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Micro-ignition Components for Heavy Fuel Engines

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-10-C-2047
Agency Tracking Number: O2-0840
Amount: $749,991.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD08-UM3
Solicitation Number: 2008.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-04-07
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2012-06-29
Small Business Information
410 Sackett Point Road
North Haven, CT -
United States
DUNS: 178154456
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Shahrokh Etemad
 Dir of Catalytic Combusto
 (203) 287-3700
 setemad@precision-combustion.com
Business Contact
 John Scanlon
Title: Controller
Phone: (203) 287-3700
Email: jscanlon@precision-combustion.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI), through a DoD Phase I SBIR, has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of catalytic glow plugs as a component enabling heavy fuels in small, high power density engines for unmanned aerial/naval/ground power systems (UAS, UMS, and UGS) and proposes continuing the success with Phase II focused on optimization, design and demonstration of an improved catalytic glow plug. This advances DoD’s objective of deploying small, high power density IC and turbine engines operating on logistic heavy fuels. In Phase II, PCI, with input and assistance from interested companies, will develop catalytic coated glow plugs for high power density engines. This includes development of catalytic coatings/geometry to improve performance and durability, integration of catalytic glow plugs into small, high power density intermittent combustion engines, and adaptation of catalytic glow plugs for stabilization/relight of continuous combustion engines as small gas turbines. After completion of internal development with at least one high power density rotary engine and one gas turbine manufacturer, PCI will offer glow plug prototypes to interested manufacturers/DoD of small, high performance engines for performance and durability testing. PCI will further work to develop the support system required for catalytic glow plug implementation such as power supply integration.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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