SBIR/STTR Research Award
Desulfurization of Biogas Derived from Animal Manure
Award amount
$400,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 8.11
Research abstract
Farms and dairies generate byproducts containing more than 2 quadrillion Btu of energy per year. This energy is either not used at all or used in old and inefficient processes. Particularly, the use of biogas generated from bio-waste in distributed fuel cell systems presents a realistic, near-term solution that can yield large energy efficiency improvements. However, the biogas often contains relatively high concentrations of sulfur compounds that can poison the fuel cell anode and corrode the fuel cell components and process equipment. Our sorbent protects the fuel cell and makes the use of biogas produced from farm-waste and animal manure practical in the fuel cell CHP system.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A Biogas-Tolerant Engine-Generator for Advanced Agricultural Waste Management Systems
- Novel approach to NOx reduction in biogas engine exhaust from anaerobic digestion facilities at dairy farms.
- Novel approach to NOx reduction in biogas exhaust from anaerobic digestion facilities at dairy farms.
- Upgrading Struvite Recovered from Dairy Waste into Marketable Fertilizer and Feed Products
- Anaerobic Production of biohydrogen from food and Agricultural waste
Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services