[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19575-19576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9691]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Financial Assistance Award: Incisive Engineering, Inc.
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-FG01-95EE15633 to Incisive Engineering, Inc. The proposed
grant will provide funding in the estimated amount of $98,000 by the
Department of Energy for the purpose of saving energy through
development of the inventor's ``Complex-Mode Vibration-Fluidized Bed
for Coal Pyrolysis.''
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 Incisive Engineering, Inc., 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. The technology, if proven economical, will
substantially augment the nation's fuel supply and provide a
critically-needed alternative fuel for future generations. This
vibrating bed design for a coal flash pyrolysis unit prevents
agglomeration of coal particles by using a complex combination of
linear, whirl, and oscillatory motion. The energy required for this
vibratory motion requires only 10 percent of the power to run a gas
fluidized bed. The design also avoids significant heat loss inherent in
fluidized-bed and other designs. By recirculating lime-ash from the
furnace back to the pyrolysis unit to serve as the heat source, IEI's
technology consumes only enough energy required to drive the pyrolysis
reaction. Specifically, IEI estimates that less than two percent of
heat generated in the process is lost, a tremendous savings over the
present technology, which may lose up to half the energy generated
during pyrolysis. The grantee will design, build, and test a complex-
mode vibration-fluidized bed for coal pyrolysis that will produce
liquid and gaseous fuel from crushed coal. The inventor and principal
[[Page 19576]] investigator, Arthur P. Fraas has 22 years experience in
converting coal to gaseous and liquid fuels. For the past three years
he has focused intensely on complex-mode vibration-fluidized beds. 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. This award will be
made 14 calendar days after publication to allow for public comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please write the U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason, HR-
531.21, 1000 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
The anticipated term of the proposed grant is 24 months from the
date of award.
Lynn Warner,
Contracting Officer, Office of Placement and Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-9691 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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