A project team with industrial manufacturing company Ingersoll Rand of Bloomington, Minnesota, received $150,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Commercialization Fund to support its project for commercialization of ionic liquid lubricant additives designed to enhance efficiency and durability of heating, ventilation and air conditioning compressors. Teams must receive a 50 percent match of non-federal funds from private partners to receive a TCF award.