FY 2010 Technical Topic Descriptions for REFERENCE ONLY
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U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) And Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs FY 2010 Technical Topic Descriptions FOR REFERENCE ONLY The funding opportunity associated with these topics is closed. TECHNICAL TOPICS – TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 1. Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program ............................................ 10 a. Energy Storage for Intermittent Renewable Resources ............................................................... 10 b. Fuel Cell Balance-of-Plant .......................................................................................................... 11 c. Advanced Hydrogen Storage for Early Market Applications ..................................................... 12 d. Low-Cost Dispensing for Material Handling and Specialty Vehicles ........................................ 12 2. Advanced Solar Technologies ........................................................................................................ 14 a. Manufacturing Tools for Reliability Testing ............................................................................... 15 b. Module and System Manufacturing Metrology and Process Control ......................................... 15 c. Photovoltaics (PV) System Diagnostic Tools ............................................................................. 15 3. Advanced Thermoelectric Technologies ....................................................................................... 16 a. Cooling in Buildings, Industry, and Vehicles ............................................................................. 17 b. Advanced Waste Heat Recovery ................................................................................................. 18 4. Geothermal Energy Technology Development ............................................................................ 19 a. High Temperature Downhole Logging and Monitoring Tools ................................................... 20 b. Cements for EGS Applications ................................................................................................... 21 c. Drilling Systems .......................................................................................................................... 21 d. Fracture Characterization Technologies ...................................................................................... 21 e. Working Fluids for Binary Power Plants .................................................................................... 22 f. GHP Component R&D ................................................................................................................ 22 g. Innovative System/Loop Designs ................................................................................................ 22 5. Production of Biofuels from Cellulosic Biomass ......................................................................... 25 a. Biomass Moisture Management and Drying ............................................................................... 26 b. Least-Cost Biomass Format for Efficient Logistics .................................................................... 26 c. Separation Technologies for Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks .............. 27 d. Oil Extraction from Microalgae .................................................................................................. 28 e. Pyrolytic Conversion of High Moisture Content Biomass to Bio-Oil......................................... 29 f. Distributed Sorted Municipal Solid Waste Conversion to Biofuels ............................................ 29 6. Advancements for Subcomponents Critical to Electric Drive Vehicle Power Inverters and Motors .............................................................................................................................................. 33 a. High-Performance DC Bus Capacitors for Power Inverters in Electric Drive Vehicles ............. 33 b. Alternative Production Techniques for Homogenous Magnet Alloys ........................................ 34 c. High Temperature Packaging ...................................................................................................... 35 d. Non Obtrusive Semiconductor Die Temperature Measurements ................................................ 36 7. Wind Energy Technology Development ........................................................................................ 37 a. Manufacturing and Assembly ..................................................................................................... 38 b. Component Reliability ................................................................................................................ 38 c. Condition Monitoring .................................................................................................................. 39 1 OFFICE OF BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES 8. Technologies Related to Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-in Electric Vehicles ............... 40 a. Technologies that Allow the Use of a Lithium Metal Negative Electrode in a Rechargeable Cell ................................................................................................ 41 b. Multi-Electron Redox Materials for High Energy Batteries ....................................................... 41 c. Technology to Allow the Recovery and Reuse of “High-Value” Materials from Used Lithium- Ion Batteries ................................................................................................................................ 42 d. New Electrolytes for Lithium-ion Cells ..................................................................................... 42 9. Transitional Technologies for Solid State Lighting ..................................................................... 44 a. Transitional Technology for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs ....................................................... 44 b. Transitional Technology for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) ..................................... 45 c. Supporting Technologies for Off-Grid SSL Applications ........................................................... 45 10. Energy Efficient Membranes for Industrial Applications ........................................................... 46 a. Membrane Materials with Improved Properties .......................................................................... 47 b. Biofuels and Bioproducts ............................................................................................................ 48 c. Hydrogen Production .................................................................................................................. 48 d. Industrial Membrane Process Systems ........................................................................................ 49 11. Catalysis ........................................................................................................................................... 50 a. Selective Catalytic Conversion of Fossil Feedstocks .................................................................. 51 b. Biomass Deconstruction and Catalytic Conversion to Fuels ...................................................... 51 c. Photo- and Electro-Driven Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Water ....................................... 52 12. Hydrogen Safety, Storage, Delivery, and Production .................................................................. 52 a. Materials and Processing for Lower-Cost High Pressure Gaseous Fuel Tanks .......................... 53 b. Reducing the Cost of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Pipelines ...................................................... 53 c. Hydrogen Odorant Technology ................................................................................................... 54 d. Hydrogen Production Process Intensification Technology ......................................................... 55 13. Technology to Support BES USER Facilities ............................................................................... 57 a. Synchrotron Radiation Facilities ................................................................................................. 57 b. Beam Diagnostic Instrumentation for Free Electron Lasers and 3rd Generation Light Sources .. 58 c. High Power Mercury Spallation Targets ..................................................................................... 58 d. Instrumentation for Ultrafast X-ray Science ............................................................................... 59 14. Radio Frequency (RF) Devices and Components for Accelerator Facilities ............................. 63 a. Klystrons and Inductive Output Tubes (IOTs) ............................................................................ 63 b. Gridded Tubes and Cavities ........................................................................................................ 63 c. Higher Order Mode Damper Integrated into Beam Pipes ........................................................... 63 d. RF Cavity Input Couplers ........................................................................................................... 64 e. RF Power Devices and Accessories ............................................................................................ 64 f. Modulators for High Level Radio Frequency (RF) Accelerator Systems ................................... 64 g. Low Level Radio Frequency (LLRF) Accelerator Systems .......................................................