Energy Department Manufacturing Institute Announces New Projects for Innovative Process Intensification – University of Kansas is One of Five Awardees

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $4 million for five projects that align with RAPID’s research focus areas in chemical and commodity processing, natural gas upgrading, renewable bioproducts, intensified process fundamentals, modeling and simulation, and module manufacturing.

Manufacturing competitiveness is a top priority for the Trump Administration. RAPID is a part of Manufacturing USA®, a network of DOE-funded institutes that have a specialized technology focus to increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and promote a robust and sustainable national manufacturing research and development (R&D) infrastructure.

The University of Kansas, together with partners at DuPont Biomaterials and Hills Inc., will develop a furan-based polymer membrane for energy-efficient separation of hydrogen from mixed gas streams common to production of ammonia, oil and gas. The other awardees include Washington State University and GTI; The University of Minnesota and RTI International; and The University of Arizona, together with partners at Aquastill, Chemstations, DWP Energy Solutions, and W.L. Gore.

Read the full story from DOE here.