95-1640. Financial Assistance Award: Dr. Eskil Karlson

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4409]
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[FR Doc No: 95-1640]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Financial Assistance Award: Dr. Eskil Karlson

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy announces that pursuant to 10 
CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a financial assistance award under Grant 
Number DE-FG01-95EE15629 to Dr. Eskil Karlson of Life Support 
Incorporated. The proposed grant will provide funding in the estimated 
amount of $93,675 by the Department of Energy for the purpose of saving 
energy through development of the inventor's Ozone Generator Dielectric 
Improvement innovation which replaces the energy dissipative glass 
insulator in ozone generating devices with a high-dielectric, high-
breakdown-voltage ceramic thin film.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Energy has determined in 
accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1) that the unsolicited application 
for financial assistance submitted by Dr. Eskil Karlson is meritorious 
based on the general evaluation required by 10 CFR 600.14(d) and the 
proposed project represents a unique idea that would not be eligible 
for financial assistance under a recent, current or planned 
solicitation. Laboratory tests have shown this method has already 
attained a reduction in energy requirements for ozone production of 
about 50 percent. The inventor and principal investigator, Dr. Eskil 
Karlson, who has over 100 patents and over twenty years experience in 
the field of ozone generation, will use his skills and experience and 
the engineering facilities of Life Support Incorporated for this 
project. The proposed project is not eligible for financial assistance 
under a recent, current or planned solicitation because the funding 
program, the Energy Related Invention Program (ERIP), has been 
structured since its beginning in 1975 to operate without competitive 
solicitations because the authorizing legislation directs ERIP to 
provide support for worthy ideas submitted by the public. The program 
has never issued and has no plans to issue a competitive solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please write the U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason, HR-
531.23, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20585.
    The anticipated term of the proposed grant is 18 months from the 
date of award.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1995.
Richard G. Lewis,
Contracting Officer, Office of Placement and Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-1640 Filed 1-20-95; 8:45 am]
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