SBIR/STTR Research Award
STTR Phase I: Havesting Hydrokinetic Energy Using Vortex Induced Vibration and Fish Biomimetics: 1-5 kW System Development
Award amount
$149,990Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- VORTEX HYDRO ENERGY LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MHNKDMFEQJR3
- Solicitation number
- NSF 07-586
- Topic code
- EO
Research abstract
This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project will transition an innovative 1-5 kW energy generating system from the University of Michigan (UM) Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory (MRELab) towards the commercial market place. The system is based on a system of cylinders that are made to oscillate by water currents at velocities as low as 1-2 knots (water turbines require 5-7 knots). It is through this mechanism that the converter harvests the hydrokinetic energy. This project, if successful, will yield a new means of harvesting energy from low velocity currents. Additionally, this system is believed to have fewer impacts on aquatic wildlife than turbine based systems.
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.
- Current Energy Harnessing using Synergistic Kinematics of Schools of Fish-Shaped Bodies
- STTR Phase II:Havesting Hydrokinetic Energy Using Vortex Induced Vibration and Fish Biomimetics
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2013). Reported award amounts total $799,990. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy