Completed Market Assessments
The following list includes only a portion of the clients and technologies for which New Horizon Technologies has developed market assessments. For each technology, NHT performed extensive review of available literature and other secondary resources, cultivated and interviewed key industry contacts, and developed a summary analysis. Market analysis for these technologies includes barriers, opportunities, and recommended strategies.

Technology List

New agricultural and bioenergy opportunities (12)

Reactor/Separator for Ethanol from Cellulosics
Anaerobic Pump
Cardboard Recycling System for Manufacturing Firestarter Products
Irrigation Valve Solenoid
Harvesting Technology for Chinese Tallow Tree Oil Seeds
Stalk and Root Embedding Apparatus
Automatic Oxygenation System for Aquaculture
Modular Agricultural Carbonizer/Incinerator
Biomass Fractionation Pretreatment Apparatus
Separation of Zein from Bioethanol Process Streams
Indirect Route for Ethanol Production
High-Speed/Low-Effluent Process for Corn to Ethanol and Co-Products

Cleaner, more efficient fossil-fuel development and use (17)

Down-Hole Production Pump and Circulation System
Process for Drying and Stabilizing Low-Rank Coals
Process for Sulfide Reduction & Increased Oil Recovery
Method & Tool for Logging & Drilling
Ejecting Particulates from the Flow Path of a Coal-Fired Turbine Generator
Automatic Gas Light
Ultrasonic Inspection of Tubulars and Vessels
2X4 Drilling and Hoisting System
Reciprocating Rod Pump Seal Assembly
Totally Automated Production System
Vibrating Counter-Flow Heat Exchanger for Hot Solids
Density Separation in Complex-Mode Vibration Fluidized Beds
Complex-Mode Vibration-Fluidized Bed for Coal Pyrolysis
System for Discovering the Locations of Sea Floor
Combustion of Municipal Solid Wastes with Oil Shale in a Circulating Fluidized Bed
Laser Ultrasonic Furnace Tube Coke Monitor

Enhanced building systems (26)

High R-Value Environmentally Safe Rigid Foams
High-Wattage Energy Saving CFL Adaptor for Recessed Downlights
Exterior Central Air Filtering System
Ultraflow Automated Plumbing System
Improved Poured-Concrete Wall-forming System
“System 150” Insulated-Foundation System
Heat and Mass Transfer System
Method and Apparatus for Cleaning Cooling Towers While System is Online
Single-Crystal Whisker Electric Light Filament
Magnetic-Seal Interior Insulating Window
Therma-Wall Gas-Filled Panels
Gibbar-Wall System
Whitecap
Energy Efficient Skylight (SEALight)
Method of Constructing Insulated Foam Homes
Insulation Containment Apparatus
Electronic Starter Device for Fluorescent Lamps
RR-1 Insulating Screw Cap
Thermal Energy Storage for the Small Packaged Terminal Air Conditioning Unit
Dehumidification Enhancement of Air Conditioners by Desiccant Moisture Exchange
Elastomer Bed Air Conditioner/Heat Pump/Heat Recovery
Variable-Speed, Low-Cost Integrated Electronic Motor for Residential HVAC Systems
Multi-Element Selective Emitter
High-Efficiency Variable Dehumidification for Air Conditioners
Carbon-Dioxide Nanoelectronic Sensors
Water Saving Device for Toilets: Smart Flapper

Promising hydrogen advancements (4)

Low-Platinum Loading, Hydrophilic Fuel Cell Electrode
Fuel Preprocessor for a Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit
Chemically Inert Membranes
Higher-Temperature Membrane and Electrode Assembly for PEMFC Device

More competitive renewable energy (10)

High-Throughput Manufacturing of High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Method for Forming Thin Semiconductor Films
Self-Actuating Spillway Control Waste
Solar Skylite Water Heater
The Sunlight Pipe
Ultra-Lowhead Ambient-Pressure Hydroturbine
Float-Zone Silicon Sheet Growth
Two-Phase Hero Turbine with Curved No Separation Nozzles
Extra-Focal, Convective Suppressing Solar Collector
High Energy-Density Energy Storage for PV Systems

Improved industrial processes, equipment, and materials (79)

Second-Stage Drying System
A New Ozone Monitor
Process/Apparatus for Drying Utility Poles and Heavy Timber
Christian Veneer Dryer
Nickel-Based Superalloy with Improved Weldability and Oxidation Resistance
Molten Film High-Intensity Paper Dryer
Lattice Block Materials: Three-Dimensional, Welded-Fiber, Structural Bias-Ply Textiles
Recovering Acid and Metal Salts from Pickling Liquors
Composite Electrodes for Advanced Electrochemical Applications
Microwave Treatment for Pressed Garments
Enhanced Method for Producing Glass Fiber
Metallurgically Bonding Aluminum-Base Inserts within Aluminum Casting
Molten-Metal Flow Control System
Laser Ablative Chemical Etching (LACE)
Pipe-Cleaning Machine
Sag-Resistant Pinhole-Free Coatings
Fusion-Bonded Powder Coatings Applied to Inside of Tubular Goods
Ultraviolet Radiation for Crosslinking of Polybis (Methoxyethoxyethoxy) Phosphazene Tribopolymerization of an Anti-Wear Mechanism
Resistance-Welder Adaptive Control
Dynamic Measurement Scheme for Characterization of Material Property Evolution
Synthesis & Sintering of Fine and Ultrafine Grain NZP Ceramics
Whisker-Reinforced Glass Ceramic
Replacement of Thermally Produced Calcined Clay with Chemically Structured Pigment
Ceramic Fabrication and Compaction Process
Full-Strength Flush-Joint Pipe Connection
Wear-Resistant Composite Structure of Vitreous Carbon Containing Convoluted Fibers
Apparatus for Forming Particles into Shaped Articles
High-Density Active Carbon Electrodes
Hollow Fiber Absorber for Separation Applications
Automated Thermal Treatment of Metals with a Mechanically Fluidized Vacuum
High-Speed, Precision Diamond Particulate Edged Bandsaw
Ozone Generator Dielectric Improvement
Ceramic-Refractory Coatings
Hafnium Carbide Crystal Fiber for Ceramic Cutting Tool Reinforcement
Improved Radiant Burner Material
4000° Radiant Burner Screen Material
Electrolytic Regeneration of Acid Cupric Chloride Printed Circuit Board Etchant
Acme-Nut’s Lubricant Retaining Grooves
Insert Drill Having Three or More Flutes and Method of Manufacture
Thermal Heat Diffusion Treatment of Bulk Powders
Laminated Ceramic Cutting Tool
Electric Rotary Furnace for Glass Molding (Repressing) Precision Optical Blanks
Apparatus and Method for Filtering Molten Metal
Single Device Equivalent to CMOS
Method of Making Steel Strapping and Strip
Silicon Semiconductor Wafer Test
A Pilot Plant Processor for the Production of Silicon
Dye and Pigment Removal from Recycled Plastics
GFX: System for Recovery of Waste Hot Water Heat Energy
Globelin Loom
Carbon-Fiber Composites with Improved Resistance to Fatigue
Burner-Control System
Fiber-Optic Anti-Cycling Device
The Energy Saver
Method of Recycling Hazardous Waste
Process and Apparatus for Extraction and Recovery of Lead
Foamed Recyclables
Surface Plasmon High Efficiency HDTV Projector
Sterol Ice Nucleation Catalysts
Liquid Leak Detection System (Check-A-Leak)
Cyclic Microwave Treatment of Pressed Garments
High-R-Value, Environmentally Safe Rigid Foams Blown With Fluoroidocarbons (FICs)
Methods and Devices for Energy Conservation in Refrigerated Chambers
Refrigerator with Pan Chiller System
Development of Energy Efficient Refrigerator Compressor
Membrane Technology for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems
“Direct Pour In-Mold” for Ductile and Compacted Graphite Iron Castings
Fiber Sizing Sensor/Controller for Optimizing Manufacturing
Enabling Tool for Innovative Glass Applications
Temperature Measurement in Hostile Environments with Microwave Radiometry
Rotary Hearth Mixed-Flow Gasifier
Energy Saving Method of Manufacturing Ceramic Products from Fiber Glass Waste
Pulse Drying Experiment and Burner
Converting Waste Glass Fiber into Value-Added Products
High-Efficiency Regenerator for Air Conditioning and Industrial Drying
Method & Apparatus for Energy Efficient Drying
Apparatus for Removing Bark from Whole Logs
Linear Corrugating
Clean Production of Coke from Waste Carbonaceous Fines

Utility power generation and efficiency enhancements (11)

Electric Utility Energy-Storage Device
Load-Management Device and Method of Use
Flow Integrating Section for a Gas Turbine Engine
Fiber-Optic Current Transformer
Coal (Fired) Air Turbine “CAT” Cycle
Surface-Profiling System Optimized for the Inspection of Turbine Blades
Clean Energy from Municipal Solid Waste
Power Guard
Hydro-Pneumatic Apparatus for Harnessing Ultra Low-Head Hydropower/Steam Generator Feedwater Control System
Utility Interactive Inverter

Greater safety for law enforcement and corrections (4)

Tiger Vision Night Vision Device
Less-Than-Lethal Launcher and Projectile Module System
Blast-Initiation Devices
Automated Light Survey System

Innovations in electronics (3)

Laser Television
Electronic Refrigerant Leak Detector
Electronic Starter Device for Fluorescent Lamps

Higher efficiencies in the commercial sector (7)

Method and Device for Energy Conservation in Refrigerated Chambers
Waste Hot Water Recovery System
Dehumidification Enhancement of Air Conditioners
Linear Motor Refrigerator Compressor
Peripheral Mower Blade
Hydrodyne Process for Tenderizing Meat
Environmental Tensometer

More efficient transportation technologies (15)

Alvar Engine
High-Pressure Electronic Common Rail Fuel Injection System for Diesel Engines
Carsonite Noise Barrier Wall
Process for Manufacturing an Asphalt Modifier/Sealer from Scrap Tires and Waste Oil
Flywheel Electric Battery
Improved Cadmium Electrodes for NiCad Batteries
Dual-Conversion System for High Output, Medium Speed Diesel Engine
Clemson Camshaft
The Turbo-Z Battery Charging System
Combined Battery and Structure for Heightened Energy Storage in Electric Vehicles
Seacoaster
Flow Integrating Section for a Gas Turbine Engine
The Road Patcher
Traffic Assist Traveler Information System
Lightweight and Cost-Effective Cast Aluminum Diesel Engine