Colorado
COLORADO
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Virtual Instrumentation Experiment Optimization for High-Throughput Scientific Analysis
Summary:
By providing user-friendly Leadership Computing Facility access, neutron facility users will more rapidly transform their raw data into scientific results and discovery in the fields of advanced materials, biological systems, energy, and national security. The software tools produced by this Orbiter project will significantly help users provide better results sooner for complex systems.
Company:
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 W. 52nd Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Title:
Novel Sorbents for Removal of Mercury, Arsenic, Sulfur and Halides from Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas
Summary:
The liquid fuels produced by FT synthesis using synthesis gas derived from coal can provide an immediately viable alternative to crude oil required to help provide energy independence to the U.S. This new gas clean-up process offers several key benefits that can increase the cost effectiveness of the FT process.
Company:
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 W. 52nd Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Title:
Novel Catalytic Ammoxidation Process
Summary:
Acrylonitrile is an important chemical intermediate for producing acrylic fibers, synthetic rubber and other polymers. Current catalysts operate at high temperatures and generate large quantities of unwanted byproducts. The new catalyst produces more acrylonitrile, less byproducts, can be used in existing petrochemical plants, and will increase the energy efficiency of acrylonitrile manufacture.
Company:
Boulder Environmental Sciences And Technology, LLC
4425 Hastings Drive
Boulder, CO 80305
Title:
Profiling Radiometer for Atmospheric and Cloud Observation (PRACO)
Summary:
This project will develop a prototype of PRACO, a new tool for cloud observation. Some socio-economic benefits which PRACO's reliable forecasting will provide are improved civil government, industrial and military planning, increased natural hazard mitigation, response, and recovery, and hedging against uncertainty.
Company:
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc.
1930 Central Avenue
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80301-2895
Title:
The Ratiometric NDIR Analyzer for Robotic Platforms
Summary:
This project will develop CO2 technology intended to produce a new data product, CO2 Weather. CO2 Weather will provide scientists with greater spatial resolution CO2 data and likewise inform individual American citizens on the environmental impacts of their daily lives and our predominant form of energy production.
Company:
Anemergonics, LLC
7015 Nile Court
Arvada, CO 80007-7049
Title:
SMarT??? Tower Systems for Small Wind Turbines (Simple Modular Technology)
Summary:
This project seeks to simplify installation and reduce the cost of electricity for small wind turbines on monopole towers. The will design, test, and market improved versions of its SMarT Tower system, including foundations.
Company:
Composite Technology Development, Inc.
2600 Campus Drive, Suite D
Lafayette, CO 80026-3359
Title:
Improved High-Temperature ESP Motor Lead Extension Cables for Reliable Geothermal Power Production
Summary:
Geothermal energy is a viable, environmentally-clean alternative energy source under development through the U.S. Department of Energy. This effort aims to provide robust power cables to increase the reliable lifetime of the downhole equipment necessary for commercial-scale geothermal energy production.
Company:
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 W. 52nd Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Title:
Hydrogen Production for Refineries
Summary:
North America contains large reserves of heavy crude oil, but it takes considerable hydrogen gas to refine them. This project will develop a new technology so that refineries can produce hydrogen at a cost that is much lower than hydrogen from conventional technologies or purchased hydrogen.
Company:
Technology Applications, Incorporated
5700 Flatiron Parkway
Suite #5701A
Boulder, CO 80301-5718
Title:
Flexible Cryostat for Superconductors
Summary:
The feasibility of a novel approach termed fiber coated conductor for low AC loss superconductor wire has been demonstrated in Phase I and will be scaled up in Phase II. Advantages of low AC loss are ideal for multifilament cable fabrication that will lead to a revolution in HTS applications.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Integrated Multiple Effects Software for Nuclear Physics Applications
Summary:
Nuclear physics accelerators are powered by microwaves which must travel in waveguide pipes between their room-temperature sources and the near-absolute-zero temperature of the accelerator structures. Design and analysis of this equipment requires parallel-processing software that integrates the very different aspects of thermal and microwave analysis.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Designing a Coherent Electron Cooling System for High-Energy Hadron Colliders
Summary:
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is colliding protons and gold ions to create conditions similar to what existed after the big bang. Novel software is being developed to assist DOE scientists in the design of accelerator systems to improve this premier nuclear physics facility.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Sparse Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioners for High-Order Finite Element Systems
Summary:
The efficient usage of the DOE's massively parallel supercomputers maximizes the scientific insights that can be obtained over a given period of time. This efficiency is only possible with the continued improvements in the algorithms employed in today's complex computer models.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Analyzing and Visualizing Next Generation Climate Data
Summary:
The Mosaic grids adopted by atmospheric and ocean climate models are causing severe problems to post-processing and visualization applications. This project will develop software that will allow climate prediction tools to correctly interpret data on these novel grids.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Common Component Architecture for Electron Cloud Accelerator Simulations
Summary:
A significant amount of public resources have been invested in the development of software tools for computational accelerator physics. Component-based software development provides tools and practices for reusing existing algorithms, code, and applications, and it would make more efficient use of taxpayer's money.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Schema-Based Environment for Configuring, Analyzing and Documenting Integrated Fusion Simulations
Summary:
To ensure safe and efficient future power production, fusion science needs comprehensive fusion device modeling. This project will develop user-friendly tools to configure, analyze, visualize, and optimize integrated fusion simulations on the Leadership Computing Facilities.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Inverse Cyclotrons for Intense Muon Beams
Summary:
Intense muon beams are sought for their role in future scientific programs at a number of national labs. This project will develop a software suite to perform detailed end-to-end simulations of inverse cyclotron for use in generating such intense muon beams.
Company:
Tech-x Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Title:
Service-Oriented Architecture for Next Generation, Large-Scale Accelerator Control Systems
Summary:
This project will develop a Service-Oriented Architecture for next-generation, large-scale accelerator control systems to reduce the cost in developing and maintaining these control systems. The approach will produce more cost-effective and efficient scientific effort as more science of higher quality can be produced.
