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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

The GE's Ultra Performance Heat Exchanger enabled by Additive Technology from the previous post is just part of a US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency $36M project funding 18 different organizations.

ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects - 23 March 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $36 million in awards for 18 projects as part of the High Intensity Thermal Exchange through Materials and Manufacturing Processes (HITEMMP) program, as well as the final OPEN+ Cohort, High Temperature Devices.

These project teams seek to develop new approaches and technologies for the design and manufacture of high temperature, high pressure, and highly compact heat exchangers and components.

Durable and affordable higher-temperature heat exchangers could make energy conversion much more efficient, which in turn could reduce fuel consumption, system footprint, capital and operational cost, and emissions.

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more.

HITEMMP projects will target heat exchangers capable of operating for tens of thousands of hours in temperatures and pressures exceeding 800 °C and 80 bar (1,160 psi) respectively.




Each of the project developer's listed below have at least a two paragraph description of what they're doing. I've eliminated that for brevity here.


HITEMMP projects include:

Michigan State University. Heat-Exchanger Intensification through Powder Processing and Enhanced Design (HIPPED) – $2,300,000

Missouri University of Science and Technology. UHT-CAMANCHE: Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Additively Manufactured Compact Heat Exchangers – $1,457,000

Michigan Technological University. High-Density SSiC 3D-Printed Lattices for Compact HTHP Aero-Engine Recuperators – $1,846,000

Carnegie Mellon University. High Energy Density Modular Heat Exchangers through Design, Materials Processing, and Manufacturing Innovations – $2,400,000

The Ohio State University. Additively Manufactured High Efficiency and Low-Cost sCO2 Heat Exchangers – $1,500,000

Thar Energy LLC. High Temperature, High Pressure, and High Performance Compact Heat Exchanger – $2,000,000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Multiscale Porous High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Using Ceramic Co-Extrusion – $1,715,000

University of California-Los Angeles. SHOTEAM: Superalloy Heat Exchangers Optimized For Temperature Extremes and Advanced Manufacturability – $2,200,000

Vacuum Process Engineering. Compact Diffusion Bonded Printed-Circuit Heat Exchanger Development Using Nickel Superalloys for Highly Power Dense and Efficient Modular Energy Production Systems – $2,279,000

International Mezzo Technologies. Supercritical CO2 Micro Tube Recuperator: Manufacturing, Testing and Laser Weld Qualification – $1,640,000

CompRex. Compact Heat Exchanger for High Temperature High Pressure Applications Using Advanced Cermet – $1,455,000

General Electric Company, GE Global Research. Ultra Performance Heat Exchanger Enabled by Additive Technology (UPHEAT) – $2,500,000

The Boeing Company. Highly Compact Metallic Heat Exchangers for Extreme Environments – $2,397,756.52

United Technologies Research Center (UTRC). Additive, Topology-Optimized Ultra-Compact Heat Exchanger – $2,100,000

United Technologies Research Center (UTRC). Low-Cost Glass Ceramic-Matrix Composite Heat Exchanger – $1,400,000

Brayton Energy. Efficient and Low-Cost Brayton Cycle for Residential and Remote Power Applications – $1,000,000

Creare. Closed-Loop 5-kWe Brayton-Cycle Microturbine with 38% Efficiency: Advanced Generator Technology Designed for Inexpensive Mass Production – $2,999,901

Pennsylvania State University. Integration of Sensors through Additive Manufacturing Leading to Increased Efficiencies of Gas Turbines for Power Generation and Propulsion – $4,703,906