SBIR Phase II: Ultra-Clear and Insulating Aerogel for Energy-Efficient Windows

SBIR 第二阶段：用于节能窗户的超透明隔热气凝胶

• 批准号: 2155248
• 负责人: Kyle Wilke
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: AEROSHIELD MATERIALS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2155248&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Ultra; Clear

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project develops a novel, double-pane window insulated with a sheet of the company’s proprietary super-insulating aerogel. This aerogel window can achieve a center-of-glass U-factor of 0.18 BTU/h/ft2/F (1.02 Watt per square meter per Kelvin) and could enable cost-effective energy savings of 1.2 quadrillion BTUs by 2030, reducing the $20 billion in energy lost each winter in the U.S. In addition to this $3-5 billion annual market for the aerogel, this work also extends to other markets, such as transparent doors for refrigeration and ovens, and solar thermal receivers for process heat (~180 °C), where each represent significant opportunities for energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions (a $3.3 billion opportunity in commercial freezer and refrigerator doors, and a $3.0 billion opportunity in industrial process heat for solar thermal). By 2050, this new material technology could offset over 1.5 billion tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions and enable revolutionary designs for more efficient transparent insulation. The intellectual merit of this project addresses key technical barriers for inclusion of super-insulating aerogels in window insulated glass units, focusing on two main risks. This project will: (1) demonstrate scaling of aerogel sheets to window relevant sizes with adequate optical and thermal properties, focusing on producing the 14” x 20” standard test size in the window industry; (2) demonstrate the durability of the aerogel using materials with these same dimensions for windows, which require 20+ year product lifetimes. This award will explore key cost drivers for manufacturing aerogel, create aerogel-insulated window designs, and test a full-scale (greater than 4 square feet) window prototype.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小型企业创新研究阶段项目开发了一个新颖的双层窗口窗口，该窗口隔热了一张公司专有的超级绝产品。这个气囊窗口可以实现0.18 btu/h/h/ft2/f（每平方米每平方米1.02瓦）的玻璃中心窗口，并可以促进到2030年到2030年的成本效益能源节省1.2亿BTU，到2030年，每年冬季还浪费了200亿美元的5-5亿美元的市场，同时还会浪费200亿美元的市场，以至5-5亿美元的营销市场，这是一年一度的亿万美元的市场，同时还可以在3-5亿美元的市场上销售。用于制冷和室外的透明门，以及用于工艺热量的太阳能接收器（约180°C），每个接收机都代表了节能和温室气体减少的重要机会（在商业冰柜和冰箱门中有33亿美元的机会，以及在Solar Thermal的工业过程中提供30亿美元的机会）。到2050年，这项新的材料技术可以抵消每年二氧化碳排放量超过15亿吨，并促进革命性设计，从而获得更有效的透明绝缘材料。该项目的智力优点涉及将超级胰岛凝胶纳入窗户绝缘玻璃单元中的关键技术障碍，重点是两个主要风险。该项目将：（1）展示将气瓶板缩放到窗户相关的尺寸，并具有足够的光学和热能性能，重点是生产窗户行业的14英寸x 20英寸标准测试尺寸； （2）使用具有相同尺寸的窗户的材料来证明气凝胶的耐用性，窗户需要20年以上的产品寿命。该奖项将探索制造空气盘，创建Aerogel绝缘窗户设计的关键成本驱动力，并测试全面的窗户原型（大于4平方英尺）的窗户原型。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。