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Approved Categorical Exclusions

ARRA	Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location Sort descending	DOE NETL Sponsor
N	2015-09-03	SMUD Resilient Grid Initiative (139.92 KB)	The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)	Sacramento, CA	OE/OEPM/EDTD
Y	2014-04-15	Jordan School District and Utah Transit Authority CNG Buses (154.59 KB)	Prime: Utah Clean Cities Coalition Sub: UTA and Jordan School District	Salt Lake City and West Jordan, UT	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2019-02-05	Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific Assessment (300.91 KB)	Prime: University of Texas - Austin Sub: GeoTek Coring Inc.	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/TDIC/Oil and Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2014-09-16	Compact, Ceramic Microchannel Heat Exchangers (216.57 KB)	Ceramatec	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/SCC/Crosscutting Research Div.
N	2014-09-03	Ceramic Proppant Design for In-Situ Microbially Enhanced Methane Recovery (198.4 KB)	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/SCC/AESD
N	2019-10-24	An Integrated Flame Spray Process for Low Cost Production of Battery Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries and Beyond (36.35 KB)	Prime: University of Missouri Sub: Storagenergy Technologies	Salt Lake City, UT	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2019-08-20	Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific Assessment (146.01 KB)	Prime: University of Texas - Austin Sub: GeoTek Coring Inc.	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/TDIC/Oil and Gas/Natural Gas Team
N	2014-08-26	Technology for GHG Emission Reduction & Cost Competitiveness of Mil-Spec Jet Fuel Production Using CTL (233.25 KB)	Ceramatec, Inc.	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/OMD/Major Projects Division
N	2014-06-03	Hyper Scratcher Tool: A Patented Oil, Gas, Disposal, and Injection Well Tool for Enhancing Production and Efficiency (Project Ex (154.28 KB)	Prime: The Pennsylvania State University Sub: Flathead Energy Services LLC	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/SCNGO
N	2020-05-14	Design of Bifunctional Structured Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts with Improved Heat Conductivity for Modular Small-Scale Reactor ... (134.67 KB)	Prime: Penn State University; Sub: University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2015-07-22	Chemical Looping Combustion with O2 Uncoulping Small Pilot Operation & Testing (119.01 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Sub: Amaron Energy	Salt Lake City, UT	FE/SCC/AESD
N	2017-08-14	Stochastic Continuous-time Flexibility Scheduling and Pricing in Wholesale Electricity Markets (243.65 KB)	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	OE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2019-08-07	Dynamic Neural Network Optimization to Minimize Heat Rate at Coal Power Plants (203.42 KB)	Prime: The University of Utah Sub: PacifiCorp's Hunter Coal-Fired Power Plant	Salt Lake City, UT Castle Dale, UT	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships Team
N	2017-11-07	Economic Extraction, Recovery, and Upgrading of Rare Earth Elements from Coal-Based Resources (234.92 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Sub: Virginia Tech	Salt Lake City, UT Blacksburg, VA	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships Team
N	2017-12-05	Ultrasonic Measurements of Temperature Profile and Heat Fluxes in Coal-Fired Power Plants (190.38 KB)	University of Utah (multiple locations)	Salt Lake City, UT Castle Dale, UT	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies and Partnerships Team
N	2015-07-01	Milford Site for Frontier Observatory for Geothermal Energy (FORGE) (158.46 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Subs: Utah Geological Survey, Temple University, Geothermal Resource Group, Ben Barker, Duane C. Winker	Salt Lake City, UT Philadelphia, PA Palm Desert, CA Windsor, CA Pagosa Springs, CO	FE/SCNGO
N	2017-09-12	WestSmart EV: Western Smart Plug-in Vehicle Community Partnership (35.66 KB)	Prime: PacifiCorp Subs: Maverick Gas Station, Utah State University	Salt Lake City, UT Washington, UT Fillmore, UT Logan, UT	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2014-10-16	Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in Coarse-Grained Reservoirs (242.13 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas	FE/SCNGO
N	2020-07-20	General Drag Model for Assemblies of Non-Spherical Particles Created with Artificial Neural Networks (967.21 KB)	University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies and Partnerships Team
N	2014-09-08	Reduced Petroleum Use through Easily-Reformed Fuels and Dedicated EGR (192.03 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2014-09-16	High Temperature Heat Exchange Design and Fabrication for Systems with Large Pressure Differentials (190.56 KB)	Prime: Thar Energy LLC Sub: Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/SCC/AESD
N	2021-08-04	Titanium-Cerium Electrode-Decoupled Redox Flow Batteries Integrated With Fossil Fuel Assets for Load-Following, Long-Duration En (177.72 KB)	Prime: Washington University Sub: University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	FE/TDC/Advanced Coal and Carbon Management/Minerals Sustainability Team
N	2016-09-13	Smart Methane Emission Detection System Development (136.28 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Natural Gas Team
N	2014-09-12	Development of a Thin Film Primary Surface Heat Exchanger for Advanced Power Cycles (216.52 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/SCC/AESD
N	2014-09-19	High Inlet Temperature Combustor for Direct Fired Supercritical Oxy-Combustion (216.6 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/SCC/AESD
N	2018-08-16	Smart Methane Emission Detection System Development (Revised CX) (190.07 KB)	Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2018-06-11	Turbocompound Reheat Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (181.15 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Institute Sub: Hanwha Power Systems	San Antonio, TX Houston, TX Pangyo, South Korea	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2017-12-07	Particle Separator for Improved Flameless Pressurized Oxy-Combustion (178.5 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Institute Subs: GE Research Center, Electric Power Research Institute, ITEA	San Antonio, TX Niskayuna, NY Charlotte, NC Palo Alto, CA Gioia del Colle, Italy	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2016-09-21	High Inlet Temperature Combustor for Direct Fired Supercritical Oxy-Combustion - Phase II (175.86 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Instutite Subs: Thar Energy, LLC, GE Global Research, Georgia Tech, University of Central Florida	San Antonio, TX Pittsburgh, PA Niskayuna, NY Atlanta, GA Orlando, FL	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2018-09-19	Modifications to Solar Titan 130 Combustion System for Efficient, High Turndown Operation (36.25 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Institute Sub: Solar Turbines	San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2016-09-12	Novel Seal Design for Effective Methane Emissions Mitigation from Reciprocating Compressors (155.88 KB)	Prime: Southwest Research Institute Subs: NextSeal AB	San Antonio, TX Stockholm, Sweden	FE/TDIC/OG/Natural Gas Team
N	2021-02-01	V2G Electric School Bus Commercialization Project (37.41 KB)	Prime: Blue Bird Body Company; Sub: Nuvve Corporation	San Diego, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2021-05-20	Development of Design Practices for Additively Manufactured Micro-Mix Hydrogen (167.81 KB)	Prime: San Diego State University Sub: Solar Turbines	San Diego, CA	FE/TDC/Advanced Coal and Carbon Management/Innovative Energy Systems Team
N	2019-08-27	Composite Solid Ion Conductor with Engineered Lithium Interface (42.03 KB)	Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.	San Diego, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2014-09-23	Additive Manufacturing of Fuel Injectors (184.97 KB)	Prime: Edison Welding Institute Sub: Solar Turbines, Inc.	San Diego, CA	FE/SCC/Crosscutting Research Division
N	2015-01-16	Development of Advanced High-Performance Batteries for 12V Start-Stop Vehicles (232.02 KB)	Prime: USABC Sub: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.	San Diego, CA	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2015-12-22	GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation (141.45 KB)	Prime: University of Michigan Sub: San Diego State University	San Diego, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/EERE Team
N	2014-07-16	Distributed Wireless Antenna Sensors for Boiler Condition (184.55 KB)	Prime: University of Texas Arlington Sub: Univ. of California San Diego	San Diego, CA	FE/SCC/Crosscutting Research Division
N	2017-03-30	San Pedro Bay Ports Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Electric Vehicle ZECT Demonstration (add sub-recipient to Summary CX) (6.01 MB)	Prime: South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Sub: Hydrogenics USA, Inc.	San Diego, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2019-02-26	High-Luminance LED Platform for Improved Efficacy in Directional Lighting (154.03 KB)	Lumileds	San Jose, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2014-08-05	Next-Generation LED Package Architectures Enabled by Thermally Conductive Transparent Encapsulants (176.16 KB)	Prime: Momentive Performance Materials Quartz. Inc. Sub: Philips Lumileds Lighting Company	San Jose, CA	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2016-06-15	High-Efficacy High-Power LED for Directional Applications (109.03 KB)	Lumileds LLC	San Jose, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/EERE Team
N	2014-07-25	High-Voltage LED Light Engine with Integrated Driver (154.65 KB)	Prime: Philips Lumileds Lighting Company Sub: Philips Lighting North America	San Jose, CA and Rosemont, IL	EE/OEPM/BETD
N	2015-07-09	Improved InGaN LED System Efficacy and Cost via Droop Reduction (110.55 KB)	Prime: Lumileds, LLC Subs: MIT, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories	San Jose, CA Cambridge, MA Upton, NY Albuquerque, NM	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2015-09-04	High Throughput Combinatorial Development of High Entropy Alloys for Light Weight Structural Applications (103.56 KB)	Prime: Intermolecular Inc. Subs: North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Alcoa Technical Center	San Jose, CA Raleigh, NC Columbus, OH New Kensington, PA	EE/OEPM/PVTD
N	2021-04-28	San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE Phase III: Ensuring Safe Subsurface Storage of CO2 in Saline Reservoirs (Stratigraphic well-new locati (173.91 KB)	Prime: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Subs: Multiple	San Juan County, NM	FE/TDC/Advanced Coal and Carbon Management/Carbon Utilization & Storage Team
N	2020-03-25	Improving Production in the Emerging Paradox Oil Play (177.54 KB)	University of Utah	San Juan County, UT	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2022-02-10	Light, High Performance and Scalable Coal-Derived Composites for Construction (159.68 KB)	C-Crete Technologies	San Leandro, CA	FE/TDC/Advanced Coal and Carbon Management/Minerals Sustainability Team
N	2022-02-14	Low-Cost, Scalable Boron Nitride-Based Sorbents with Balanced Capacity-Kinetics (167.01 KB)	C-Crete Technologies	San Leandro, CA	FE/TDC/Advanced Coal and Carbon Management/Minerals Sustainability Team
N	2022-06-09	Low cost, Rapid and Scalable Microwave Coal Melt-Casting For Modular Carbon-Based Buildings (151.94 KB)	C-Crete Technologies	San Leandro, CA	FE/TDC/Carbon Management/Minerals Sustainability