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A Miniature Non-Contact Rail Temperature Sensor

Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: DTRT57-10-C-10083
Agency Tracking Number: DTRT57-09-C-10023
Amount: $300,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 081FR2
Solicitation Number: DTRT5708RSBIR1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-09-17
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2012-10-16
Small Business Information
1291 Cumberland Avenue
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906
United States
DUNS: 944533009
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Yudaya Sivathanu
 Technical Director
 (765) 497-3269
 Yudaya.Sivanthanu@enurga.com
Business Contact
 Deepa Divakaran
Title: Business Manager
Phone: (765) 497-3269
Email: deepa.divakaran@enurga.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

 
This SBIR project will develop a low cost sensor to obtain rail temperatures from a moving train.  The two innovative parts of the proposed sensor are (1) a rugged four wavelength high frequency sensor that accurately measures the natural radiation emitted by the rails, and (2) an advanced algorithm that provides a emissivity compensated temperature from these measurements.
The feasibility of the sensor was established during the Phase I research.  For the Phase II work, a prototype sensor will be designed, fabricated and evaluated under field conditions.  There are four tasks planned for the Phase II work.  (1) Design and fabrication of a prototype sensor, (2) Optimization of software for the sensor, (3) Field evaluation of the prototype sensor, and (4) additional modifications/improvements to the senor based on the field evaluations.  The field evaluations of the sensor will at the end of the Phase II work, a rugged sensor will be provided to the Department of Transportation for continued experimentation and evaluation.

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