A Novel Composite Membrane for High Temperature Hydrogen Separation
Company: Bettergy Corp. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: …. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits: In short term, this novel hydrogen separation technology can be used for industrial hydrogen separation to produce high purity hydrogen gas. It can also be used to treat the flue gas from various chemical processes, such as ammonia… more
Low cost ammonia sensor for agricultural emissions
Company: MESA PHOTONICS, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: Ammonia gas that is emitted from agriculture can create health problems for workers and, surprisingly, for people far from the agricultural operation. Once released into the air, the ammonia undergoes a series of chemical reactions that lead to small particles (known as PM2.5)… more
Chemical remote sensor for proliferation
Company: MESA PHOTONICS, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: … of atmospheric measurements. One is high accuracy measurements of temperature and pressure variations from the ground up to the stratosphere which is important for calibrating satellite- based sensing of greenhouse gas concentrations. Another is measurements of trace ammonia… more
SBIR Phase I: Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia to Nitrogen for Hot Exhaust Treatment
Company: NexTech Materials, Ltd. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will investigate a new family of low-cost non-precious metal ammonia selective oxidation catalysts for use in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. The selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia/urea is… more
High Density Solid Hydrogen Storage for Long-Duration Soldier Power
Company: Creare Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: … a lightweight and efficient power source for individual soldiers. However, technology for storing the hydrogen fuel is still too heavy to meet the Armys mission requirements. We propose to develop a very lightweight, solid hydrogen fuel cartridge based on ammonia borane (AB).… more
Warm Gas Multi-contaminant Removal System
Company: TDA Research, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: … a myriad of contaminants that may be regulated in power plant emissions and act as poisons for the catalysts used in downstream chemical manufacturing processes. TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) proposes to develop a low-cost, high capacity, sorbent that can remove ammonia and… more
High Energy Density and High Power Density Thermal Energy Storage
Company: Rocky Research Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: … can be stored or safely disposed of Phase I identified two viable options: (1) storing gas in a gas-storage reactor with a lower vapor pressure complex compound, and (2) catalytically combusting the desorbed gas. TES systems of this type are recharged by allowing ammonia… more
Heat Actuated Cooling System
Company: Rocky Research Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: The principal objective of this effort is to develop an advanced complex compound for ammonia-solid absorption chillers and demonstrate the enhanced sorbent for a 18,000 BTU/hr technology demonstrator in the Phase II effort. Phase I experimental data showed that it is feasible… more
Solar Heater to Prevent Stock Tank Freezing
Company: Z4 Energy Systems Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: … to relocate animals. Pasture-raising livestock year-around also mitigates environmental problems caused by large numbers of animals in a confined space, such as high concentrations of manure that becomes a pollutant, and byproducts such as organic matter, urea, ammonia, nitrous… more
Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor Cable for Air Quality (Air-Sense)
Company: Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: Enclosed animal feed lot facilities require effective ventilation systems that are synchronized with accurately measured temperature, humidity, and gas emissions (such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide). Reliable sensors that accurately measure these parameters… more
Novel Air Processor for the Removal of Ammonia Gas From CAFO Air Streams
Company: Physical Sciences inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: In this proposal, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) outlines the development of a system for remediating ammonia (NH3) produced in large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The animal agricultural industry is coming under increased scrutiny due to the large volume of… more
Development of an Efficient On-Farm Fertilizer Manufacturing System Utilizing a Pulsed Microwave Air to Nitric Oxide Plasma Reactor Powered
Company: N-OVATION, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: Until early in the 20th century, nitrate fertilizer was manufactured by the electric arc process using water, air, and cheap hydroelectric power. Because this electric arc process was extremely inefficient, by the 1930s the process was replaced by the Haber-Bosch ammonia process… more
Regenerable Air Filter Media for Adsorption of Toxic Industrial Chemicals
Company: Serionix Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: …, high permeability, regenerable ACFs based on a low-cost carbon-on-glass geometry. Serionix will demonstrate feasibility of this new technology through the following activities: 1) preparation of ACFs using a dip-coating method; 2)characterization of tunable TIC (ammonia,… more
A Novel Composite Membrane for High Temperature Hydrogen Separation
Company: Bettergy Corp. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: … Applications and Other Benefits: In short term, this novel hydrogen separation technology can be used for industrial hydrogen separation to produce high purity hydrogen gas. It can also be used to treat the flue gas from various chemical processes, such as ammonia… more
SBIR Phase II: Minimum Quantity Lubrication Delivered by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Forming Applications
Company: Fusion Coolant Systems, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: … higher machining speeds than conventional MWFs, thereby leading to a lower overall cost of manufacturing. In addition, no carbon dioxide will be produced to run the process, as the CO2 used in the process will be recovered from other industrial processes such as ammonia and… more
Low Cost Variable Conductance Heat Pipe for Balloon Payload
Company: Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: … a Variable Conductance Heat Pipe (VCHP) instead, to allow the thermal resistance to increase under cold operating or cold survival environment conditions, keeping the instrument section warm. In spacecraft, thermal management is achieved using axially-grooved aluminum-… more
Hybrid Heat Pipes for High Heat Flux Spacecraft Thermal Control
Company: Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: Grooved aluminum/ammonia Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHPs) are the standard for thermal control in zero-gravity. Unfortunately, they are limited in terms of their heat flux capability, approximately 5W/cm2. Incident heat flux for laser diode applications is on the order… more
Syngas Production by Thermochemical Conversion of H2O and CO2 Mixtures Using a Novel Reactor Design
Company: Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: …oxide) using water and carbon dioxide as the reactants. New materials will also be screened for their ability to reduce the reactor temperature. Syngas is a particularly attractive fuel since it can be used to synthesize liquid fuels and chemicals such as methanol and ammonia.… more
Regenerable Trace-Contaminant Sorbent for the Primary Life Support System (PLSS)
Company: Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: …nd power-requirement advantages with respect to the current state of the art. The Phase 1 objectives are: (1) to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using a novel monolithic carbon sorbent for trace-contaminant control; and (2) to demonstrate effective ammonia capture and… more
Compact, Low Mass and Very Low Maintenance TMS for High Power Directed Energy Systems
Company: ALLCOMP, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: … weapon systems. These systems e.g. high power ADT/RF, are typically powered cyclically and intermittently with peak requirement reaching upwards to 200 kW per system; with substantially lower average thermal dissipation requirement during normal operation. Water and ammonia… more
Qu Tubes for High Temperature Heat Rejection
Company: Analytical Services, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: … first time, enable the use of aluminum heat pipes with aqueous working fluids that are capable of operation at 200 Deg C or even higher. Additionally, our efforts to demonstrate a new wick material will offer substantial performance benefits to state-of-the-art ammonia heat… more
Two-Phase Ammonia Pump for Mono-Propellant Warm Gas Pressurization
Company: Busek Co. Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: ABSTRACT: An integrated warm gas pressurization of the main and ACS propulsion system offers simpler, more efficient propellant management than existing designs. The most operationally versatile system is based on a unique pump that forces liquid through a gasifier thus creating both the… more
Low Cost Optical Ammonia Monitor
Company: Searchlight Sensors, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: Ammonia is a toxic gas with a strong odor that is produced naturally in the biological degradation of organic matters and animal waste. Currently available ammonia sensors are either sensitive but too expensive or affordable but not able for an unattended, long term monitoring.… more
Thermochemically Integrated Solid State Hydrogen Separator and Compressor
Company: Fuelcell Energy, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: … slip streams to demonstrate a production unit energy efficiency & gt;70%. The hydrogen market is huge, currently about 10 million tons/year in the US alone and a multi-billion dollar business. Most of the hydrogen is used by industrial markets, such as refineries, ammonia… more
SBIR Phase I: Low-cost and resuable functional polyaniline for CO2 sequestration and fertilizer production
Company: Nanomaterial Innovation Ltd. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: … emitted CO2 from the industrial sources and turn it into fertilizer. We utilize functionalized polyaniline (FPAN), a low-cost material that can be reused repeatedly at harmful conditions, to capture CO2 at low temperature and high speed. With the presence of ammonia and water… more