Tech Licensing Opportunity: Realtime Electrochemical Waveform Control with Integrated Performance Monitoring
ID: BA-1394Type: Special Notice
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ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OFENERGY, DEPARTMENT OFBATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE–DOE CNTRIdaho Falls, ID, 83415, USA

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Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120)

PSC

FUEL CELL POWER UNITS, COMPONENTS, AND ACCESSORIES (6116)

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https://sam.gov/opp/d851420b80374df2b87f3f9f4b57b980/view
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    Special Notice ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF is seeking a Tech Licensing Opportunity for Realtime Electrochemical Waveform Control with Integrated Performance Monitoring. This technology integrates active waveform analysis for live performance monitoring and optimization in electrochemical devices. It offers a breakthrough in the operation of electrochemical devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and electrolysis systems by enabling continuous performance analytics and optimization without interrupting normal operations. The key advantages include live performance monitoring and optimization, application of complex waveforms without halting device operation, improved precision in performance analytics for large-scale systems, high-resolution data collection for health assessment of devices, potentially reduced capital costs, and increased system efficiency. This technology solves the challenges of real-time system monitoring, precision analytics in large-scale electrochemical systems, lack of sophisticated power electronics in large electrolysis systems, and collecting high-quality information from large systems. It has market applications in large-scale electrolysis plants, fuel cell operators, industrial scale green energy production, and research and development facilities. The technology is currently at TRL 3 and has a US Provisional Patent Application. Interested parties can contact td@inl.gov for more information.

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    Andrew Rankin
    andrew.rankin@inl.gov
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