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Approved Categorical Exclusions

ARRA	Date Sort ascending	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
N	2017-08-10	Charged Wellbore Casing Controlled Source Electromagnetics (190.31 KB)	Colorado School of Mines (Field site)	Bell Creek Oil Field, MT	FE/TDIC/Coal/Carbon Storage Team
N	2017-08-09	In-Situ Pipeline Coatings for Methane Emissions Mitigation and Quantification from Natural Gas Infrastructure (152.03 KB)	Prime: Oceanit Laboratories Sub: Rescue Pipeline Services, LLC	Sheldon, TX	FE/TDIC/OG/Natural Gas Team
N	2017-08-09	Data-Driven Modeling Preserving Controllable DER for Outage Management and Resiliency (AGGREGATE) (181.69 KB)	Prime: Washington State University Subs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Seattle City Light	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-08-09	Novel Lighting Strategies for Circadian and Sleep Health in Shiftwork Applications (166.7 KB)	Prime: University of California - San Diego Sub: BIOS	Multiple sites, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-08	Methane Mitigation Thermal Electric Generator (MMTEG) (148.77 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Sub: Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Pasadena, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-08-04	Medium Duty Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Utilizing an Electrified Axle (36.49 KB)	Prime: McLaren Performance Technologies Subs: AVL, UPS, Dana Incorporated	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-04	V2G Electric School Bus Commercialization Project (36.28 KB)	Prime: Blue Bird Body Company Subs: EDI, Transportation Research Center, General Testing Laboratories, Automotive Enviro Testing	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-03	Scalable Polymer Precursor Based LiPON Type Li-Metal Interface Enabled High Performance Li-Sulfur Battery (37.18 KB)	Prime: Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. Subs: Daimler AG, University of Michigan, Michigan State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states, and Germany	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-03	Design, Processing, and Integration of Pouch-Format Cell for High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (36.22 KB)	General Motors LLC	Warren, MI	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-03	Ultra High-Energy Lithium-Metal Batteries Based on 3-D Architectures of Ni-Pillared Monolayer 2-D MnO2 as Cathodes (35.25 KB)	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-02	Combining Fluorescence and Phosphorescence to Achieve Very Long Lifetime WOLEDs (148.12 KB)	Prime: University of Southern California Sub: University of Michigan	Los Angeles, CA Ann Arbor, MI	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-02	Stable White OLEDs Enabled by New Materials with Reduced Excited-State Lifetimes (153.8 KB)	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-02	Matrix Study of Aged SOFC Performance and Materials Degradation (Phase II) (171.44 KB)	Prime: Atrex Energy Inc. Sub: Boston University	Multiple sites, MA	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2017-08-02	Improved Radiative Recombination in AlGaInP LEDs (136.26 KB)	Prime: Lumileds LLC Sub: Sandia National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-08-01	Advanced Electrolyte Supporting 500 Wh/Kg Li-C/NMC Batteries (149.58 KB)	Prime: University of Maryland Sub: Army Research Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-08-01	3D Printed, Low Tortuosity Garnet Framework for Beyond 500 Wh/kg Batteries (148.24 KB)	Prime: University of Maryland Subs: Army Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-08-01	500 Wh/Kg Batteries with Fluoride Conversion Cathodes and LiPON-Protected Li Anodes (149.59 KB)	Prime: University of Maryland Subs: Army Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-07-31	Transformer Station 11 Replacement (164.57 KB)	TBD	Morgantown, WV	FE/LOC/FO/Engineering & Facilities Team
N	2017-07-28	Development of Passive NC/Nox Trap Catalysts for Low Temperature Gasoline Applications (148.87 KB)	University of Kentucky Research Foundation	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-28	Design and Optimization of Structured Multi-Functional Trapping Catalysts for Conversion of Hydrocarbons and Nox from Diesel and (149.09 KB)	University of Houston	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-28	High-Energy Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Organic Cathode Materials (36.91 KB)	University of Houston	Houston, TX	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-28	Classification of Methane Emissions from Industrial Meters, Vintage vs. New Plastic Pipe, and Plastic-lined Steel and Cast Iron (181.72 KB)	Prime: Gas Technology Institute Subs: AECOM, GHD Services, Inc.	Multiple sites, CA	FE/TDIC/OG/Unconventional Oil and Gas Team
N	2017-07-28	HardSoft AcidBase Chemistry to Detain Polysulfides Inside Li2S@Graphene Formed by Lithiothermic Reduction (37.07 KB)	Prime: Oregon State University Sub: Argonne National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-28	Investigating the Health Impacts of Outdoor Lighting (138.45 KB)	Prime: Virginia Tech Sub: Thomas Jefferson University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-28	Identification of Efficient and Stable Solid-Solid Electrochemical Interfaces (37.05 KB)	Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	College Station, TX	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-27	High Performance Green LEDs for Solid State Lighting (160.47 KB)	University of California	Santa Barbara, CA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-27	Predictive Tools Development for Low Cost Carbon Fiber (36.87 KB)	Prime: University of Virginia Subs: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Penn State University, Solvay Composite Materials Carbon Fibers	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-21	Mask-Free OLED Fabrication Process for Non-Tunable and Tunable White OLED Panels (164.57 KB)	OLEDWorks LLC	Rochester, NY	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-21	Multifunctional Li-ion Conducting Interfacial Materials for Lithium Metal Batteries (37.03 KB)	The Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-21	Sulfur Loaded MS2 Barrier for Control of Polysulfide Shuttling in Lithium Sulfur Batteries (37.08 KB)	Research Foundation of SUNY at Stony Brook	Stony Brook, NY	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-21	Electrochemically Stable High Energy Density LithiumSulfur Batteries (36.91 KB)	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-20	Zeolite Membrane Reactor for Pre-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture (3.08 MB)	Prime: Arizona State University Sub: University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	FE/TDIC/Coal/Carbon Capture Team
N	2017-07-18	Fundamental Studies on the Recovery of REEs from U.S. Coal and Coal By-products (164.1 KB)	Prime: Virginia Tech Sub: University of Kentucky	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships
N	2017-07-18	Integrated WGS/Pre-combustion Carbon Capture Process (New test location) (166.81 KB)	Prime: TDA Research, Inc. Sub: Praxair	Tonawanda, NY	FE/TDIC/Coal/AES Team
N	2017-07-17	Implementing General Framework in MFIX for Radiative Heat Transfer in Gas-Solid Reacting Flows (185.05 KB)	Prime: University of Wyoming Sub: University of California, Merced	Laramie, WY Merced, CA	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships
N	2017-07-17	Scalable Nano-Scaffold SOFC Anode Architecture Enabling Direct Hydrocarbon Utilization (Phase II) (140.33 KB)	Prime: WVU Research Corp. Sub: Atrex Energy	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2017-07-14	Building 42 Mold Remediation (old Navy facility) (196.86 KB)	TBD	Morgantown, WV	FE/LOC/FO/Engineering & Facilities Team
N	2017-07-14	Direct Injection 4.3L Propane Engine Research, Development, and Demonstration (35.46 KB)	Prime: Blossman Services Sub: University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	EE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Team
N	2017-07-13	Robust Real-Time Modeling of Distribution Systems with Data-Driven Grid-Wise Observability (174.09 KB)	Prime: Iowa State University Subs: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Siemens Industry Inc., Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-07-13	Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission caused by Methane Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atl (179.09 KB)	Prime: University of Rochester Sub: US Geological Survey	US Atlantic Margin	FE/TDIC/OG/UOG Team
N	2017-07-13	Kemper County Energy Facility CO2 Storage Complex Feasibility (Task 5.3 Well Drilling - Well #3) (178.71 KB)	Prime: Southern States Energy Board Sub: Advanced Resources International	Kemper County, MS	FE/TDIC/Coal/Carbon Storage Team
N	2017-07-13	Application of a Heat Integrated Post-Combustion CO2 Capture System with Hitachi Advanced Solvent into Existing Coal-Fired Power (167.99 KB)	Prime: University of Kentucky Research Sub: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Smith Management Group (SMG), and Kentucky Utilities Company	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Carbon Capture Team
N	2017-07-10	Bakken Rich Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery (164.44 KB)	University of North Dakota EERC	Grand Forks, ND Williams County, ND	FE/TDIC/Oil & Gas/Unconventional Oil & Gas Team
N	2017-07-10	Sensor Enabled Predictive Analytics (227.4 KB)	Iowa State University	Ames, IA	OE/TDIC/ETD/Energy Delivery & Security Team
N	2017-07-06	Phase II - Processing of SOFC Anodes for Enhanced Intermediate Temperature Catalytic Activity at High Fuel Utilization (265.1 KB)	Boston University	Boston, MA	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2017-07-05	Large-Scale, GPU-Enhanced Approaches for Probing Multi-Component Alloys (179.37 KB)	University of California - Riverside	Riverside, CA	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships
N	2017-07-05	Novel Hybrid Ab Initio Model of High Performance Structural Alloys Design for Fossil Energy Power Plants (167.13 KB)	Florida International University	Miami, FL	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships
N	2017-07-03	Recovery of Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mining Overburden (158.92 KB)	Prime: Inventure Renewables Subs: Texas Minerals Resources Corp., Pennsylvania State University, K-Tech	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Enabling Technologies & Partnerships
N	2017-07-02	Developing Accelerated Test Protocols for Improving Robustness, Reliability, and Endurance of SOFC Cells (155.2 KB)	Prime: University of South Carolina Subs: FuelCell Energy, LG Fuel Cell Systems, University of Louisiana	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Advanced Energy Systems Team
N	2017-07-02	Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Postcombustion Carbon Capture (Subtask 2.4) (152.13 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota - EERC Subs: Milton R. Young Power Station, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FE/TDIC/Coal/Carbon Capture Team