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Combustor Efficiency Sensor for Hydrocarbon-Fueled High Speed Propulsion Systems

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 28244
Amount: $78,658.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1995
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mark G. Allen
 (508) 689-0003
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop and demonstrate a combustion efficiency sensor based on simultaneous CO/CO2/H20 and temperature measurements for integration with aero-propulsion test stands at the Air Force Wright Laboratory. The sensor will derive from ongoing diode laser sensor development programs for a number of industrial and scientific applications. It will consist of a room-temperature tunable diode laser and a unique Balanced Ratiometric Detector (BRD) which permits stable, sensitive, and quantitative measurements over the required range of temperature, pressure, and species concentrations expected in typical combustor flows. The Phase I program will demonstrate the required sensitivity across the sensor's operational ranges of pressures and temperatures using a company-provided external-cavity diode laser/detector system in an available flow facility at PSI. The engineering data gathered during these tests will be used to design a deliverable sensor to be tested and installed as a part of the Phase II program. Phase III commercialization activities will occur in parallel throughout the Phase I and II portions using PSI-owned prototype sensors.

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