One of 82 Grants Totaling $100 Million Nationwide to Support Scientific Innovation and Clean Energy Development
[dateline] -- U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm today announced that Reaction Engineering International will receive $1,070,000 as part of 82 Department of Energy grants totaling $100 million to 68 small businesses in 24 states, including projects relating to wind turbine and wind farms, improved battery electrolytes, solar generation of hydrogen, and upcycling of carbon dioxide, along with a wide range of other efforts.
“Small businesses play a critical role in launching scientific discoveries out of our National Labs and into the hands of the American people,” said Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “We’re so excited to watch them put their entrepreneurial spirit behind these bold, exciting projects, and bring these new products and services to market. We are thrilled to support Reaction Engineering International in advancing its technology innovations.”
Through the SBIR/STTR program across the federal government, small business powers the U.S. economy and generates thousands of jobs, both directly and indirectly, the DOE notes. DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards aim at transforming DOE-supported science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services. The awards also support the development of specialized technologies and instruments that aid in scientific discovery.
Reaction Engineering will receive $1,070,000 to advance the use of high performance computing for the simulation of industrial flares, to increase understanding of how to improve combustion efficiency and reduce emissions from these systems. High performance computing has experienced tremendous advances with support from the DOE, but has been underutilized by US industry. This project leverages the Uintah Computational Framework, developed under DOE funding, for high fidelity commercial simulation of industrial flares to reduce emissions from these heavily utilized devices.
Dr. Marc Cremer, Co-President of Reaction Engineering International, who is the Principal Investigator (PI) on this project states, "We are thrilled to continue working with our colleagues at the University of Utah and with our industrial partners to advance our understanding of flare systems through commercial HPC based simulations leveraging the Uintah Computational Framework. We are focused on making this powerful technology more accessible to US industry, leading to a greater understanding of the impacts of flare design and operation on overall flare performance and emissions."
More information about all the projects announced by DOE today is available at the following link: https://science.energy.gov/sbir/awards/.