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CEGEN Green Energy, LLC
Power Generation Unit uses proven “wind” technology to capture and convert compressor cooler exhaust into electricity. Unit can produce a range of 15,000 to 70,000 kWh per annum depending on cooler or HVAC application, for a low upfront investment, reasonable installation and maintenance costs. Contact: Stephen Morgan, President & Founding Partner smorgan@cegengreen.com; 587-998-9394 Fleet Energy America, Inc. Offering a small scale LNG/CNG dispenser unit ideally suited for stranded gas sites. Also, offering a "TRIFUEL Modular Alternative Fueling Station" that is a modular, plug and play vehicle fueling platform dispensing 3 Alternative Fuels: CNG, LNG and Electric Vehicle Charging. Contact: Perry Babb, President pbabb@fleetenergy.com; 814-574-9121 Frontier Natural Resources, Inc. Operates a small scale natural gas liquefaction facility in Mansfield, PA utilizing natural gas from an adjacent gathering and compression facility. The plant uses a system designed by Dresser-Rand, powered by an 800 kW natural gas generator. LNG is stored on site in vacuum insulated cryogenic storage tanks until transported to market. Contact: Tim Miller, Engineering Manager tim.miller@frontierNR.com; 814-404-8085 Mairfab Inc. Providing a heavy-duty mat product manufactured from recycled auto/truck tires bonded together with a proprietary adhesive compound cured under pressurized conditions. Performance of the “re-bonded rubber” matting indicates exceptional durability, enhancing efficiency and worker safety at drilling/frack sites. Contact: Michael Gates, President michaelg@mairfabinc.com; 717-419-4056 National Energy Technology Laboratory NETL researchers have developed a cost effective and near real-time early kick detection system which will provide drilling operations with an early warning before the kick ascends to the rig floor. This system leverages data obtained from logging while drilling, measurement while drilling, or seismic while drilling signals to detect kicks near the drill bit taking advantage of existing data transfer systems. Contact: Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer Program Manager Jessica.sosenko@netl.doe.gov; 412-386-7417 |
PetroMar Technologies, Inc.
FracView™ is a low-cost LWD borehole imaging tool utilizing advanced dynamically focused acoustic transducer technology to obtain a very high resolution acoustic borehole image in any liquid (including oil-based or synthetic) mud system. Data processing integrates with existing off-the shelf petro physical software packages and borehole image processing modules. Contact: Earle Drack, VP of Business Development edrack@petromartech.com; 610-506-5701 Quiet Professional Solutions LLC Developed a line of covert, persistent video surveillance systems concealed in traffic barrels and plastic jersey barriers at shale well sites to provide variable image fields ranging from a single narrow view to full panoramic imagery. Infrared illuminators provide day/night imaging capabilities. Video is stored on a DVR, with the option to include a cellular gateway for wireless access or real time monitoring. Contact: Daniel Hilty, President & CEO dhilty@qpsolutions.us; 724-762-2898 Sensor Networks, Inc. Developed a commercially available product line of permanently installed battery powered ultrasonic sensors that provide remote, wireless data collection of critical piping infrastructure's wall thickness data. The evolutionary product line is intended to offer the highest performance, non-intrusive corrosion monitoring solution at the best price point in the market. Contact: Jim Barshinger, President barshinger@sensornetworksinc.com; 814-466- 7207 TechKnowServ Provides a Total Asset Management solution for "flow iron" (high pressure oil and natural gas fracking and flow back equipment). Seeking to expand capabilities to offer a semi-automated solution integrating RFID and sensing technology with probabilistic failure algorithms to allow proactive routine maintenance based on identified failure models. Contact: Tom Hay, President tomhay@techknowserv.com; 814-237-0144 Tri-Force Consulting Services Inc. MyShaleWell™ is a commercially available SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) cloud based platform to manage complete well site logistics, acting as a marketplace to connect key providers and services essential for productivity and efficiency of workers, processes, materials, equipment, monitoring, training, safety and security in real time. Contact: Manish, Gorawala, Founder & CEO mgorawala@triforce-inc.com; 215-740-6806 |
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Cold Energy Recovery from LNG Regasification
Contact: nkhan@andrew.cmu.edu; LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/nyla-khan Microemulsion phase behavior model: extension of HLD-NAC based equation of state to include impure excess phases Contact: Daulet Magzymov, PhD graduate student, Energy and Mineral Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University dqm5519@psu.edu; Advisor: Dr. Russel T. Johns Effect of Brine Nyla Khan, M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Composition on Oil Recovery from oil-wet Carbonate Reservoirs Contact: Prakash Purswani, Energy and Mineral Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University pxp5185@psu.edu; Adviser: Dr. Zuleima Karpyn Optimizing Sensor Placements for Infrastructure System Management by using Probabilistic Models and Value of Information Contact: Carl Mailings, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University cmalings@andrew.cmu.edu |
Climate Effects of Power from Coal and Gas - CCS Timing, Methane Emissions, and Climate Uncertainty
Contact: Greg Schivley, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University gs1@cmu.edu Reservoir Souring Experiments, Modeling and Understanding Contact: Hang Wen, Energy and Mineral Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University hzw122@psu.edu; Advisor: Dr. Russel T. Johns Fast and Robust Pattern Recognition for Re-Stimulation Candidate Selection using Subsurface Big Data Contact: Eddie Udegbe, PhD Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University ezu102@psu.edu Feasibility Study of Fuel Alternatives to the CMU Shuttle Service Contact: Srijana Rai, Graduate Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University srai@andrew.cmu.edu |
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Aridea Solutions*
Developing an on-demand pneumatic actuated valve system operated through a proprietary software interface via the internet (IoT), allowing remote control at hard to access midstream sites Contact: Christopher May, Account Executive cmay@aridea.com; 304-342- 0796 Epiphany* Providing a well pad based hybrid powered (solar, NG, or hard-wired) produced water remediation solution housed in 20 ft. shipping containers that uses a proprietary crystallizing chamber where all of the contaminants in the water drop out, leaving pure steam that can be further evaporated for zero discharge Contact: Gordon Craig, Chief Technology Officer gordon@epiphanysws.com; 412-465- 0601 INS – Industrial & Enterprise IoT Solutions INS distributes products, offers technical support and provides IT services for wired and wireless machine networking applications. INS provides its customers with best-in-class products, support and services for their critical wired and wireless machine networking applications with an emphasis on “Internet of Things” (IoT) solutions. Contact: Nick Swartzbeck, Business Development Manager nswartzbeck@industrialnetworking.com; 412-297-9874 KCF Technologies* Company “gives machines a voice” utilizing wireless vibration sensor diagnostics and transmitting data via the cloud to provide a system-level dashboard that reports equipment health, avoiding problems like unexpected failures of pumps, fans, and compressors Contact: Jeremy Frank, President jfrank@kcftech.com; 814-867-4097 Optimum Pumping Technology* Offers high-performance manifolds for reciprocating NG compressors that eliminate pulsation control bottles and their vibration-related failures, significantly improving compressor reliability and efficiency Contact: Glen Chatfield, President gchatfield@optimum-power.com; 412-257-9070 Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University The Center focuses on using and delivering the energy we already have more efficiently through:
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Synergos Global Solutions
Developing, promoting and transitioning innovative technological solutions to threat detection and classification challenges encountered daily by emergency service responders, increasing the capacity of the responder community through the development and fielding detection/analysis tools that will better prepare the contemporary Emergency Service Provider to react more quickly and with greater confidence to current and emerging threats. Contact: Adam Miller, Chief Executive Officer amiller@synergosglobal.com; 616-227-6826 TM Filtration* Provides filtration technology to effectively separate for removal the NGL’s and other contaminates (including water) from natural gas through the use of their Gas Flow Membrane Technology Contact: Carl Steiner, Founder Carl_Steiner@fluideng.com; 814-456-1448 TZero Research & Development, LLC Specializes in the development of low-cost and low-power acoustic sensors capable of remotely detecting the presence and concentration of methane levels to sub-100 ppm accuracy. Deploying multiple sensors enables the creation of a wireless mesh of measurements that allow for remote monitoring of infrastructure health and possible gas leakage. With disruptively low price targets, the overall costs associated with monitoring gas leakage at the main well sites as well as along the transportation pipelines are dramatically reduced. Contact: Stephen Wells, Co-Founder, Acoustician stephen.wells@tzerolabs.com; 814-931-6905 Verizon Wireless IOT Solutions Group IoT and M2M technologies are changing how businesses operate. Organizations that have started using IoT solutions are benefitting in many areas. Companies that haven’t are scrambling to keep up. Verizon Wireless through their IoT Solutions Team can assist companies in exploring available IoT options. Contact: Rick Hufnagel, IoT Vertical Account Manager richard.hufnagel@verizonwireless.com; 412-360-9500 *Denotes Previous Shale Gas Innovation Contest Winner |
About ben franklin technology partners
Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, provides investment capital, operational assistance, and entrepreneurial support to emerging tech-based companies and small, existing manufacturers for the purpose of creating and retaining jobs in Pennsylvania.
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William Hall, Executive Director (814) 863-4881 |