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.