CHEMFINITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

https://chemfinitytech.com/

610-509-4371

AUliana@chemfinitytech.com

ADAM ULIANA

Hispanic American, Other Minority Owned, Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

P2939958

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DEFINITIVE CONTRACT

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Environmental Protection Agency

2023-12-01

PRECIOUS METAL RECYCLING FROM COMPLEX SOLID WASTE USING HIGHLY SELECTIVE POROUS POLYMERS

541715: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)

AJ12: GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH

2024-12-23

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Department of Health and Human Services

REMEDIATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE WATER USING SELECTIVE METAL-HARVESTING MEMBRANES - PROJECT SUMMARY ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) IS ONE OF MINING’S BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL BY-PRODUCTS AND HAS CONTAMINATED THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS OF WATERWAYS GLOBALLY. THIS POLLUTION IS DEVASTATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE, AND HUMAN HEALTH. HOWEVER, CURRENT AMD-REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE EXPENSIVE AND DO NOT EFFECTIVELY SOLVE THE ISSUE, DUE TO THE GENERATION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF SECONDARY STREAMS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS (E.G., SLUDGE). TOWARDS A SOLUTION, THE PROPOSED PROJECT GOAL IS TO DEVELOP OUR PATENTED MEMBRANE-BASED SEPARATION PROCESS, ION-CAPTURE ELECTRODIALYSIS (IC-ED), FOR AMD REMEDIATION, DEMONSTRATING SIMULTANEOUS DESALINATION AND METAL RECOVERY USING A LAB-SCALE PROTOTYPE. OUR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COSTS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND WASTE GENERATION RELATED TO AMD REMEDIATION BY THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE PROCESSES INTO A SINGLE STEP. THESE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF OUR NEXT- GENERATION TECHNOLOGY ALIGN WITH THE NIEHS MISSION AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SUPERFUND RESEARCH PROGRAM IN DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THAT PROTECT HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO MINING- CONTAMINATED WATERS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY UNDER AMD- RELEVANT CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT PROCESSES, HELPING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION—A CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY. OUR FIRST PROJECT AIM IS TO OPTIMIZE OUR FABRICATION METHODS FOR PILOT-SCALE PRODUCTION, ENSURING THAT THE HIGH PERFORMANCE OF OUR NOVEL METAL-HARVESTING MEMBRANES IS MAINTAINED. ONCE THIS IS ACHIEVED, WE WILL INCORPORATE THESE MATERIALS INTO A CONTINUOUS, LAB-SCALE IC-ED SYSTEM. OUR TESTING WILL PROCEED IN STAGES: INITIALLY WITH IDEAL SOLUTIONS, CONTAINING ONLY COPPER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY WITH SYNTHETIC OR REAL AMD SOLUTIONS. WE AIM TO OPTIMIZE SYSTEM PARAMETERS TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST A 90% COPPER CAPTURE RATE AND AT LEAST A 90% DESALINATION RATE, PROCESSING AT A MINIMUM FLOW RATE OF 1 LITER PER DAY. ADDITIONALLY, DEMONSTRATING THE REUSABILITY OF OUR MATERIALS TO MINIMIZE PROCESS DOWNTIME IS CRUCIAL. THUS, WE WILL FOCUS ON SHOWING THAT THE MEMBRANES CAN BE REGENERATED BY DEVELOPING METHODS TO RECOVER THE CAPTURED COPPER. THIS PHASE WILL EXAMINE BOTH IN-SITU AND EX-SITU REGENERATION METHODS, WITH SUCCESS DEFINED BY MAINTAINING AT LEAST 90% OF THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE RATES IN TERMS OF COPPER CAPTURE AND DESALINATION. ACHIEVING THESE AIMS WILL VALIDATE THE FEASIBILITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR AMD TREATMENT APPLICATIONS AND ENABLE US TO ADVANCE OUR LONG-TERM GOALS OF MITIGATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AMD.

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2024-09-12

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Department of Energy

SELECTIVE AND STABILITY-ENHANCING 1-D CRYSTALLINE CHANNELS FOR EFFICIENT OLEFIN PRODUCTION

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2024-07-17

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Department of Energy

CHEMFINITY TECHNOLOGIES INC.- NEW AWARD UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003224 (IGNIITE) WITH CONTROL NUMBER 3224-1785 TITLED ''TUNABLE POROUS POLYMER NETWORKS WITH UNPRECEDENTED EFFICIENCY IN RECOVERING CRITICAL METALS'' DESCRIPTION: ''CHEMFINITY’S PATENTED INNOVATIONS INVOLVE MOLECULARLY TUNABLE FILTER MATERIALS THAT SELECTIVELY RECOVER VARIOUS METALS INCLUDING PLATINUM, RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, AND COPPER FROM CATALYTIC CONVERTER WASTE AND OTHER SIMILAR METAL-CONTAINING WASTES. OUR TEAM HAS SHOWN THAT OUR POROUS POLYMER NETWORK (PPN) MATERIALS DEMONSTRATE AMONG THE HIGHEST REPORTED SELECTIVITIES, CAPACITIES, AND KINETIC UPTAKE RATES FOR METAL CAPTURE (E.G., COPPER,1 IRON,2 BORON,3 NEODYMIUM4).5 FIG. 2 ILLUSTRATES OUR PLATINUM-SELECTIVE MATERIAL ACHIEVES AN ADSORPTION CAPACITY MORE THAN SIX TIMES GREATER THAN THAT OF COMMERCIAL STATE-OF-THE-ART SORBENTS. WE HAVE PUBLISHED OUR DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADING JOURNALS, SUCH AS SCIENCE.5 THE PROPOSED PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP AN ADSORPTION-BASED COLUMN PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS (CMMS) FROM WASTE.''

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2024-03-11

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Department of Agriculture

OUR APPLICATION FOCUSES ON IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR. AT THE HEART OF OUR PROPOSAL IS THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF MANURE, A MAJOR AGRICULTURAL WASTE BYPRODUCT, FROM DAIRY FARMS TO MANUFACTURE SUSTAINABLE AND SCALABLE BIOFUELS. AGRICULTURE ACCOUNTS FOR A STAGGERING 10% OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WITH LIVESTOCK MANURE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING FOR 10% OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. UPGRADING MANURE-DERIVED BIOGAS OFFERS A HIGHLY PROMISING ROUTE TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE THESE EMISSIONS WHILE CREATING A RENEWABLE AND ECONOMIC BIOFUEL SOURCE. HOWEVER, CURRENT BIOGAS UPGRADING TECHNOLOGIES FACE NUMEROUS COSTLY PROBLEMS AND INEFFICIENCIES THAT ESCALATE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR DAIRY FARMERS. THESE BARRIERS DETER NUMEROUS DAIRY FARMERS FROM HARNESSING AND UPGRADING THEIR MANURE TO BIOGAS AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS (RNG). THIS RESULTS IN MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE FARMS TO DIVERSIFY THEIR REVENUE STREAMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES. MORE ALARMINGLY, THE HIGH COSTS OF CURRENT BIOGAS UPGRADING TECHNOLOGIES OFTEN DRIVE FARMERS TO FLARE BIOGAS INSTEAD OF UTILIZE IT, INADVERTENTLY EXACERBATING THE EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND HIGHLY TOXIC POLLUTANTS (E.G., NOX). ON A BROADER SCALE, THE EXORBITANT COSTS OF RNG PRODUCTION FROM BIOGAS VIA TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES PERPETUATE OUR RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS.OUR PROJECT FOCUSES ON CREATING A MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN OVERCOME THE LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING LIVESTOCK-DERIVED BIOGAS UPGRADING TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., AMINE SCRUBBERS). OUR TECHNOLOGY IS OF VALUE DUE TO THE EXCEPTIONAL SEPARATION PERFORMANCE THAT SURPASS THE THEORETICAL UPPER LIMITS OF TRADITIONAL POLYMER MEMBRANES. THE FABRICATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY UTILIZES MATERIALS THAT ARE COST-EFFECTIVE, ENSURING THAT MANUFACTURING COSTS DO NOT INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. IMPORTANTLY, OUR TECHNOLOGY MAINTAINS HIGH STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN HARSH CONDITIONS AND LONG PERIODS OF TIME, MINIMIZING THE NEED FOR REPLACING THE TECHNOLOGY. THE ADVANCEMENTS OF OUR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CHARACTERIZED THROUGH MULTIPLE TECHNIQUES SUCH AS MICROSCOPY, GAS PERMEATION, AND STABILITY EXPERIMENTS.OUR PROJECT'S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ADVANCE NEXT-GENERATION GAS UPGRADING TECHNOLOGIES, SIGNIFICANTLY CUTTING THE ENERGY COSTS AND CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCING BIOFUELS FROM WASTE. THIS INITIATIVE IS ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ORIGINATING FROM LIVESTOCK MANURE. BEYOND REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS, THIS VENTURE PRESENTS AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS TO DIVERSIFY THEIR REVENUE STREAMS, THEREBY OFFERING A DUAL BENEFIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

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