This Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, a new teaming partner, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale, research and development activities of an alloy that can meet critical property requirements, such as operation at very high temperatures (750°C or higher), for use in liquid-fueled molten salt reactors and fluoride-salt cooled high temperature reactors.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a complete after-treatment package system for existing lean- and ultra-lean burn natural gas engines used for power generation, aiming to significantly increase methane conversion efficiency by over 99 percent.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a sensorless, bearingless electric motor and drive system capable of high-speed operation in compressor applications for industrial and commercial use.
The Technologies to Emend and Obviate SYnthetic Nitrogen’s Toll on Emissions (TEOSYNTE) program supports projects that focus on plant and microbial bio-design strategies that reduce the need to apply synthetic nitrogen fertilizer on corn and sorghum fields while maintaining crop yields.
The Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters - (RECOVER) program seeks to create new ways to extract critical metals and ammonia from domestic wastewater.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of high-entropy materials (HEM) to replace conventional cesium-based coatings associated with negative hydrogen ion sources in fusion reactors, focusing on improving the durability and stability of surfaces for neutral beam injection.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of smart multifunctional structural batteries (SMSB) for use in electrified aircraft (E-Aircraft) by integrating energy storage directly into load-bearing aircraft structural components using 4D printing.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of an innovative modular array to eliminate the release of ventilation air methane (VAM) associated with coal production.
This Second Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development of a simple, scalable route for immobilizing multiple waste streams (metals, salts, carbon) from any potential advanced reactor fuel cycle into a singular, high-density, durable cermet (a heat-resistant ceramic and metallic composite) waste form.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a new method of methanol production that orchestrates chemical reactions on a catalyst surface using modulated light.