Research, Inc.
Photonic Band Gap Lattice Cavities
1912
MacArthur Street
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop accelerator structures that have
significant advantages in terms
of ease of fabrication, power handling, and more
modest design requirements. At microwave,
millimeter, and higher frequencies, these structures have potential
use in linear colliders as well
as commercial applications.
STTR Project
MUONS, Inc.
Pressurized RF Cavities for Muon
552 N.
Batavia Avenue
Ionization Cooling
Batavia,
Illinois Institute of Technology
This project will develop a technology using a cold,
pressurized, gas to allow higher
accelerating fields at lower cost for new
particle research accelerators needed to study the forces of nature.
Omega-P, Inc.
Plasma Switch for 11.4 GHz Active Sled-II RF
202008 Yale Station
Pulse Compressor
Suite
100
New Haven,
This project will develop efficient and flexible active
switches for the microwave pulse
compressors needed to reduce the capital and
operating costs for a future electron-positron accelerator.
TOPIC:
HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR
HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.
Feasibility of Cost Effective, Long Length,
1145
Chesapeake Avenue
BSCCO 2212 Round Wires, for Very High
Columbus,
OH
This project will develop ceramic superconductors for very
high field magnets for
high-energy physics research accelerators and for
medical imaging.
Supergenics
High Current Density (Jc), Low AC Loss,
1233 Tree
Bay Lane
Low Cost Internal-Tin Superconductors
Sarasota,
This project will develop high quality conductors, at
relatively low cost, to be used
in the high field superconducting magnets needed
for the construction of next
generation particle accelerators.
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION
UTRON, Inc.
Microwave Component Fabrication using the
8506
Wellington Road
Fast Combustion Driven Compaction Process
Suite
200
Manassas, VA
This project will develop very high-density parts from
metal powders for use in high power
microwave equipment. These parts will be of better quality than those currently made.
TOPIC:
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS
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