BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Increasing focus on biofuels accentuates the need for accurate property values for these compounds. This project aims to produce a critically evaluated database of thermophysical properties for 30 important biofuel compounds. The project will include literature review, measurement, prediction, and critical review to provide the best possible recommended property values.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
60NANB10D020 |
Funding Agency |
Department of Commerce |
| Total Award Amount |
$627,500 |
Project Location - City |
Provo |
| Award Date |
01/08/2010 |
Project Location - State |
UT |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
84602-1231
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| Jobs Reported |
1.24 |
Congressional District |
03 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
009094012
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| Recipient Address |
A-41 ASB |
| Recipient City |
PROVO |
| Recipient State |
Utah |
| Recipient Zip |
84602-1014 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
03 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Biofuels Thermophysical Properties |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
General Science |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
The evaluation and inclusion of pure-component data into the database is nearly completed. The remaining compounds are in the final stages of evaluation, and we estimate that they will be ready for inclusion in the database in the next 2-3 months.
Experimental measurements of pure component properties including vapor pressure, density, and viscosity have proceeded for several compounds which were lacking adequate published data. Density measurements have been performed with an Anton Paar oscillating tube densitometer; viscosity measurements have been performed using a Schott Geräte viscometer. An apparatus for measuring vapor pressure via the mass loss transpiration method has been acquired for measurement of very low vapor pressures. Additionally a stainless steel apparatus with direct pressure measurement is in use for compounds with moderate vapor pressure. Experimental results for these pure component properties are being included in the previously outlined Design Institute for Physical Properties 801 evaluation process.
The paper Joe Bell submitted to the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data on the experimental measurements he performed has been accepted and published. The article was published on the web March 11, 2013 and is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je301348z. These data have been added to the biofuels database.
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| Jobs Created |
1.24 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
0.98 student research assistant jobs were retained. 0.26 other administrative jobs were retained. The jobs that were paid from this project are the equivalent of 1.24 full time jobs. To get the FTE, the total number of hours worked was divided by 520 hours (the number of FTE hours in a quarter). |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
13-0549 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
01/08/2010 |
| Award Number |
60NANB10D020 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
13 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Department of Commerce |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
13 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Department of Commerce |
| Amount of Award |
$627,500 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$379,937 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$421,966 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
U20 - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
General Science |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
1 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$33,670 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
81 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$38,502 |
Mettler-Toledo, Inc. - Award Number 60NANB10D020 - Mettler-Toledo, Inc.
| Award Number |
60NANB10D020 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
194649323 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
43240-4035 |
| Vendor Name |
Mettler-Toledo, Inc. |
| Product and Service Description |
High Temperature Thermogravimetric Analyzer |
| Payment Amount |
$33,670 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
40º 14' 59",
-111º 38' 59" |
| Congressional District |
03 |
| Address 1 |
University Hill A-285 ASB |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Provo |
| County |
Utah |
| State |
UT |
| Zip |
84602-1231 |
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