Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a solvent-free process to recycle single-stream and mixed polyolefin (PO) waste into mechanically recyclable plastics.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a precision leaching technology that selectively extracts copper from heavily contaminated mining ores and concentrates, helping miners and U.S. processors recover more usable copper from difficult-to-treat domestic resources.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a hydrokinetic energy generation system that operates in arrays to optimize system mass and performance.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a continuous plasma reactor to synthesize ammonia, ethylene, and other chemicals using methane and nitrogen feedstocks.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a seismic monitoring solution that leverages fiber optic sensors and high-performance computing to characterize subsurface fractures and seismic risk for geothermal operations in real time.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a spectroscopic system to monitor mineral impurities in gaseous and supercritical carbon dioxide to enhance large scale transport and reduce damage to pipelines from corrosion by impurities.
The Galvanizing Leaps in Advanced Super INsulating Glass (GLASING) program supports small-scale research and development of high performance Insulated Glass Units (IGU) to improve the energy performance of windows in new and existing buildings.
This Second Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, period of performance, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities to further advance their artificial intelligence and physics-based simulation methods to enable secure immobilization of salt waste from molten salt reactors under the Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems (ONWARDS) program.
This Second Amended Determination follows the approval of an extended period of performance and removal of two teaming partners to develop a catalyst-enabled, economical technology that will reduce emissions from ventilation air methane associated with coal mining, in progress under the Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year (REMEDY) program.
The Jumpstart Opportunities to Unleash Leadership in Energy Storage with 1K Energy Storage Systems (JOULES-1K) Phase 2 Program (previously Pioneering Railroad, Oceanic and Plane ELectrification with 1K energy storage systems [PROPEL-1K]) are projects chosen from Phase 1 of the JOULES-1K program which show the most promise of developing novel energy storage to support drones, robots, Electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and other applications that would benefit from ultra-high-density storage systems.