AIL RESEARCH INC
Combined Heat and Power system with integrated thermal recovery for energy-efficient controlled environment agriculture, including desiccant dehumidification, CO2 recovery, and wastewater recycling.
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Hopewell, NJ
- Total capital
- $3.3M
- Federal grants
- $2.1M
- 5 awards · 2016–2025
- Rank in peer group#3 of 28
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $1.2M
- 3 awards · NASA, Defense
- Rank in Agritech#34 of 882
- Granted patents
- 3
- 8 pending · first 2015
- Rank in peer group#4 of 28
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantAgriculture · Heat Stress In Livestock, Now A Major Economic Burden For Farmers, Will Only Get Worse As The Intensity Of Heat Stress Events Continues To Increaseif Mitigating Measures Are Not Aggressively Pursued. One Industry Expert Estimates The $36 B Swine Industry Incurs Heat-stress Losses Of $900 M Per Year. Comparable Heat-stress Losses Are Borne By The Other Segments Of The Livestock Industry.our Technical Solution To Mitigating Heat Stress Will Focus On Animals Raised Indoors, Where Our TECHNOLOGY'$175K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Integrating Combined Heat and Power into Controlled Environment Agriculture$199K
- Federal grantAgriculture · The Project Will Expand Agricultural Water Resources By Proving The Efficacy With Which A Novel, Thermal Distillation Process Separates Waste Brine Into Pure Water And Solid Mineralsthat Can Be Landfilled Or Sold To A Secondary Processor For Mineral Recovery. In The Preferred Implementation, Solar Collectors Supply The Thermal Energy Needed To Drive The Process, Thereby Meeting USDA'S Program Priority To Expand The Use Of Alternative And Renewable Energy. Although The Projects Seeks Toexpand$649K
- Federal grantAgriculture · A Thermal Distillation Process For Expanding Water Resources$100K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Efficient Liquid Desiccant and Chloride Removal for Corrosion Mitigation and Control$969K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I For Topic No: AF131-203$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Estcp Project Number EW-201137 For "lddx: A High-efficiency Air Conditioner For DOD Buildings"$1M
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal contractNASA · Solar Liquid-desiccant System.$20K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 28 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#3 · top 11%
- Granted patents#4 · top 14%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
No founders are linked to this company yet.
Founders appear once a person is matched to the company through its own patents, grants or filings. We never infer people from social profiles.
Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 11- PendingA Compressor-driven Thermal Separation Process Using Diffusion Gap Distillation And Wicking, Thermally Conductive Heat Transfer SurfacesUSPTOApplication 18727788
- GrantedDewpoint Indirect Evaporative CoolerUSPTOUS 10,739,079
- GrantedMethods For Enhancing The Dehumidification Of Heat PumpsUSPTOUS 10,655,870
Show all 11 patent records
- A Compressor-driven Thermal Separation Process Using Diffusion Gap Distillation And Wicking, Thermally Conductive Heat Transfer SurfacesFeb 27, 2025 · Application 18727788Pending
- Dewpoint Indirect Evaporative CoolerAug 11, 2020 · US 10,739,079Granted
- Methods For Enhancing The Dehumidification Of Heat PumpsMay 19, 2020 · US 10,655,870Granted
- Solar Energy CollectionOct 13, 2015 · US 9,157,659Granted
- Apparatus For Diffusion-gap Thermal DesalinationApplication PCTUS2012041677Pending
- Heat And Mass Exchangers Having Extruded PlatesApplication PCTUS2012041661Pending
- Transparent Radiant Cooling PanelsApplication PCTUS2025041023Pending
- Heat And Mass ExchangerApplication PCTUS2005012150Pending
- A Compressor-driven Thermal Separation Process Using Diffusion Gap Distillation And Wicking, Thermally Conductive Heat Transfer SurfacesApplication PCTUS2023036365Pending
- Dewpoint Indirect Evaporative CoolerApplication PCTUS2015011640Pending
- Methods For Enhancing The Dehumidification Of Heat PumpsApplication PCTUS2014062262Pending
Related companies, and why
- KUEHNLE AGROSYSTEMS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $1.4M in contracts
- GEARJUMP TECHNOLOGIES LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $1.4M in contracts
- FULCRUM BIOSCIENCE, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $1.4M in contracts
- EUREKA GENOMICS CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $1.1M in contracts
- HARRISVACCINES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $877K in contracts
- J.M. MALONE & SON, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $831K in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.
Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .