2W ITech LLC — Department of Energy SBIR Phase I: 20e
2W ITech LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Energy.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Energy in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $150,001. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code 20e links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $150,001
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 20e
- Solicitation
- DE-FOA-0001770
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-04-09 → 2019-01-08
Description
Water management is not only crucial to meet the needs of growing population and expanding industrialization, it also significantly affects the future of the water-energy nexus- Large volumes of water produced from the oil and gas operations through horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing present both localized management challenges and potential opportunities for beneficial reuse- Hence, efficient water treatment technologies that can potentially save energy, cost and most importantly handle chemical laden high saline water mixed with organics and biologics is critical for sustainable industrial growth of petroleum industry- This program will utilize forward osmosis, an emerging membrane based technology that uses natural osmosis as driving force to treat the highly contaminated produced water- Next generation high flux thin film nanocomposite membrane, fabricated via a proprietary molecular layer-by-layer fabrication method, will be utilized in combination with an award winning switchable polarity solvent draw solute to create a forward osmosis (FO) platform technology that is capable of easily transported and installed at remote sites-