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High Accuracy, Turnkey, Minimum Hot Surface Ignition Test Apparatus

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA2487-14-C-0191
Agency Tracking Number: F141-222-0652
Amount: $150,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF141-222
Solicitation Number: 2014.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-07-07
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-03-26
Small Business Information
PA
Lancaster, PA 17601-5688
United States
DUNS: 126288336
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Matt Flannery
 Research Engineer
 (717) 295-6076
 Matt.Flannery@1-act.com
Business Contact
 Frank Frank.Morales
Title: Accounting Clerk
Phone: (717) 295-6092
Email: Frank.Morales@1-act.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

ABSTRACT: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to develop and demonstrate a test apparatus for determining the minimum hot surface ignition (HSI) temperature of flammable liquids. Flammable liquids leaking onto hot surfaces, such as those in an aircraft engine bay, present fire hazards. To properly assess and mitigate these hazards, an in depth knowledge of the HSI process is required. However, due to non-standardized testing and non-uniform surface temperatures, there have been large variations in published HSI data. Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT), in collaboration with Dr. Vytenis Babrauskas, proposes to develop a turnkey hot surface ignition test apparatus with a highly isothermal surface which can be used across multiple research groups to standardize HSI testing and provide accurate results of the minimum HSI temperature of flammable liquids. This custom designed turnkey system will have the capability of controlling the complex variables involved in HSI, such as surface temperature, equivalence ratio, air flow currents, air pressure, and test fluid temperature. BENEFIT: ACT has developed turnkey test apparati for many customers and develops isothermal products for the temperature calibration industry. To commercialize the technology, ACT will manufacture the turnkey HSI test apparatus and market the product toward research institutes, colleges and universities, and companies interested in analyzing HSI risks. The addition of this technology will expand ACT"s product line in the turnkey test apparatus and temperature calibration markets.

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