SUBMICRON SIZE DROPLETS OF WATER CHARGED EITHER

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Army	Award ID: 39	Program Year/Program: 1983 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 39	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Energy Innovations, Inc.
8709 Knight Rd. Houston, TX 77054
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: Yes

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1983

Title: SUBMICRON SIZE DROPLETS OF WATER CHARGED EITHER

Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $23,100.00

Abstract:
THE ARMY HAS A NEED TO PLACE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE ON POWDER PARTICLES USED TO GENERATE BATTLEFIELD SMOKE. CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF DOING THIS TASK ARE EACH NARROWLY LIMITED TO APPLY CHARGE OF A PARTICULAR POLARITY TO PARTICLES HAVING PARTICULAR PHYSICAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS. THE TURBULENT ELECTROGASDYNAMIC METHOD DOES NOT HAVE THESE LIMITATIONS, AND IT IS AS CONVENTENT AND PRACTICAL TO USE AS IT IS VERSATTLE. THIS METHOD INVOLVES TURBULENT MIXING OF A STREAM OF POWDER IN AIR WITH A SUPERSONIC STREAM OF AIR CONTAINING POSITIVELY OR NEGATIELY. TURBULENCE CAUSES THESE CHARGED AEROSOLS TO ATTACH TO THE PARTICLES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SIZE, PHYSICAL, OR CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL BE A THEORETICAL AND EXPERI- MENTAL EFFORT DESIGNED TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPROACH. A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EGD POWDER SPRAY GUN WILL BE USED TO STUDY A PROCESS SO THE ARMY WILL HAVE PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT ONCE THE METHOD IS PROVEN VIABLE.

Principal Investigator:

Business Contact:
Meredith C. Gourdine
2016742727

Small Business Information at Submission:

Energy Innovations Inc
320 South Harrison Street East Orange, NJ 07018

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No