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Hydrogen Contamination Detection
SBC: SKYRE, INC Topic: 14bThe new purity requirements SAE J7219, ISO 14687-2 and ISO 14687 (Table I and Figure 1 below) place a three orders of magnitude increase on the accuracy of the instrumentation that is necessary to detect these extremely low levels of several critical contaminants. The design and verification of the conceptual approach of a cost-effective and reliable instrument that can sample the hydrogen at the ...
STTR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Barrier Coatings
SBC: HIFUNDA LLC Topic: 19dState of the art yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) based thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are typically limited to maximum use temperatures of 1200-1300C. A thermal barrier coating (TBC) with a 1500C temperature capability would be a major gas turbine materials breakthrough. New coatings with a 200C temperature advantage can be used by the gas turbine industry to significantly increase turbine effi ...
STTR Phase II 2015 Department of Energy -
Advanced QPSK Optical Modulators Using Lithium Niobate Thin Films
SBC: PARTOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC Topic: 01bStatement of the Problem or Situation that is Being Addressed Current and future data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) centers need optical communication links to transmit the aggregate data rates that are generated by servers. For these, applications current optical gears that are designed for telecommunication applications are expensive, take large space and do not match to small for ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Non-Platinum Group Metal OER/ORR Catalysts for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
SBC: Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Topic: 13cStatement of the problem or situation that is being addressed: A major challenge in successful development of unitized regenerative fuel cells (URFCs) is the bifunctional air/oxygen electrode. In proton exchange membrane-based systems, the number of stable elements at electrolysis potentials is extremely limited, restricting the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) / oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cat ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Novel Surface-Functionalized Powders for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
SBC: Sonata LLC Topic: 15bStatement of the Problem or Situation that is Being Addressed - Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) offer exceptional promise for electrical power generation with reduced carbon footprint, but SOFC reliability must be improved for the technology to be widely commercialized. Strontium based ceramic cathodes e.g. lanthanum strontium iron cobalt oxide (LSFC) enable good performance, but cathode degradatio ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Ultra-Low Heat Leak, Radiation Tolerant Support Link (Novel Low Heat Leak Support Link for High Radiation Environments)
SBC: TAI-YANG RESEARCH COMPANY Topic: 24gPROJECT SUMMARY The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Science is actively seeking improved designs for cryogenic structural support systems that can achieve up to a 5 to 10x reduction in heat load, while still being able to tolerate radiation doses up to 100 MGy, without degradation in its mechanical and thermal performance. In addition, the cryogenic support systems must not only ma ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Extracting Signature Features from Seismo-Acoustic Data for Automated Algorithm Development Title on narrative: Correlating Signature Features with Processes of Interest Using Collected Seismo-Acoustic Data Sets)
SBC: Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. Topic: 01dPersistently monitoring of process facilities by recording seismo-acoustic S-A) data over the long- term naturally results in very large quantities of data. After converting the data into more useable forms, skilled analysts must spend time systematically perusing all data for signals of interest, requiring a large investment of labor hours. Furthermore, manual analysis also makes it difficult to ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Novel Ultra-High Rate Finishing Processes for Production of 100 mm Epi-ready GaN Substrates Title on abstract leaves out the word "Novel")
SBC: Sinmat Inc Topic: 11aCurrent gallium nitride bulk substrate finishing process technology yields poor structural quality of surfaces. The current process takes longer time and results in defective surface. The wafering process needs to be improved to achieve high performance GaN devices. A novel rapid, mechanical and chemical mechanical process will be explored to rapidly polish GaN substrates. The process will address ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Process Intensification and Cost Reduction for In-plant Biomass Preprocessing Equipment
SBC: MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP Topic: 12aWith growing concern about the sustainability and environmental impact of fossil fuels, interest in and demand for biomass-derived fuels has risen steadily. To ensure a steady supply of quality biomass at low costs, a variety of feedstocks are being pursued. This variety presents a significant problem for biomass conversion processes because feedstock quality changes depending on the source and ea ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy -
Cross-polarized Near-UV Detector for In-line Quality Control of PEM Materials
SBC: MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP Topic: 14bModern fuel cells have been in development since the 1960s and stand on the cusp of commercialization, but are held back by high manufacturing costs and expensive catalysts. Membrane costs can be as much as the 45% of the total cost of a commercial fuel cell system. Manufacturing defects in the membrane can cause cell failures that can cascade and cause complete stack failure, which is expensive a ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of Energy