SBIR/STTR Research Award
Air Riding Thrust Balance System
Award amount
$1,449,092Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Florida Turbine Technologies Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-08-29
- Contract end date
- 2020-08-29
- UEI
- EJ5QQHF7B1P6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Non-DOD
Research abstract
The objective of the air riding thrust balance system is to limit the axial displacement of the rotor relative to the stator.By limiting the axial displacement between rotor and stator the force on the foil bearing can be limited such that it will not be damaged under high maneuver loads or landing loads.A force balance system is created by using a high pressure source air from compressor discharge, and cavities designed with specific areas to control axial restoring forces relative to the cavity clearances.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Sonic Infrared Inspection for Airseals and Spacers
- Lightweight, Durable, Low-Cost Recuperators Designed for Integration with Small Turbo-generators for Future Army Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Innovative Turbine Engine Propulsion Solutions for Class 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Modular Rocket Engine Electric Pumps
- Lightweight, Durable, Low-Cost Recuperators Designed for Integration with Small Turbo-generators for Future Army Unmanned Aerial Systems
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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- Development of an Integrated Tip Timing/ Radar Probe System
- Manufacture of Monolithic Telescope with a Freeform Surface
- 3D Printed Ceramic Matrix Composites for Hypersonics
- Innoflight Middleware System (IMS)
Research funding history
61 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2019). Reported award amounts total $21,420,197. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy