SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Emissions Water Heater Burner
Award amount
$219,950Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ALTEX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LVHYQFMMY538
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Millions of gas fired residential and commercial water heaters are installed nationwide. Uncontrolled NOx emissions from these units are high, relative to industrial low NOx burner emissions. New low cost approaches to control NOx are needed, to limit emission from water heaters.
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.
- Desulfurizer for JP-8 Fueled Tier 4 Engines (JP8T4)
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-010774, Topic 8.4b, "Innovative Process for Developing a Balanced Biofertilizer and Biogas CO2 Removal Biochar from Combined Pyrolysis and Anerobic Digestion"
- Battery Grade Graphite Production from Biomass
- DOE Ph I DE-SC0023831, DOE FOA DE-FOA-0003279, DOE Topic C56-18b, "Compact and Low-Cost Thermal Management for Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fuel Cells"
- DOE Phase I DE-SC0022445, FOA DE-FOA-0002859, DOE Topic 21f, "Enhanced Biochar for Soil Reclamation Co-Produced by a Drop-In Biofuels Process"
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,304,403. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration