SBIR/STTR Research Award
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Concentrated Black Water to Produce Energy and Low Tier Water
Award amount
$166,499Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-14
- Contract end date
- 2021-10-11
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- 20.B
- Topic code
- A20B-T019
Research abstract
Mainstream proposes to develop a novel black water and high content waste utilization and treatment system. The system will be able to treat wastewater with a minimum Total Suspended Solid (TSS), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of 1450, 1170, and 2930 mg/L, respectively. The technology will enable the production of low tier water in conjunction with energy from these wastes, improving the Army’s self-sufficiency and reducing sustainment demands during distributed operations. Mainstream will demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed technology at a laboratory scale, and perform system analysis to verify that the technology can meet the requirements for scale up in Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Hydrothermal Gasification of Concentrated Black Water to Produce Energy and Low Tier Water
- Production of Biogas for Energy Production using Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Anaerobic Digestion, and Microbial Electrolysis Cells
Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. 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, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency