SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
Award amount
$124,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ALTEX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2018-05-14
- Contract end date
- 2019-10-14
- UEI
- LVHYQFMMY538
- Solicitation number
- 18.1
- Topic code
- N181-013
Research abstract
High efficiency and high specific power fuel cells are ideal for providing electric power, for UAS missions. In the 1-10 kWe auxiliary power range required for UAS applications, fuel cells maintain their high efficiency, while other power sources cannot compete. Altex is proposing to leverage its 0.25-l0 kWe proven fuel cell power systems, which operate on MIL Spec JP-8, JP-5, SPK and biofuels, to develop an Integrated Fuel Cell System (IFCS) for integration with UAS, which is scalable from 1 to 10 kWe and meet the topic requirements, including high altitude UAS operation. Under Phase I of the proposed project, design and bench scale testing will be utilized, to show the feasibility of the approach. The Phase I work will be the basis of a Phase I Option and Phase II effort, under which a 1 kWe prototype will be developed and delivered, for high fidelity testing.
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.
- Desulfurizer for JP-8 Fueled Tier 4 Engines (JP8T4)
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-010774, Topic 8.4b, "Innovative Process for Developing a Balanced Biofertilizer and Biogas CO2 Removal Biochar from Combined Pyrolysis and Anerobic Digestion"
- Battery Grade Graphite Production from Biomass
- DOE Ph I DE-SC0023831, DOE FOA DE-FOA-0003279, DOE Topic C56-18b, "Compact and Low-Cost Thermal Management for Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fuel Cells"
- DOE Phase I DE-SC0022445, FOA DE-FOA-0002859, DOE Topic 21f, "Enhanced Biochar for Soil Reclamation Co-Produced by a Drop-In Biofuels Process"
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
- Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
- Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
- Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
- Compact, Lightweight, Power-Dense, Integrated Fuel Cell System
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,304,403. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration