I&I Program Announces FY 2002 Awards for Energy-Saving Inventions
June 5, 2002
A total of 18 new projects will receive over $2.9 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Inventions and Innovation (I&I) Program in fiscal year 2002. The energy-related technologies were selected through a competitive solicitation process. At the close of the solicitation, I&I had received 181 proposals, of which 18 received funding.The I&I Program provides two levels of funding: Category 1 projects can receive up to $40,000 in funding for conducting early development and establishing technical performance of innovative energy saving ideas and inventions; Category 2 projects can receive up to $200,000 for more well-developed inventions moving toward prototype development or commercialization.
FY 2002 I&I Category 1 Grantees
| EERE/IOF Area | Invention Title | Organization | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aluminum |
Non-Invasive Estimation of Dissolved Alumina Concentration in Hall-Heroult Reduction Cells |
Mr. David Bell |
$29,200 |
|
Glass |
Selective Batching for Improved Commercial Glass Melting |
Alfred University |
$40,000 |
|
Glass |
Monitoring of Refractory Wall Recession Using Radar Techniques |
University of Missouri - Rolla |
$40,000 |
|
Glass |
Monitoring of Refractory Wall Recession Using High Temperature Impact-Echo Instrumentation |
The University of Dayton |
$39,939 |
FY 2002 I&I Category 2 Grantees
| EE/IOF Area | Invention Title | Organization | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Power |
High Energy-Density Double-Layer Capacitor Energy Storage for Photovoltaic Systems |
Heliocentric |
$200,000 |
|
Power |
Testing a New Type of Fixed Bed Biomass Gasifier |
Gazogen, Inc. |
$175,000 |
|
Transportation |
Lightweight and Cost- Effective Cast Aluminum Diesel Engine Head with Localized Reinforcement |
Foster-Miller, Incorporated |
$200,000 |
|
Transportation |
Fuel Preprocessor (FPP) for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit |
Altex Technologies Corporation |
$200,000 |
|
Buildings |
Development of Variable Speed, High Efficiency, Integrated Electronic Motor for Use in Residential HVAC Systems |
DynaMotors, Incorporated |
$200,000 |
|
Buildings |
Visible Spectrum Incandescent Selective Emitter |
Sonsight, Incorporated |
$200,000 |
|
Buildings |
High Energy Efficiency Air Conditioning |
Nimitz, Incorporated dba ETEC |
$199,971 |
|
Agriculture |
Separation of Zein from Bioethanol Process Streams |
Membrane Technology & Research, Incorporated |
$200,000 |
|
Agriculture |
Completing Pre-Pilot Tasks to Scale Up Biomass Fractionation Pretreatment Apparatus from Batch to Continuous Process |
PureVision Technology, Incorporated |
$200,000 |
|
Glass |
Enabling Tool for Innovative Glass Applications |
Michigan Technological University |
$200,000 |
|
Metal Casting |
A New irect PourIn-Mold(DPI) Technology for Producing Ductile and Compacted Graphite Iron Castings |
Comanche Technologies, LLC |
$200,000 |
|
Steel |
Clean Production of Coke from Carbonaceous Fines |
Combustion Resources, LLC |
$200,000 |
|
Cross-cut |
Fiber Sizing Sensor/Controller for Optimizing Glass and Polymer Fiber Manufacturing Processes |
Powerscope, Incorporated |
$199,260 |
|
Cross-cut |
Remote Temperature Measurement in Hostile Industrial Environments with Microwave Radiometry |
Southwest Texas State University |
$199,990 |