DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM
AND
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
PHASE IGRANT APPLICATIONS SELECTED FOR FY 2008 AWARDS BY
TOPIC
TOPIC: INSTRUMENTATION FOR NEUTRON SCATTERING,
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AND SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY
Adelphi Technology Inc.
Compound
Refractive Lenses for
2003 East Bayshore Road Thermal Neutron Applications
Thermal neutrons penetrate and are absorbed by matter in entirely different ways from x-rays and optic photons. This project will develop a device that can focus and image--not with light but with thermal neutrons. The device will provide a new window into materials and biological matter.
STTR Project
Anasys
Instruments Corp Development of s-SNOM
Technology to
25 W. Anapamu Enable AFMs Perform Sub-30nm IR
The technology developed in this project will enable Scanning Probe Microscopes not only to view, but also to perform chemical analysis of samples, using infra-red spectroscopy at nanometer resolutions. The technology will impact American industries that rely on scientific research at the nanoscale level such as the lucrative industries of Materials and Pharmaceuticals.
STTR
Project
Cryogenic Applications F, Inc. Development
and Neutronic Validation
The Spallation Neutron Source produces intense beams of cold neutrons for scientific research. This project will develop a beam line component that will double the output of cold neutrons at a small fraction of the original cost.
Hummingbird Scientific, LLC
Instrumentation
for Quantifiable
Scientists can use both scanned probe microscopes and electron microscopes to investigate the surface and the internal structure of materials. However, better methodologies are needed to improve understanding of the interrelationship between materials processing and the resulting interplay between microstructure and properties. This work will result in hardware that combines the full benefits of both approaches. It will allow for improved characterization of the mechanical response of nanostructured materials and thus provide heightened insight into nanoscale processing methodologies.
Hummingbird Scientific, LLC
A
Continuous Flow Liquid Cell for
Scientists can use observations of fluid-born materials, via transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) or scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEMs), to analyze particles, reactions, and temperature impact, and to probe the interrelationships between the structure, processing, and properties of materials. This project will result in hardware that will allow scientists to heighten their characterizations of the mechanical response of nanostructured materials, and consequently gain increased insight into nanoscale processes.
PECOS Inc. Precision Engineering
Development of
a Compact
Contracting Services, Inc. Multi-Analyzer
System for Triple
1020
Suite K
The
Parallax Research, Inc.
Parallel
Data Collection Wavelength
The Department of Energy seeks innovative instrumentation to improve the capabilities of Electron Microscopy, thereby stimulating new innovations in materials science. This project will develop a parallel data collection spectrometer for Scanning Electron Microscopes. The spectrometer will enable very fast decision-making because of its ability to simultaneously scan and show the entire spectral interval of a sample in a short interval of time.
Parallax Research, Inc.
An
Imaging Micro-X-ray Spectrometer
This project will develop an Imaging
Spectrometer that will produce elemental images of microscopic features on
samples. The device could be used for a
system designed for 3-D elemental imaging of tiny samples such as cells or
mineral grains. An additional use could
be producing 3-D elemental maps of micro-circuits without disassembling
them.
STTR
Project
PartTec, Ltd.
The
Spiral Particle Detector for
320
This project will substantially improve the Department of Energy’s neutron science research programs while reducing overall instrument costs. Medical imaging, nuclear material detection (for defense and homeland security), and non-destructive inspections will also benefit.
Proportional Technologies, Inc.
High Rate
Large Area Enriched Boron
The U. S. Department of Energy Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory promises to extend the boundaries of materials science research. This project will develop a highly, unique neutron-imaging detector technology for critical large-area detectors that meet SNS requirements. Existing detectors set limits that are one tenth the capacity of this resource.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Structured Scintillator for High
44 Hunt Street Resolution,
High Efficiency Neutron
Neutron radiography and diffraction are used in biomedical research, new materials research, threat detection and other security applications. This project will significantly enhance the sensitivity and image quality of these neutron imaging systems while reducing their cost.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. High
Performance Neutron Detector
The project will develop a nuclear detector material that will have major impact in federally sponsored homeland security efforts and scientific studies, as well as commercial applications, such as medical imaging and oil exploration.
Tech-X Corporation
Virtual
Instrumentation Experiment
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Optimization
for High-Throughput
Suite A Scientific
Analysis
This project will develop software tools so that neutron facility users can be better prepared and more rapidly transform their raw data into scientific results and discovery.
STTR
Project
Xemed, LLC Ex-Situ Polarized
3He Neutron Spin
Cells of polarized 3He are favored in many experiments for their compact size, effectiveness over a broad range of neutron energies, and ability to conveniently have their spin reversed to cancel uncertainties. This project will adapt a newly developed 3He polarization technology to enable investigations into the magnetic structures of thin films and diagnostic medical imaging of lung function.
TOPIC: TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT BES USER FACILITIES
STTR
Project
Atlas Scientific
High
Performance Cryogenic X-ray
1367 Camino
The DOE operates extremely bright X-ray sources used to study fundamental biological processes, environmental contamination, and novel materials. This program will develop an advanced X-ray detection system to allow analysis of a significantly increased range of samples, thereby increasing the scope of scientific and technical research performed at, and the number of scientists who can use, DOE facilities.
Creare Incorporated A
Magneto-Hydrodynamic System for
This project will develop a system to model and analyze the wall erosion on the Spallation Neutron Source target at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This system will enable the materials science research facility to operate at higher efficiency.
Q-Peak, Incorporated Mid
IR Ultrafast Laser System for
135 South Road
High
Field Physics
This project will improve the laser technology as one of the key components in generating ultrafast X-rays. The ultrafast X-rays and their resulting images will provide critically needed resources to basic science and offspring applications, such as diagnostic medicine.
RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC A
Novel Short-Period High-Field HTS
13428 Beach Ave
Undulator Based on (0001)<11-20>
This project will develop technology to increase X-ray brightness and wavelength coverage of both existing and future light sources and better serve the growing needs of the synchrotron radiation users.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Advanced
Scintillation Detector for
44 Hunt Street
Synchrotron
Facilities
This project will develop a scintillator to enhance X-ray detectors used for medical imaging, small animal research, X-ray scanning for homeland security, and synchrotron applications at U. S. Department of Energy laboratories.
TOPIC: ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESENT
AND FUTURE ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
Aculight Corporation High Power IR/UV Laser for
22121 20th Avenue SE
Accelerator
Systems
The project will develop a powerful and reliable laser enabling significantly improved performance from electron accelerators, which are used in medicine, development of new materials, and scientific research.
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc
Improved
Superconducting Accelerator
Modern synchrotron light sources utilize superconducting radio frequency (SRF) acceleration to achieve high performance. This project will design and develop an advanced SRF system to meet the demanding specifications of synchrotron light sources.
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. High
Power Fundamental Power Coupler
This project will develop a High Power Fundamental Coupler for third-generation light sources such as the National Synchrotron Light Source-II at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Technology developed from this effort will have application to fourth and higher generation light sources as well as high current/high power accelerators of the future.
Diversified Technologies, Inc. Modulator
for Short Pulse Switching
This project will develop
a solid-state switch for the Short Pulse X-Ray Project at Argonne National
Laboratory. The switch will enable the
MTECH Laboratories, LLC
Novel Power
Conditioning Concepts
831 Rte. 67, Bldg. 45C
This work will apply a novel approach to existing power devices in order to enhance their performance. Uses of these devices include very high-power pulsed switching applications, such as accelerator modulators.
Niowave, Inc. Development of
a Superconducting RF
1012 N. Walnut Street
1.5 GHz
Landau Cavity for
This project will develop superconducting multi-spoke cavities that offer several advantages over current elliptical structures to accelerate electrons near the speed of light.
RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC A
User-Friendly, Modular Simulation
13428 Beach Ave
Code
for Emission Processes From
This project will develop computational software that will accurately model the radiation emitted from high brightness particle accelerators. The software will emphasize the modeling of radiation collected by accelerator beam diagnostics, while stressing user-friendly interfaces. This software will have applications in accelerators across fields as diverse as materials study to medical imaging.
TOPIC: ADVANCED COAL RESEARCH
STTR
Project
Applied Nanotech, Inc. Advanced Coal Research, New CO2
Scientists have proposed reducing greenhouse gas by injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into geologic subsurface structures. Sophisticated monitoring tools are essential to track CO2 in the geologic structures and assure safe retention. This project will develop and field test an improved CO2 sensor.
Eltron Research & Development Inc. Novel
Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst for
Using Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) to produce synthetic fuels from
coal and biomass will help the
Materials and Systems Research, Inc. Advanced
Coal Research - Sealing
5395 West 700 South
Systems
for High Temperature SOFCs
This project will provide a viable sealing option for planar solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that are preferred for their high current density. An effective sealing solution will benefit the community by providing an impetus for clean and efficient energy generation.
STTR
Project
RBR@Vision Novel
Attrition-Resistant Fischer
STTR
Project
Resonon, Inc. Hyperspectral
Sensor for Large-Area
This project will develop technology that utilizes the natural response of plants to underground carbon-dioxide, for locating leaks from carbon sequestration reservoirs and pipelines. The technology will provide complete coverage at low-cost and may be useful for other applications such as agriculture and monitoring methane pipelines.
STTR
Project
Sheeta Global Technology Corporation Low
Cost Open-Path Instrument for
Public confidence in safety is a prerequisite to the success of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage for any program that intends to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. To addresses the security of CO2 containment, this project will develop what is called “an open path device” to measure CO2 concentrations near the ground and above a CO2 storage area.
TDA Research, Inc.
Novel
Sorbents for Removal of
12345 W. 52nd Avenue Mercury,
Arsenic, Sulfur and Halides
The use of advanced, highly efficient and environmentally responsible coal-based processes is hindered by the presence of wide-spectrum trace contaminants. This project will develop technology to remove these contaminants in a cost-effective way to support the widespread utilization of domestic coal.
TDA Research, Inc.
Novel
Catalysts to Maximize Gasoline
12345 W. 52nd Avenue
Yields
Liquid fuels produced by Fischer–Tropsch (FT) synthesis can provide an immediately viable alternative to crude oil. This project will develop a catalyst that will decrease the cost of the FT process.
Vista Photonics, Inc.
Large Area Leak Sensor for
Inexpensive high-performance sensors are required in the field to detect leaks of carbon dioxide from permanent geologic storage sites. The this project will develop a laser sensor technology to provide the required measurements for an exceptional value.
TOPIC: MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED
NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
FM Technologies, Inc.
Joining
and Hermetic Sealing of SiC
4431-H
86047
This program will develop a new nuclear fuel end plug/cladding technology that would make major improvements in the reliability, economics and safety of nuclear power.
Luna Innovations Incorporated
Nondestructive
Characterization of
This program will develop and test nondestructive sensors to monitor and characterize the degradation associated with aging in nuclear reactor materials. The results will also aid in the development and selection of degradation-resistant materials.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Impermeable
SiC Composites
20
86494
This project will develop impermeable high temperature composite
technology that will reduce
Transition45 Technologies,
Inc. Advanced Nb-Based Intermetallics for
Nb-based intermetallic composites are an innovative class of advanced materials that are among the closest to replacing superalloys in very high temperature applications. The successful development and implementation of these intermetallic alloys may revolutionize technology by allowing for much higher temperature operating conditions for nuclear systems as well as aircraft engines.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES
Enogetek,
Inc. High
Performance Hydroxyl Conductive
Suite AT-6
Alkaline
Batteries
This project will develop technology that will contribute toward development of the key energy storage system that can make the utilization of alternative energy more practical and stable. The technology could also be used in hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to improve the energy efficiency of the vehicles.
This project will develop a solid state electrolyte prepared by a sol gel technique that will dramatically improve lithium battery capabilities, making the lithium batteries adequate for high energy applications such as electric vehicles.
Giner, Inc. Composite
Alkaline
89 Rumford Avenue
Electrolyte
with Improved
This project will develop a system of economical production of hydrogen from carbon-free sources. Current production processes are inefficient and elusive. This system provides a crucial strategy to efficiently power vehicles with this emissions-free fuel.
Lynntech, Inc.
Solid
Hydroxyl Conducting
7610 Eastmark Drive Electrolyte
The amount of energy stored and the efficiency of nickel-metal hydride batteries, such as those used with intermittent renewable energy sources is limited by the use of a liquid electrolyte. This project will develop a solid hydroxide electrolyte suitable for use in high powered batteries.
NEI Corporation
Membranes
for
400 Apgar Drive Batteries
Suite E
This project will develop technology to enable a new generation of lithium-ion batteries to deliver the required energy storage capacity at an economical price, making Li-ion batteries for electric utility and vehicles applications more affordable.
TOPIC: MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED COOLING APPLICATIONS
Hi-Z Technology, Inc
Study
of the Use of Quantum Well
This project will employ Quantum Well thermoelectric materials for air conditioning systems in trucks. The resulting solid state system will not require gaseous refrigerants that harm our atmosphere. In addition, the system efficiency will be equal to or greater than the efficiency of currently used vapor compression systems.
IAP Research, Inc.
Bulk
Nano Structured Thermoelectric
2763 Culver Avenue
Materials
for Building Air Conditioning
This project will develop methods for manufacturing efficient thermoelectric devices using bulk nano structured materials. These devices reduce the cost of refrigerant gas cooling and eliminate the environment impact of green house gas emissions.
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
Demonstration
of Thermal
200 Yellow Place
Improvements
Using Nanofluids for
This project will develop heat transfer fluids containing nanoparticles to allow for increased heat loads in industrial applications, without expensive retrofitting, modifying, or replacing of under-performing heat exchangers. This new nanostructured material will be a cost-competitive replacement to industry standard heat transfer fluids.
NEI Corporation
Enhancing
the Heat Exchanger
400 Apgar Drive Performance
Through the Use of High
Suite E
Temperature
Resistant Superhydrophobic
This project will develop a nanotechnology-based coating for industrial vapor-to-liquid heat exchangers to enhance their performance by an order of magnitude and improve the energy efficiency of associated industrial processes.
Solar Fueled Products
Development
of a Solar Fueled
9614 S. 45th Place
Absorption Cooler with Ionic Liquid
The ionic liquid absorption heat pump project will develop a highly efficient air conditioning system. The system uses solar energy to improve refrigeration efficiency.
TIAX, LLC
Heat
Activated Metal Hydride
15
Roughly two-thirds of the fuel used in electric power plants is wasted because of dissipated heat. This project will develop refrigeration technology that will use this heat to cool buildings or provide refrigeration for supermarkets and industry.
TOPIC: SOLID-STATE LIGHTING
Aguila Technologies, Inc. Sintered
Conductive Adhesives for
310 Via Vera Cruz
HB-LED
Thermal Management
This project will develop a metallic adhesive technology with at least ten times the performance value of existing adhesive technologies. The metallic adhesive will find use in advanced electronics applications.
Aqwest Thermal
Management for
8276 Eagle Road
High-Brightness
LEDs
This project will develop
a novel cooling technology that will improve the reliability and lifetime of
energy-efficient solid -state lighting. Availability of reliable and
cost-effective solid -state lighting will enable the replacement of
incandescent lighting, and save up to 75% of the electric energy generated in
the
Physical Optics Corporation
Built-In Electrofluidic
Although light emitting diodes (LEDs) offer advantages over conventional light bulbs, they become too hot at brightness levels preferred by consumers. This project will develop a miniature, energy-smart heat pumping system to cool the LEDs and allow for increased brightness and marketability.
STTR
Project
TDA Research, Inc.
New
Low-Work Function, Transparent
12345 W. 52nd Avenue
Electrodes
for Robust
Approximately 20% of
Universal Display Corporation
Enhanced
Light Outcoupling in White
This project will increase the conversion efficiency of
solid-state, organic light emitting devices so they can cost-effectively
replace incandescent bulbs, which consume over 8% of the electricity produced
in the
TOPIC: CATALYSIS
STTR
Project
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.
Removal of Ammonia and Water to
This project will develop a platform technology for enhancing chemical synthesis and drying organics, such as fuel grade ethanol from biomass.
KSE, Inc.
Acetic
Acid Manufacture by the
Acetic acid is a large-volume commodity chemical that is a
vital building block in the
Lynntech, Inc.
Improved
Heterogeneous Catalyst for
7610 Eastmark Drive the Production of Biodiesel
This project will develop a catalyst to cost-effectively
transform renewable sources of energy, such as fats and oils to biodiesel. This technology will reduce the
Materials & Electrochemical Research An Innovative Triple Function
(MER) Corporation
Cathode
for MEMS Fuel Cells
This project will develop a miniature fuel cell that simplifies assembly and reduces cost. This improved system will be more environmentally friendly by reducing quantities of toxic materials contained in batteries currently being used.
Materials & Systems Research, Inc. Degradation-Resistant
PEMFC Cathodes
5395 West 700 South
with
Surfaces in Biaxial Tensile
This project will develop highly active fuel cell catalysts. The improved fuel cells will be used for automotive and stationary power applications.
TDA Research, Inc.
Reactive
Distillation Process
12345
This project will develop a process for making biodiesel that can use any oil or fat feed stock including, unrefined vegetable oils and waste greases. The use of low-cost feed stocks will reduce the price of biodiesel and expand the nation’s production beyond what is possible from refined soybeans or canola.
TDA Research, Inc.
Novel
Catalytic Ammoxidation Process
12345
Acrylonitrile is an important chemical intermediate for producing acrylic fibers, synthetic rubber and other polymers. Current catalysts operate at high temperatures and generate large quantities of unwanted byproducts including the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. TDA’s new catalyst produces more acrylonitrile, less byproducts, can be used in existing petrochemical plants, and will increase the energy efficiency of acrylonitrile manufacture.
TOPIC: CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND SEPARATION PROCESSES
FOR BIOREFINERY
APPLICATIONS
Athena Biotechnologies, Inc.
Isolation
of Novel
Stine-Haskell Research Ctr. Energy
Efficiency in Ethanol
This project will develop an energy efficient, simplified, high temperature ethanol production process. The process will result in a 10% reduction in the cost of bio-ethanol through discovery of new microbes that both live and produce ethanol at high temperatures.
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.
Chemically and
Thermally Resistant
335
Water Street Hollow Fibers as
Micro Channel
This project will develop platform technology that will enhance both the productivity of chemical reactions and their associated separations. This will both reduce energy consumption and increase productivity.
KSE, Inc.
Reduction
of Distillation Usage in
The production of ethanol fuel from biomass is energy intensive, primarily during the separation of ethanol from water by distillation. This project will develop a reactant to remove water from ethanol by energy-efficient reactive separation. The reactant enables cost-effective use of a biomass substitute for imported oil, and furthermore, reduce total energy usage in the manufacture of transportation fuels and industrial chemicals.
Permafuels, Inc. Optimization of Biodiesel Production
Although biodiesel production using supercritical alcohols is an extremely fast and clean method, it has not been economically competitive with conventional catalytic approaches. This project will optimize the supercritical process to enable cost-effective commercial production of biodiesel fuel.
Trillium FiberFuels, Inc. Xylose Utilization During Simultaneous
Immobilized Enzyme
This project will use an industrial enzyme to convert a “difficult” sugar (xylose) into a fermentable sugar. Use of the enzyme will enable higher utilization of sugars from biomass and make cellulosic ethanol an economically viable source of energy.
United Environment & Energy, LLC Structured
Catalyst for Biodiesel
111 Ridge Road Production
This project will develop a highly efficient, structured heterogeneous catalyst for high throughput and cost-effective biodiesel production, in a continuous-flow fixed-bed process.
TOPIC: TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO ENERGY STORAGE FOR
HYBRID
AND PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
MaxPower, Inc. Development of
Separators for
141 Christopher Lane
Lithium-Ion
Cells with High
A major safety concern related to the lithium-ion battery is the possibility of an internal short-circuit due to the shrinkage of its separator when exposed to high temperatures. This project will develop an electrospinning apparatus for the production of high-melt-integrity separators for lithium-ion batteries. Physical properties such as thickness and porosity will be measured, and to ensure safety, the electrospun separators will be characterized for thermal and electrochemical stability.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Stabilized
and Protected Lithium
20
This program will develop lithium ion batteries with improved capacity for use in hybrid electric vehicles. This technology will also enable longer run times for portable power devices.
Policell Technologies, Inc. Development
of Separators for
This project will develop a thermally stable separator for lithium-ion batteries. These separators will be used to make batteries offering improved safety and reliability and suitable for use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (P-HEV).
TIAX, LLC High Voltage Electrolyte for
15
This project will develop technology to improve performance and reduce costs of batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The improved batteries will make these vehicles more commercially viable, and thus increase the likelihood that they will yield significant environmental, economic, and political benefits.
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. Manganese
Oxides-Based 5V Composite
82 Mechanic Street
Cathode
Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
This project will develop high voltage, high energy, composite lithium-ion battery cathodes that are inexpensive, safe and environmentally benign. Applications include Hybrid Electric Vehilcles and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
TOPIC: NANOTECHNOLOGY
STTR
Project
ALD NanoSolutions, Inc. Novel ALD-Coated Nanoparticle Anodes
This project will
develop
nanomaterials technology to enable the development of advanced Li-ion batteries
with improved stability and performance. These batteries will speed
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Wavelength
Shifting Doped Core-Shell
This project will develop a thin film, composite material to be placed on top of solar cells to increase their efficiency by up to 30%. This material will contribute significantly toward a Solar America Initiative goal pertaining to the installed cost of photovoltaic systems by the year 2015.
NEI Corporation
Self-Healing
Polymeric Coatings:
Suite E
This project will develop a nanotechnology-based, self-healing industrial coating. Self-healing coatings will have significantly enhanced operational lives, thereby reducing installation and repair costs.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Nano
Silicon Oxy-Carbide Anode
20
This program will develop an electrode chemistry for improved capacity in lithium ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles. This technology also has widespread application for longer run times in portable power devices.
Saucier Consulting and Energy
Reduction in Paper
Investments, LLC Manufacturing Via Nanoscale
Coating
5577 Aven Road Technology
This project will develop
Nanoscale Coating Technology to increase 1) energy efficiency in the
manufacture of paper, 2) use of recycled materials, and 3) retention of high
paying
nGimat
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Lithium-Ion
Batteries
This project will develop a critical component of Lithium-ion batteries that will power next
generation Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Automobiles powered by batteries
containing this component will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, reducing
pollution caused by harmful automobile emissions, and strengthen global competitiveness
of the
TOPIC: ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS
Chesapeake PERL, Inc.
Alternative
Feedstocks,
8510A
This project will
develop enzymes for efficient conversion
of abundant woody feedstocks to fermentable sugars, and ultimately fuel
ethanol. One important class of enzymes,
called lignases, which are important for the
degradation of lignin in woody substrates, will be identified, produced and
tested to improve the ability to use these alternative woody feedstocks.
Expansyn Technologies, Inc. Development
of an Accessory Protein
Suite 258-B
Cellulosic
Feedstocks
This project will use plant proteins to reduce the severity of cellulosic biomass pretreatment conditions and thereby reduce the overall cost of biofuel production from cellulosic biomass.
STTR
Project
Luna Innovations Incorporated
Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass
This program will develop a process for biomass conversion to chemical products. The process is a general enabling technology to produce high value chemical products from low cost, readily available, renewable feedstock.
Plant Sensory Systems, LLC
Increased
Seed Oil by Metabolic
86352
This project will insert a novel gene into plants to function as a master switch to increase seed oil content for biofuels. Increased seed oil content could enhance oilseed productivity per acre, which would help decrease our dependence on foreign oil, stabilize the nation’s oil supply, and increase energy security.
Suganit Systems Inc Feasibility of Commercialization of
Reston, VA 20190 Enhanced Biomass Saccharification
This project will develop a processing method for the conversion of wood, grasses and other nonfood crop feedstocks, into sugars. Ionic liquids (low melting temperature salts) will be used to dramatically ease conversion of biomass sugar polymers to fuel ethanol.
TOPIC: ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
Aerodyne
Research, Inc. Characterization of
Particulate Organic
Aerosol
Mass Spectrometry
Small airborne particles generated from energy-related activities can adversely impact global climate, human health, and visibility. This project will develop an instrument with unique capabilities for identifying and measuring the organic constituents of aerosol particles, leading to a better understanding of the sources, transformations and fates of atmospheric particulate matter.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Development
and Characterization of
Aerosol particulate matter generated from energy-related activities, such as power generation, can adversely impact global climate, human health, and visibility. This project will develop a unique instrument to identify and measure the organic fraction of aerosol particles. Improved characterization of atmospheric particulate matter will lead to a better understanding of its sources, transformations and fates.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Low-Cost, Multispectral Particle
45 Manning Road
Extinction
Monitor
Ambient atmospheric aerosols generated through human activities can influence the earth’s radiation levels, comparable in magnitude to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane. This project will develop a device that will enable scientists to measure critical optical properties of such aerosols in a routine fashion.
STTR
Project
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.
An
In-Situ Instrument to Assess the
935 Grayson Street Concentration
and Phase Partitioning
Compounds
Creating new instrumentation for measuring the parameters of organic compounds found in atmospheric particles is critical for understanding global climate and regional air pollution. This project will develop instrumentation for high resolution field measurements to improve investigation of organics in the atmosphere.
Technology, LLC
and
Cloud Observation
The role of clouds in climate and weather is known to be very important, but is still not fully understood. Making accurate and comprehensive observations is the first step towards fuller understanding. This project will develop a low-power, compact device to observe cloud parameters such as total water content, temperature and water vapor profiles. The device will enable improved weather forecasts, more detailed and more exact hurricane track forecasts, droughts/flood warnings, and a better understanding of the role of clouds in climate change.
Droplet Measurement Technologies
Fast Integrating
Mobility
5710 Flatiron Parkway
Spectrometer
for Aerosol
Suite B Measurements
This project will develop a high resolution, fast response, versatile particle spectrometer for developing cleaner fuels and limiting the production of small particles. This state-of-the-art optical technology will significantly improve the resolution and fidelity of measurements of atmospheric aerosol particles that are hazardous to health.
ProSensing, Inc. Dual Frequency Millimeter-Wave
The role of clouds in regulating incoming solar radiation and upwelling infrared radiation is a poorly understood factor affecting global climate. This project will develop a ground-based scanning radar system to generate volume images of clouds designed specifically to test cloud model predictions in support of global climate change research.
TOPIC: GENOMES-TO-LIFE (GTL) AND RELATED
BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Pharyx, Inc. Development
of Microbioreactor
49 Hemenway St, #3 Technology for Obligate
Anaerobes
Anaerobes are the source of industrially useful products such as bio ethanol. Because anaerobes are sensitive to oxygen, these organisms are very difficult to culture. This project will develop compact, easy-to-use, disposable devices for culturing anaerobes, and provide benefits to industries that are dependent on culturing anaerobes.
STTR
Project
SunEthanol, Inc. A Novel Approach to
Microbe-Based
100 Venture Way Ethanol Production
This project will develop technology for economically producing ethanol fuel from plant materials, by utilizing genetic information to significantly reduce the cost of biomass-to-ethanol conversion.
Tetragenetics,
Inc. Genomes-To-Life
and Biotechnologies;
Genetically engineered proteins have become increasingly important in a wide range of applications that extend from alternative fuel production to the treatment of human and animal disease. This project will develop new technologies for rapid production of these proteins at the lowest possible cost.
TOPIC: CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THE BIOSPHERE
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Dual
Laser Isotopic Flux Monitor for
45 Manning Road Carbon Dioxide
and Water Vapor
This project will develop an instrument that will quantify the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide by rapidly measuring the concentrations of the stable isotopes of both carbon dioxide and water. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere must be understood since carbon dioxide is the key driver of global warming.
Agiltron, Inc. Lightweight,
Low Cost, High Accuracy
15 Cabot Road Atmospheric CO2
sensor
This project will develop a field-deployable and high performance CO2 sensing system that can be applied to atmosphere and biosphere carbon cycle measurements. This technology will enhance the understanding of excess CO2 in the global carbon cycle and allow for an assessment of the terrestrial ecosystem response, the sensitivity of climate, and the potential for sequestration in natural carbon sinks of lands and oceans.
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc. Wind
Probe Technology for the Eddy
This project will finish the last stage of development of the Eddy Covariance Flux Monitor, an unmanned aircraft that will observe fluxes of carbon dioxide of a great many kinds of ecosystems and will verify observations of carbon dioxide made by satellite.
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc. The
Ratiometric NDIR Analyzer for
This project will develop CO2 technology for a new data product, CO2 Weather. CO2 Weather will tell Americans how their daily lives impact the environment and provide information about federal, state, and local energy policies.
Daylight Solutions, Inc.
New
Technology Platform to Measure
13029 Danielson Street, Suite 130 Atmospheric
Fluxes and Concentrations of
An important component of monitoring the atmospheric carbon cycle is determining the mechanisms behind various sources and sinks. This project will develop a low-cost, rugged sensor to measure and therefore understand carbon sources and sinks for complete ecosystems in order to improve crop yields.
InnoSense, LLC Low-Cost and
Lightweight Polymet
2531 West 237th Street
Nanowire Microelectronic Sensor
This project will develop improved CO2 measurement technology. The improved technology will allow for better characterization and understanding of carbon transformations in soil and vegetation, and associated ecosystem components and exchanges with the atmosphere.
LI-COR Biosciences
A Closed-Path Methane and Water
This project will develop a cost-effective, robust, and reliable gas analyzer capable of long-term measurements of methane and water vapor in remote areas. Such measurements are essential for understanding the dynamics of atmospheric methane and its impact on climate change and global warming.
Physical Optics Corporation
Multiple
Trace Greenhouse Gases
This project will develop a highly accurate, laser-based gas sensor that will directly characterize carbon, carbon monoxide, and trace species sources and sinks. The cost-effective and compact system will be designed for use in real-time, room temperature environments and for long-term, robust field deployment in remote locations.
Picarro, Inc. A
Flight-Ready Greenhouse Gas
480 Oakmead Parkway Analyzer
Measurement of small changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane concentrations provide important information related to greenhouse gases and global warming. This project will develop technology to enhance the tracking of these gases and facilitate the prediction of future climate trends.
STTR
Project
Planetary Emissions Management, Inc. The
Global Monitor Platform: Addressing
Bldg. 600, #287
with
Improved Isotopic Monitoring
This project will develop new instrumentation for measuring rare forms of carbon to support global carbon trading and related capital markets through better pricing, accountability, and global standardization.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
Differential
Absorbance Spectrometer
Suite E-11
Measurement
Understanding the effects of carbon dioxide on climate requires highly sensitive field measurements, yet current instrumentation is inadequate to provide the detailed information necessary. This project will develop a compact, rugged, low cost optical sensor platform for measuring isotopic ratios of carbon dioxide and other important greenhouse gases.
Vista Photonics, Inc.
Lightweight
Airborne Atmospheric
67 Condesa Road Carbon Dioxide Sensor
This project will develop a high-performance, low-cost, optical sensor that provides exceptional sensitivity to atmospheric carbon dioxide. The compact device will be rugged and lightweight for ready implementation of measurements on board weather balloons.
Vista Photonics, Inc.
Atmospheric
Analyzer for Trace
67 Condesa Road Carbon Cycle
Gases
This project will develop a field deployable sensor to monitor atmospheric concentrations of two critical greenhouse gases, carbon monoxide and methane. This sensor will have significant advantages when compared to existing technology.
Vista Photonics, Inc. Price-Protected High-Precision
67 Condesa Road Carbon Dioxide
Analyzer
Inexpensive high-performance carbon dioxide sensors are required in the field to understand global warming. This project will develop sensor technology that will provide the required measurements at an exceptional value.
TOPIC: TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION
AND MONITORING
STTR
Project
Burge Environmental, Inc.
In-Situ
Monitoring of Uranyl Ion in
Contaminated
DOE Sites
This project will develop a field-deployable monitoring system for the cost-effective and rapid determination of radioactive substances in the groundwater at federal sites. The system will decrease the cost of site remediation.
67 East Evelyn Avenue Analyzer for Stream Sampling
This project will develop a field-deployable analyzer to continuously monitor water sources and help provide information about the storage, flow pathways, and source of water. Such measurements are critical to DOE waste remediation efforts.
Vista Clara Inc.
Surface
NMR Instrumentation and
This project will develop a new magnetic resonance imaging instrument plus analysis
techniques to image and characterize groundwater and contaminant transport properties
in the near subsurface. The instrument and analysis techniques will be widely
applicable to 1) investigation and remediation of underground contamination and
contaminated aquifers, 2) groundwater resource development, and 3) groundwater resource
management.
Vista Photonics, Inc.
In-Situ
Isotope Hygrometer for
67 Condesa Road Mapping
and Monitoring Hydrogeologic
This project will develop an isotope analyzer that can determine the isotope composition of liquid water samples. It will allow for tracing of the transport and dispersion of contaminants in the subsurface environment.
TOPIC: MEDICAL SCIENCES
Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC Development
of an Automated Software
This project will develop an automated image processing package (OGRE) which can accomplish 2-3 hours of clinical, quantitative manual image processing within 5 minutes. OGRE will also provide reproducible results across various imaging centers. The OGRE processing package will be used with groups of patients and healthy volunteers undergoing testing for new diagnostic or therapeutic drugs.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Novel
Approach for
44 Hunt Street Depth-of-Interaction
Encoding in PET
This project will investigate a detector technology for use in nuclear physics studies. It will also be useful in other scientific studies including high energy physics and space research, plus applications such as oil exploration, medical imaging, and nuclear non-proliferation.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Advanced
Detectors for PET
This project will develop a detector technology that will have major impact in scientific studies, health care, homeland defense, oil exploration, and industry.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. High
Resolution Scintillators for SPECT
This project will develop a medical imaging detector for application in both high energy physics and space research studies. Commercial applications include oil exploration and non-destructive evaluation.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. A
Novel, High Resolution PET Detector
This project will investigate a nuclear detector material that will have a major impact on physics, homeland security, scientific studies, and medical imaging, plus commercial applications such as oil exploration.
SibTech, Inc.
Targeted
Molecular Radiotherapy for
Progression of rheumatoid arthritis depends on development of new blood vessels, which overexpress certain growth factor receptors. This project will deliver a targeted radiopharmaceutical to these receptors to destroy not only those cells but also the surrounding proinflammatory cells involved in the progression of the rheumatoid arthritis. The targeted radiopharmaceutical will reduce disease burden for the current 2% of the population already suffering from this disease, and for many more individuals among rapidly aging baby boomers.
TOPIC: WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
AnemErgonics, LLC Simple
Modular Technology (SMarT)
This project seeks to simplify installation and reduce the cost of electricity for small wind turbines on monopole towers. AnemErgonics will engineer and test advanced versions of its modular tower system, including foundations.
Physical Optics Corporation
Wind
Resource Assessment Lidar
This project will develop cost-effective autonomous tool that can be rapidly deployed to accurately and efficiently evaluate wind resource conditions at potential sites for future wind farms.
Southwest Windpower, Inc. Optimizing
Efficiency and Cost of a
1801 West Route 66
Wind
Turbine Alternator and Coupled
This project will redesign the alternator and inverter for Skystream to reduce both
component costs and to increase the efficiency of the alternator. Work on the alternator will reduce cost and increase efficiency.
TOPIC: TRADITIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING
TECHNOLOGIES
Acree Technologies Incorporated Multilayer
Coatings to Improve the
1900 Bates Avenue
Efficiency
and Life of High
Unit G
Intensity
Discharge Lamps
This project will develop a more efficient light that will save
the
PhosphorTech Corporation Advanced Phosphor Technologies for
This project will develop new paradigms in the conservation and
generation of energy. Highly efficiency lamp and solar cell technologies will
be produced that will revolutionize the
Surmet Corporation Selective Emitter-Based Energy-
31 B Street Efficient
Incandescent Lamp
This project will develop new, high efficiency incandescent lamps that can produce national energy savings of at least 10 percent, while simultaneously improving lamp safety, life expectancy, and light quality.
TOPIC: GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES
Composite Technology Improved
High-Temperature ESP Motor
Development, Inc.
Lead Extension Cables for Reliable
2600 Campus Drive
Geothermal
Power Production
Suite D
This project will develop viable geothermal energy that is an environmentally-clean alternative energy source under development through the U.S. Department of Energy. This effort aims to provide robust power cables to increase the reliable lifetime of the down-hole equipment necessary for commercial-scale geothermal energy production.
Diamond Materials, Inc.
Diamond-Hardfaced WC/Co-Cr Nano-
120 Centennial Avenue
Composites
for Extended Service-Life of
This project will address geothermal energy production
technology and is one of several proven technologies that promise to make significant
contributions to
NEI Corporation
High
Performance Fluoroelastomer
400 Apgar Drive Nanocomposite Seals for Geothermal
Suite E
Submersible
Pumps
This project will enhance the properties of elastomeric seals for use in geothermal energy production and has the potential to prevent failure of equipment and to allow the down-hole equipment to run unattended for extended periods of time, greater than 5 to 10 years, without maintenance.
Potter Drilling, LLC Non-Rotating
Drilling for Geothermal
15 Stein Am Rhein Court Energy Development
This project will develop a non-contact drilling system designed for producing cost-effective geothermal wells, for universal, clean, secure and sustainable base-load power generation for the nation.
Tempress Technologies, Inc. Jet-Assisted
Turbodrill
This project will develop a high-pressure, high-speed drilling motor that can be used to quickly drill hard rock. This technology will be used to drill geothermal energy wells at lower cost.
TOPIC: HYDROGEN, FUEL CELLS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGIES
Directed Technologies, Inc. Aqueous
Phase
This project will develop a novel low cost method of producing gaseous hydrogen from biomass or municipal solid waste (MSW). The process utilizes an aqueous phase Base-Facilitated-Reforming (BFR) reactor to produce pure hydrogen gas without need for additional purification and, in one configuration, sequester carbon in solid form thereby avoiding release of greenhouse gases.
Faraday Technology, Inc.
Faradayic ElectroEtching of
315 Huls Drive Stainless Steel
Bipolar Plates
This project will develop a
high volume, low-cost, environmentally benign manufacturing process for bipolar
plates for PEM fuel cells. This will facilitate the viability of PEM fuel cells
with an environmental and societal benefit in terms of reducing pollution and
increasing manufacturing job opportunities in the
Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC Anode
Concepts for SO2 Crossover
89 Rumford Avenue Reduction in the HyS Electrolyzer
This project will develop a system of economical production of hydrogen from carbon-free sources. Current production processes are inefficient and elusive. This system provides a crucial strategy to efficiently power vehicles with this emissions-free fuel.
InnovaTek, Inc. Power Generation
from an Integrated
350 Hills Street
Biofuel
Reformer and Solid Oxide
This project will develop improved energy security and reduced environmental impacts. In addition, InnovaTek will develop a non-food biomass based power plant using its proprietary steam reforming process with a solid oxide fuel cell for localized power generation from renewable sources.
Precision Energy and Technology, LLC
Utilizing Metal
Injection Molding to
This project will develop proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). These fuel cells offer a solution to power generation and battery replacement for a wide variety applications including
automotive, appliances, generators, and recreational uses for decades to come. This programs intent is to reach the goal of reducing components and improve reliability.
TOPIC: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGIES
Innovative Energy Solution
Hydrogen
From Refinery Wastes Via
This project will develop a process that will permit decreasing the cost of a gallon of gasoline or diesel to save the American public more than $ 5 billion while abating tons of pollution.
Lynntech, Inc.
Non-thermal
Plasma Cracking of
This project will address the processing of heavy crude and increase limited, large scale refineries. This project will enable the cost effective refining of heavy crude in the Nation’s small refineries as well, which are critical to meeting the Nation’s liquid fuel supply.
Materials & Systems Research, Inc. Development
of a Thermally and
5395 West 700 South
Electrically
Self-Sustaining
Salt
Using Petcoke
This project will develop the technical and economic means to produce hydrogen using local pet coke resources available to petroleum refineries.
NEI Corporation
Implementing
Nanoparticle Containing
400 Apgar Drive Fluids in
Petroleum Refineries
Suite E
This project will develop nanoparticle-enabled fluid technology to enhance the performance of heat exchangers used in small refining operations across the nation. The enhanced performance of the heat exchangers will lead to cost and energy savings.
TDA Research, Inc.
Hydrogen
Production for Refineries
12345
This project will develop a new technology that will allow small refineries to produce their own hydrogen at a cost that is considerably lower than conventional technologies, and also less expensive than purchasing hydrogen from a third party.
TOPIC: SOLAR ENERGY
Applied Nanotech, Inc. Solar Energy, Materials Solutions
This project will develop metal nanoparticle inks and processes for printing photovoltaic cells, thus lowering the costs of fabrication while maintaining or improving cell performance over conventional techniques.
Crystal Systems, Inc.
Material
Utilization and Waste
27 Congress Street Reduction through Kerf Recycling
This project will develop a technique for recycling silicon for a particular slicing process to reduce waste and thus, greatly preserve and increase the silicon supply.
Luminit, LLC Multifunctional
UV CurableSol-Gel
20600 Gramercy Place Organkic Hybrid Nanocomposite
This project will develop durable, low-cost, and easily-manufactured encapsulating nanocomposite material matrices for direct deposit onto photovoltaic components. Constructed of a thin ceramic layer and thin polymer layers, these structures will be tough enough to prevent water permeation and flexible enough to be rolled, reducing photovoltaic device manufacturing costs by 50%.
STTR Project
Sky Train Corporation
Energy
Exchanger For a Solar-Powered
Spire Corporation Microcrack Detection in Crystalline
One
This project will develop an automated system for detecting micro-cracks in silicon solar cells. This new diagnostic capability will enable solar cell and module manufacturers to reduce the cost for a manufacturing line with 20 – 50 MW/yr production capacity and improve the reliability of photovoltaic systems.
TOPIC: VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES
Halfmoon Power Technologies, LLC CMA
Substrate for Power
25 Cindy Lane Semiconductor Packaging
This project will develop a reliable packaging substrate material for power semiconductor modules. The substrate will enhance the reliability and lower the cost of hybrid electric vehicles.
MER Corporation (Materials and
Lightweight
Metal Foams with
Electrochemical Research)
Tailorable Structure and Properties
This project will develop a low cost technology for metal foams with a uniform, consistent and well-controlled cell structure and properties. New opportunities will be opened for production of lightweight energy absorbing vehicle components, which enable enhanced safety as well as weight and cost savings.
NEI Corporation
Nanotechnology-Based
Self-Healing
400 Apgar Drive Coating System
to Enable Extensive
Suite E
Use
of Magnesium Alloys in
This project will develop non-chromate corrosion inhibiting coating systems to enable the use of light weight magnesium alloys in automobiles. The result will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel costs to consumers.
Nanohmics, Incorporated High Temperature, High Energy
This project will improve the performance of current high voltage capacitors by allowing them to operate at higher temperatures and higher voltages than current capacitors. Improvements in capacitors will, in turn, reduce the size of many military and commercial electronic systems.
TOPIC: PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS
FROM BIOMASS
ACENT Laboratories, LLC
A Novel Low
Cost, High Efficiency,
This project will develop a low cost, high efficiency algae harvesting technology, based in part on lessons from the aerospace industry to increase energy security and reduce the economic and environmental impacts of fossil fuel.
Altex Technologies Corporation Biomass
Blending Densification
244 Sobrante Way System
This project will develop a biomass densification and energy enhancement system to reduce feedstock costs, thus rendering biofuels plants to be more competitive with fossil fuels.
Dune Sciences, LLC
Fuels
from Biomass Using Unique
1900 Millrace Drive
Micro/Nano Systems
This project will develop
a cost-effective technology for converting cellulosic biomass to liquid fuels
with enhanced selectivity and efficiency.
This technology will help reduce
Renewable Algal Energy, LLC
Algal
Biodiesel via Innovative
225 Rosehaven Court Harvesting and Aquaculture Systems
This project will develop a low-cost method for growing and harvesting algae for use as a biodiesel feedstock which could facilitate the use of this non-food crop for energy production as well as reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.
Self-Regulating
Algae
The Millennium Centre
Photobioreactor Design
RR 1,
This project will develop a closed algae cultivation system that effectively controls seasonal temperature fluctuations. Compared to open ponds and other closed this system could produce algal oil for the biofuels industry at a competitive cost.
TOPIC: NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
STTR
Project
International, Inc.
Control
System for Vulnerability
This project seeks to develop high-voltage, high performance solid-state fault current controllers that enhance the quality of the power network power. In addition, the technology minimizes network recovery time and vulnerability in the event of a large-scale natural disaster.
Electrocon International Inc. Simulating
the Smart Electric Power
405 Little
This project will develop a simulation tool that will give electric power grid engineers the ability to design and evaluate the fast, wide-area control needed to avoid cascading outages and blackouts. This technology integrates the current and disparate simulation programs using new control and communication models to analyze and design the future smart grid.
TOPIC: ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE
AND POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Aegis Technology
Advanced
High Temperature Packaging
Santa Ana, CA
92703 Interconnection
for SiC Power
Switches
This project will develop a non-wire-bond, interconnection packaging scheme to utilize The advantages of this scheme are higher energy efficiency, compactness, and light weight for power conversion systems, and thus increased system functionality and competitiveness in market.
TOPIC: HIGH TEMPERATURE
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. Flexible Aerogel
as a
This project will develop a compression resistant, aero gel-based, thermal insulation package to replace the incumbent insulation (MLI) in flexible cryostats for HTS cables. This technology anticipates HTS cables future energy requirements.
Technology Applications,
Flexible
Cryostat for
Incorporated
Superconductors
Suite #5701A
This project will develop a cryostat system using plastic materials to contain the high-temperature superconductor cable. These materials are used widely for underground storage vessels and piping. The cryostat has the potential to increase lifetime in underground or underwater applications, improve thermal efficiency, and significantly reduce life-cycle costs.
UES, Inc.
AC Loss Reduction in Coated
4401
This project will develop a cost effective, fiber-coated conductor approach for High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) wire fabrication using thin sapphire fiber. Advantages of extremely low AC loss are ideal for multifilament cable fabrication that will lead to applications in motor, transformer, and generator industries.
TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR
FUSION ENERGY
SYSTEMS
HyPerComp, Inc.
CAD-centric
Computational Management
This project will develop a virtual computing environment to reduce risks and expense involved in laboratory testing of power extraction concepts for future fusion reactors. It provides much needed tools to enable the development of safe, reliable, competitive and environmentally friendly energy systems.
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Electrochemical
Microalloying of
This project will develop tungsten alloys with improved properties to allow the fabrication of robust fusion components; thus bringing fusion’s promise of efficient electrical power generation, a step closer to being realized.
Technova Corporation Nanostructured Interfaces
for Fusion
3927 Dobie Road
Energy
Systems
This project will address critical heat dissipation needs in fusion energy systems, and contributes towards development of fusion as an inexhaustible, economical, environmentally friendly, inherently safe and geographically unrestricted source of energy.
Ultramet Flow Channel
Inserts Based on
Modules
This project will develop
materials and structures that enable the practical application of fusion by
allowing reliable operation under the demanding reactor environment.
Ultramet High-Toughness
Tungsten Alloys for
12173 Montague Street
Plasma
Facing Components
This project will develop
tungsten alloys to meet strength, toughness, and sputtering requirements for
reliable operation in a fusion reactor.
Ultramet Innovative
Surfaces for Controlled
12173 Montague Street
Flow of
Molten Lithium
This project will develop
materials and structures that allow operation under the high temperature, high
heat flux conditions necessary for cost-competitive fusion energy
generation.
TOPIC: FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
STTR
Project
Calabazas Creek
Research, Inc Analysis and Design of
Components
This project will focus on increasing the efficiency of the analysis and design of components used in over-moded transmission lines. Over-moded transmission lines are used for a variety of applications for low loss transmission of microwave and millimeter waves.
Diversified Technologies, Inc. Power
Supply for Ion Cyclotron
35 Wiggins Avenue
Resonance
Heating
This project will develop
advanced RF transmitter capabilities for existing
Experiments. Additionally, these capabilities can be applied to future international fusion experiments.
FAR-TECH, Inc.
Hyper-Velocity High-Density
Building 15,
This project will develop a tool with real-time capability to solve the critical problem of disruption mitigation on future fusion reactors such as ITER. It will significantly enhance other fusion and high energy density physics projects as well.
FAR-TECH, Inc.
A Toolset for Kalman
Filter
Building 15,
This project will develop a feedback tool that provides an enhanced detection and instability feedback control to speed the commercialization of efficient, clean fusion power.
HY-Tech Research Corporation
A Fast Exhaust
Gas Analyzer for the
104 Centre Court ITER Divertor
This project will enhance the primary analyzer for the ITER project which analyzes the effluent gases from this fusion reactor. The enhancement provides for a much faster response time than is currently possible with the ITER-designated, primary analyzer.
Nova Photonics, Inc.
An
In-Situ Calibration System For
One Oak Place
The Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic
This project will develop a suite of approaches to mitigate current issues involving the motional Stark effect diagnostic for the measurement of magnetic fields in plasmas associated with the ITER. The benefits of this suite will apply to such fields as pharmaceutical development and military remote sensing.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Frequency
Doubler for CO2 Laser ITER
20
This project will develop orientation-patterned, gallium arsenide crystals for high efficiency doubling of CO2 lasers. U. S. Department of Energy plasma diagnostics are based on a CO2 laser and high efficiency color converting crystal for which this development will provide a one-hundred-fold improvement.
Voss Scientific, LLC
Plasma
Heating and Current Drive in
This project will develop a compact device capable of making
fusion power from naturally abundant fuel.
This program will advance a recent breakthrough in generating hot
plasmas for clean electrical energy production through controlled fusion.
STTR
Project
Xantho Technologies, LLC Modular Control of Fusion Power
338
This project will develop a control-suite of modular units that can be unified into active-control packages and applied to RF power deposition applications.
TOPIC: HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS FOR INERTIAL
FUSION ENERGY
HyperV Technologies Corporation MiniRailguns for Fusion and HEDP
This project will develop a technology for creating high velocity plasma jets. These jets have many practical applications such as fusion energy, pulsed power, defense, materials science, and space propulsion.
NumerEx, LLC Computational
Determination of
Configurations
This project will develop computational models simulating complex experiments that create ultra short pulses of ultra high magnetic fields and pressures to analyze negative effects.
Otowi Technical Services, LLC Laser-Generated
B Fields
This project will develop a technology for inducing a magnetic field into an inertial-fusion capsule without the use of attached electric conductors. The introduction of magnetic fields into an inertial-fusion-energy capsule will improve its performance and, thereby, advance this approach for obtaining nuclear-fusion energy.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT
Ridgetop Group, Inc. Advanced Detector Prognostics/Health
This project will develop
a high performance radiation-hardened, analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
capable of digitizing at high rates to support advanced nuclear physics
experiments at DOE-funded research facilities in
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND
FABRICATION
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Optical
Detector with Integrated ADC
This project is designed to provide an optical detector coupled to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), for reducing costs and temperature effects for physics experiments. This configuration involves a complimentary-metal-oxide semiconductor for products used in gamma-ray spectroscopy to flow cytometry, neutron detection, dosimetry and even nuclear imaging applications
Ultramet Application
of Spot Cooling
12173 Montague Street
Technologies
for On-Detector
Thermal management is a key design limitation in nuclear physics detector instrumentation and the related electronics. This project will develop an approach to manage localized hot spots in these devices and reducing the overall cooling requirements.
XIA, LLC
High-Speed, Multi-Channel
Detector
31057 Genstar Road Readout Electronics for Fast
This project will develop a high speed digital detector readout electronics that will help scientists to more precisely measure nuclear properties and thus better understand fundamental physics. It can also improve the performance of fast radiation detectors used in homeland security applications.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY