Congratulations to the 19 quarterfinalists who were announced today by U.S. Department of Energy as winners of the Innovation contest! Each winner will receive $50,000 in cash and advance to the Teaming contest of the competition. The competitors were chosen from more than 160 submissions, and come from 12 states and representing universities, industry, and national labs.
- Heat Storage for 24-Hour Solar Desalination, Arcadia, CA
- Solar Thermal Enhanced Evaporation, Minneapolis, MN
- NoAir: Super-Vacuum Gap NanoMembrane Distillation, Gainesville, FL
- TSSE Desalination of Hypersaline Brines, Santa Barbara, CA
- Sorption-Based ZLD Technology, Houghton, MI
- Portable Treatment of Oil/Gas Wastewater with ZLD, Corvallis, OR
- Forward Osmosis – Biomimicry at Work, Rohnert Park, CA
- STREED - Resonant Energy Exchange Desalination, Houston, TX
- Zero Discharge Multi-effect Adsorption Distiller, Trenton, NJ
- Modular Inexpensive Solar-Thermal Evaporative Desal, Andover, MA
- Solar Aqua Flex: Off-Grid Solar Still, Nashville, TN
- Brine Concentration with Managed Salt Precipitates, Hopewell, NJ
- Urban Solar-Desal Building, College Park, MD
- Membrane Distillation with Ceramic Membranes, Storrs, CT
- Mimicking Rain Cycle Using Traveling Liquid Beads, Los Angeles, CA
- Switchable Solvent Water Extraction from Brine, Rohnert Park, CA
- X-VAP: Self-Contained Distillation, Houston, TX
- CCR’s LTDis Technology, Frisco, TX
- 100% Solar Transcritical Water Desalination, Pittsburgh, PA
Stay tuned for updates on the next phase of the competition.
