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DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE HALON ALTERNATIVES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 15318
Amount: $320,430.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1993
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
200 Yellow Place
Rockledge, FL 32955
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Lawrence Grzyll
 Principal Investigator
 (407) 631-3550
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Research Institution
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Abstract

PHASE I OF THIS EFFORT PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY DATABASE SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING SUITABLE FIRE-SUPPRESSION ALTERNATIVES. DATA ON THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, STRUCTURAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND FIRE-SUPPRESSION PROPERTIES ON AS MANY COMPOUNDS AS POSSIBLE WILL BE ADDED TO THE DATABASE. THE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY DATABASE SYSTEM WILL THEN BE USED TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATE COMPOUNDS WITH IMPROVED FIRE-SUPPRESSION PROPERTIES OVER PREVIOUS MOLECULES. THE FIRE-SUPPRESSION PROPERTIES OF THE CANDIDATE COMPOUNDS WILL BE EXPERIMENTALLY VERIFIED AND ADDED TO THE DATABASE, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING IT. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERICAL APPLICATIONS - SINCE ELIMINATING THE USE OF OZONE-DAMAGING COMPOUNDS IS CALLED FOR IN THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL, THIS METHOD OF FINDING ALTERNATIVE COMPOUNDS COULD BE USED BY THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR FOR DEVELOPING REFRIGERANT ALTERNATIVES AND SOLVENT ALTERNATIVES AS WELL AS FIRE-SUPPRESSION ALTERNATIVES.

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