SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fast Payback Solar Water Heater
Award amount
$143,984Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AEROPHASE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-11-15
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MKYNRJTLL974
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0000715
- Topic code
- 03e
Research abstract
Water heaters use about 16% of the energy used in the typical home. This is an unnecessary financial burden on most home owners and an unnecessary burden on US energy supplies. Currently, the high cost of solar hot water systems discourages alternatives to Natural gas, Propane and electric water heaters. It is the primary objective of the proposed SBIR phase I & amp; II projects to develop a very low cost solar water heating system that also has low installation costs. Commercial Application and Other Benefits Currently, Solar Water Heaters are only utilized in 1% of US homes. Compare that to Israel where 91% of homes use solar water heaters. The US has a great opportunity to save money and energy resources by increasing the use of solar water heating. Manufacturing and installation of solar water heaters in the US will also create many new jobs.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- COVID-19 Rapid Response: Bio-Aerosols in Agriculture and Food Processing
- Treatment of NTM Respiratory Infections with Inhaled Drug Delivery
- Portable Multi-fuel Shelter Heater
- IGF OT IGF TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS WITH INHALED DELIVERY OF CLOFAZIMINE
- Alternative Reaction/Extraction Media to Reduce Energy and Cost of Biodiesel Production
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- 3e Swept External Cavity Quantum Cascade Lasers for Remote Detection
- Fast-Payback Polymeric Solar Water Heaters with Controlled Heat Transfer
- Carbon Nanotube-based Solar Water Heater
- Low-Cost Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Heaters
- Real-Time Size-Distributed Measurement of Aerosol Mass Concentration
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2020). Reported award amounts total $3,533,356. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture