SBIR/STTR Research Award
Membraneless Water Purification via Continuous, Self-Contained, Vacuum-Assisted Diffusiophoresis
Award amount
$149,999Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2018-12-12
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-12
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- 18.B
- Topic code
- A18B-T005
Research abstract
We propose the development of a membraneless water purification system using continuous, self-contained, vacuum-assisted diffusiophoresis. Using diffusiophoresis allows the system to clean water contaminated with particulates and bacteria without membranes or filters, while producing a stream of fresh, drinkable water. The system will operate using only electricity supplied by portable batteries/solar cells or stationary generators/electrical grids.
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.
- Magnetic Bearings for Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Membraneless Water Purification via Continuous, Self-Contained, Vacuum-Assisted Diffusiophoresis
- Compact and Efficient Membraneless Water Purification
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