Energy Research Priority Area

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  JCESR Renewal

  Kaur, A. & Odom, S.

  10/15/18 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Concentration 100%
  • Solvation 100%
  • Energy Storage 50%
  • Flow Battery 50%
  • Crystalline Material 50%

• Advancing Post-Combustion CO2 Capture through Increased Mass Transfer and Lower Degradation

  Thompson, J. & Liu, K.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/18 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Mass Transfer 100%
  • Solvent 55%
  • Development 44%
  • Carbon Capture 33%
  • Aerosol 22%

• Kentucky Geologic Core Digital Image Archive

  Adams, E.

  Institute of Museum and Library Services

  10/1/18 → 9/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Core 100%
  • Sample 40%
  • Collection 31%
  • Library 20%
  • Project 20%

• Electric Motor Design, Analysis and Optimization

  Ionel, D.

  American Centrifuge Operating LLC

  10/1/18 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

• Kentucky Spirits Research Institute

  DeBolt, S.

  Carbon Science Solutions LLC

  9/20/18 → 6/19/20

  Project: Research project

• Trace Element Sampling and Partitioning Modeling to Estimate Wastewater Composition and Treatment Efficacy at Coal Generators

  Hower, J.

  9/10/18 → 9/9/19

  Project: Research project

  • Trace Element 100%
  • Wastewater Treatment 57%
  • Coal 35%
  • Partitioning 28%
  • Pollution Control Device 28%

• Coronado Mine Bunker Simulation Modeling

  Badurdeen, F. & Agioutantis, Z.

  Coronado IV LLC

  9/1/18 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

• N-ACTIVITY

  Liu, K., Challman, D. & Placido, A.

  Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

  9/1/18 → 9/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • Membrane Module 47%
  • Combustion 35%
  • Separation Performance 29%
  • Elements 29%

• Enhanced Chia Production & Product Development

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 57%
  • Proteins 42%
  • Fields 21%
  • Lodging 21%

• Scale up of Fiber Prototype

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  8/20/18 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

• Carbon Oxidation in Extreme Environments

  Martin, A. & Graña-Otero, J.

  Air Force Office of Scientific Research

  8/15/18 → 8/14/21

  Project: Research project

  • Oxidation Reaction 100%
  • Oxidation 100%
  • Surface 66%
  • Surface Property 66%
  • Surfaces 66%

• Collaborative Research: Establishing Design Principles for Molecular Engineering of High Concentration Redox Electrolytes

  Kaur, A. & Odom, S.

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Electrolyte 100%
  • Concentration 60%
  • Flow Battery 40%
  • Aqueous Solution 30%
  • Energy 30%

• Fundamental Investigation Into Pillar Design and Global Stability by Integrating Pillar Load and Opening Convergence Response

  Agioutantis, Z.

  Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Incorporated

  8/1/18 → 10/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Pillar 100%
  • Stability 72%
  • Behavior 63%
  • Mining Engineering 63%
  • Response 63%

• High Potential Redox Couples: Design Strategies for Survival in Diverse Environments

  Kaur, A. & Odom, S.

  8/1/18 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Radical Cation 100%
  • Application 75%
  • Electron Particle 50%
  • Lithium Ion Battery 50%
  • Redox Potential 50%

• Defining Glucan Dikinase Phosphorylation of Starch from Multiple Kingdoms

  Gentry, M. & Vander Kooi, C.

  8/1/18 → 8/12/22

  Project: Research project

  • Starch 100%
  • Glucan 51%
  • Phosphorylation 33%
  • Plant 29%
  • Lysozyme 18%

• Low Pressure Surface Modified Selective Separation Membranes for Contaminants and High Value Materials or Salt Removal from Water

  Bhattacharyya, D., Escobar, I., Knutson, B., Rankin, S. & Wei, Y.

  Honeywell International Incorporated

  8/1/18 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

• Kentucky Forest Products Industry Directory - Data Collection of wood Residuals From the Secondary Wood Industry in Kentucky

  Ammerman, B.

  8/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Industry 100%
  • Kentucky 92%
  • Specific Industry 92%
  • Forestry 53%
  • Data Base 46%

• Sawdust Briquetting to Facilitate Integration and Power Production in a Coal-Fired Utility Boiler

  Keene, T., Medina, S., Smith, S. & Taulbee, D.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  8/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Utility 66%
  • Kentucky 33%
  • Industry 33%
  • Sawdust 33%

• UK Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture Water Quality Education

  Gumbert, A. & Gumbert, A.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/15/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Water Quality 100%
  • Service 57%
  • Agriculture 57%
  • Extension 57%
  • Agricultural Science 57%

• SBIR/STTR Phase 1: The Effect of Air Valve Speed on X-ray Coal Separation Efficiency

  Honaker, R.

  Mineral Separation Technologies Incorporated

  7/9/18 → 10/8/18

  Project: Research project

• Experimental Utah Coal Tar Pitch - Based Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Utah

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • University 100%
  • Utah 78%
  • Pitch 78%
  • Fibre 57%
  • Fiber 57%

• Kentucky Geological Survey FY2018 Geologic Data Preservation Project

  Curl, D. & Adams, E.

  US Geological Survey

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Collection 100%
  • Document 100%
  • Documents 100%
  • Cataloguing 58%
  • Datum 50%

• M-Activity

  Liu, K., Challman, D. & Placido, A.

  Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

  7/1/18 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • Combustion 40%
  • Carbon Capture 26%
  • Elements 26%
  • Separation Performance 20%

• High Energy Density Metal-Oxides for Energy Storage: in silico Electrochemistry to Control Interface Chemistry

  Risko, C.

  Research Corporation for Science Advancement

  7/1/18 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Metal Oxide 100%
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage 82%
  • Electrode 64%
  • Electrolyte 52%
  • Surface Structure 47%

• Local Government Energy Retrofit Program

  Copley, G.

  KY Department for Local Government

  7/1/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Contract Law 100%
  • Funding 66%
  • Local Government 50%
  • Service Industries 33%
  • Savings 33%

• FY19-20 UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) (C1135)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Health 100%
  • Family 80%
  • Service 80%
  • Health Service 80%
  • Family Services 80%

• FY20 UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) (C1135)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Health 100%
  • Family 80%
  • Service 80%
  • Health Service 80%
  • Family Services 80%

• Aquifer Designation - KDOW Water Use Program

  Taylor, C.

  KY Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Aquifer 100%
  • Water 100%
  • Kentucky 83%
  • State 66%
  • Datum 33%

• Asphaltene Derived Pitch Based Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  MEG Energy Corporation

  6/1/18 → 6/20/19

  Project: Research project

• Invasive Pest Outreach: Focus Firewood

  Lensing, J.

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  6/1/18 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Pests 100%
  • Outreach 75%
  • Entomologists 25%
  • Beetle 25%
  • Canker 25%

• Decoding Nucleation and Growth in Organic Semiconductor Films

  Risko, C.

  Office of Naval Research

  6/1/18 → 5/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Nucleation 100%
  • Polymer 37%
  • Aqueous Solution 25%
  • Conjugated System 25%
  • Molecule 25%

• Organic Radiochromic Detectors

  Anthony, J.

  Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC

  5/24/18 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

• A Process with Decoupled Absorber Kinetics and Solvent Regeneration through Membrane Dewatering and In-Column Heat Transfer

  Liu, K., Fan, Z. & Landon, J.

  Department of Energy

  5/1/18 → 2/28/22

  Project: Research project

  • Solvent 100%
  • Absorber 66%
  • Mass Transfer 50%
  • Hybrid 33%
  • Membrane 33%

• IACMI Task 6.18: Preparation of Mesophase Pitch Feedstock for Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Tennessee

  5/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Filters 100%
  • Knowledge 100%
  • Oils 100%
  • Petroleum 100%

• UKy-CAER Heat-Integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants

  Liu, K., Challman, D., Nikolic, H. & Thompson, J.

  Department of Energy

  4/1/18 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Energy Engineering 66%
  • Carbon Capture and Storage 50%
  • Natural Gas 33%
  • Environmental Health and Safety 33%

• Phase II: UKy-CAER Heat-integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants

  Liu, K. & Nikolic, H.

  Department of Energy

  4/1/18 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Energy Engineering 100%
  • Research 80%
  • Carbon Capture 66%
  • Capture System 33%
  • Absorber 13%

• Consultation on Energy Savings Performance Contracting

  Copley, G.

  KY Department for Local Government

  3/23/18 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Contract Law 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Process 100%
  • Energy Conservation 100%
  • Performance 83%

• Lignin-Based Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  3M Co

  3/1/18 → 1/15/19

  Project: Research project

• Intensified Flue Gas Desulfurization Water Treatment for Reuse, Solidification, and Discharge

  Gao, X., Landon, J., Liu, K. & Omosebi, A.

  Duke Energy KY Inc

  1/22/18 → 1/21/20

  Project: Research project

• Intensified Flue Gas Desulfurization Water Treatment for Reuse, Solidification, and Discharge

  Omosebi, A., Landon, J., Liu, K. & Gao, X.

  Department of Energy

  1/22/18 → 1/21/20

  Project: Research project

  • Flotation 100%
  • Zero Liquid Discharge 66%
  • Desulphurisation 55%
  • Gas 55%
  • Flu 55%

• Maximizing Profitability and Efficiency of a Rare Earth Recovery Process for Coal Resources

  Honaker, R. & Zhang, W.

  Global REEs Venture Incorporated

  1/1/18 → 10/8/18

  Project: Research project

• Development of Solution Spun Bio-Derived Carbon Fiber from Fractionated Lignin

  Morris, E. & Weisenberger, M.

  University of Tennessee

  1/1/18 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Lignin 100%
  • Carbon Fiber 60%
  • Fiber 30%
  • Solution 20%
  • Characterization 10%

• Multiscale Modeling of Methane Permeation in Hierarchical Zeolite Frameworks

  Kekenes-Huskey, P.

  1/1/18 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Zeolite 100%
  • Material 40%
  • Permeation 30%
  • Structure 30%
  • Thermodynamics 20%

• Gasification Combined Heat and Power from Coal Fines

  Liu, K., Challman, D., Groppo, J. & Nikolic, H.

  Department of Energy

  12/6/17 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Fischer-Tropsch 100%
  • Impact 80%
  • Gasification 80%
  • Kentucky 80%

• High Yield, Economical, and Environmentally Safe Production of Rare Earths from Coal Ash

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  12/1/17 → 10/31/20

  Project: Research project

• Staged Opposed Multi Burner (OMB) for Modular Gasifier/Burner

  Andrews, R., Challman, D., Fan, Z. & Liu, K.

  Department of Energy

  12/1/17 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Burner 100%
  • Fuel 31%
  • Flame Zone 15%
  • Jet 12%
  • Flow 9%

• High Yield, Economical, and Environmentally Safe Production of Rare Earths from Coal Ash

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  12/1/17 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

• Investigation of GO Membranes for Treatment of Produced Water and Removal of RCRA Metals From Wastewater by Functionalized Membranes

  Bhattacharyya, D.

  Chevron USA

  12/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

• AOI 1: Low Temperature Plasma Treatment for Enhanced Recovery of Highly Valued Critical Rare Earth Elements from Coal

  Honaker, R. & Zhang, W.

  Department of Energy

  11/16/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Rare Earth Element 100%
  • Sample 91%
  • Coal 86%
  • Plasma Treatment 47%
  • Project 34%

• Power System Planning Research and Software Tool Development

  Liao, Y.

  LG&E and KU Services Company

  11/10/17 → 10/31/19

  Project: Research project