# ClearSign Technologies ClearSign Technologies is an Asset Manager based in Tulsa, United States. ## Overview - **Organization type:** Asset Manager - **Headquarters:** Tulsa, United States - **Region:** North America - **Address:** Tulsa, OK, United States - **Founded:** 2008 - **Assets under management:** Undisclosed - **Website:** clearsign.com ## Regulatory record - **Reports private funds:** No ## About ClearSign Technologies was founded in 2008 with a focus on re-engineering industrial combustion to slash nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions without the capital burden of traditional catalytic systems. The company, publicly listed on Nasdaq, develops burner and sensor technologies designed to integrate into existing process heaters, boilers, and refinery equipment. Its Core platform is positioned as a retrofit-compatible alternative to selective catalytic reduction (SCR), a market historically dominated by large-scale environmental engineering firms. The firm's go-to-market strategy pairs direct hardware sales with licensing agreements, concentrating on petrochemical refining, power generation, and commercial steam operations. Deployment is structured around collaborative field trials with regional boiler operators before scaled orders — a low-upfront-cost model aimed at regulated smog-prone basins. Named operational deployments have included burner retrofits for California-based enhanced oil recovery steam generators, a performance validated in joint testing with Aera Energy. Geographic focus spans North American non-attainment zones, notably the San Joaquin Valley and the Texas Gulf Coast, where NOx limits have tightened under EPA oversight. Research and development efforts remain concentrated alongside applied engineering partners in the Seattle area, while the corporate headquarters and commercial functions anchor in Tulsa. In May 2024, ClearSign received a multi-unit process burner order from a Texas-based refiner for a furnace compliance project (per the firm's public disclosures, 2024). The company's adjacent intellectual property portfolio includes a compact 'Duplex' plug-and-play burner architecture designed for low excess-air operation. ClearSign's structural differentiator lies in owning the combustion physics rather than the post-combustion clean-up. By controlling flame chemistry inside the burner tile — eliminating the need for ammonia or urea injection — the firm's technology sidesteps the reagent supply chain and hazardous-material handling requirements that define the incumbent SCR market. This turns the emissions-control cost from a permanent opex layer into a capex event amortized inside the burner maintenance cycle. ## Sectors - Energy Transition & Renewables - Industrial Tech ## People - Colin James Deller — Chief Executive Officer ## Questions ### Who runs investment decisions and corporate strategy at ClearSign Technologies? Chief Executive Officer Colin James Deller leads executive decision-making for the publicly listed firm. The board of directors provides governance oversight, with Deller responsible for capital allocation strategy, including deployment into ongoing patent-protected research and development for the Core and Duplex burner platforms. ### How does ClearSign source its commercial pipeline? ClearSign generates commercial orders through a combination of direct sales to refinery operators, field trial partnerships with regional boiler operators in EPA non-attainment zones, and technology licensing arrangements. The firm has historically used collaborative field validation — such as its joint testing with Aera Energy in California — to derisk the procurement decision for prospective customers before they place full-scale retrofit orders. ### What is ClearSign's intellectual property posture? The company owns a portfolio of patents governing in-flame NOx suppression, including its Duplex plug-and-play burner architecture. By controlling combustion chemistry at the burner tile, ClearSign circumvents the ammonia or urea injection systems required by selective catalytic reduction competitors, turning a recurring reagent cost into an embedded capital asset. ### Which regulatory environments drive demand for ClearSign's technology? Demand is tightly correlated with state and federal NOx attainment status. The firm's active commercial geographies include California's San Joaquin Valley and the Texas Gulf Coast, both of which face tightened EPA ozone standards that push operators beyond the limits of conventional burner design, accelerating retrofit cycles. ## Related profiles - [BEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP](https://altss.com/profile/beasley-broadcast-group-inc) --- Last updated: 2026-06-03T20:00:00.000Z Canonical page: https://altss.com/profile/clearsign-technologies-corp Maintained by Altss — https://altss.com — methodology: https://altss.com/methodology