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U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    OIT Times: New I&I Projects Backed by Strong Project Teams

    January 2, 2002

    According to Program Manager Lisa Barnett, the 39 new I&I projects show commercial potential, solid work plans, and strong project teams. e can facilitate commercialization,explains Barnett.

    OG Technologies, for example, will demonstrate a high-definition camera system that takes 3-D parts measurements at temperatures up to 1,450﯃ with an accuracy of 0.1 mm or better, in less than 10 seconds. Measuring parts while they are still hot will dramatically reduce scrap in the domestic forging industry.

    JX Crystals, Inc., will demonstrate a new thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) device that is sensitive to infrared radiation emitted in response to exhaust heat. The device can be installed in industrial stacks to help the glass, steel, and metal casting industries generate electricity from waste heat. Power density is said to be 100 times higher than solar cells.

    New Projects

    Note: Additional Inventions & Innovation projects are listed with the relevant Industries of the Future.
    Inventions & Innovation
    Title Partners
    Testing a Highly Efficient Technology for Converting Woody Biomass to Electricity Gazogen, Inc.
    Energy-Efficient Production and Utilization of Light- weight Structural Panels Genesis Laboratories, Inc.
    Development of Environmentally Benign Mineral Flotation Collectors Versitech, Inc.
    A Microbial Genomics Approach to Resource Exploration and Characterization Mr. Matt Ashby
    Fluted Spiral Membrane Module for Reverse Osmosis of Liquids with Dissolved and Suspended Solids Scinsep Systems
    Underground Pipe Locator and Depth Finder Quantum Magnetics, Inc.
    Reduced Energy Consuming CRT Display Electron Optics Development Co., LLC
    Low-Cost Inflatable-Support Heliostats to Enable Cost- Effective Large-Scale Solar Thermal Power RSV Invention Enterprises
    Regenerator Heat-Exchanger Mr. James Lin
    Prototype Development of an Industrial Fuel Cell Micro Generator FuelCell Technologies, Inc.
    Process Particle Counter (PPC) Sensor/Controller for Optimizing Power Recovery Expander and Gas Turbine Performance for Various Fuel Sources Process Metrix LLC
    An Innovative Approach to Improved Fuel Economy in Heavy Duty Trucks SuperDrive, Inc.
    Thermophotovoltaic Electric Power Generation Using Exhaust Heat in the Glass, Steel and Metal casting Industries JX Chrystals, Inc.
    Advanced Overfire Air System and Design Methodology for Stoker Type Boilers and Furnaces that Burn Biomass, Coal, and Other Solid Fuels Mr. Gene Berkau
    Simple, Low Cost "Closed Loop Intelligent Control" for Single Phase AC Motors in HVAC&R Systems Using Optical Programming Opto Generic Devices, Inc.
    Novel LED for Illumination Applications Bost Nitride Technologies
    Development of a High-Frequency Eddy-Current Separator EMPS Corporation
    Deposition in Kraft Recovery Boilers and Monitoring Glass Furnaces Combustion Specialists, Inc.
    Miniature, Inexpensive, Amperometric Oxygen Sensor Ceram Physics, Inc.
    Energy Conservation Waste Reduction int eh Processing of Soft (Unfired) Ceramic Particles via Dynamic Cyclone Classification Innova Tech, Inc.