Award Number: DE-EE0008512 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Location(s): IL Office(s): Golden Field Office
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March 20, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0008512
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): IL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to design, fabricate, and test a pilot-scale novel wastewater treatment system that would incorporate a novel anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR), an ion-exchange system and an ammonia electrolysis system, and would be used to convert wastewater bio-solids into two harvestable fuel types: methane and hydrogen gas. Engine testing would also be performed to investigate the potential for combined combustion of biogas and hydrogen gas for electricity production. The project would be completed over three Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.