SBIR/STTR Research Award
Generator Power Recapture
Award amount
$149,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PC KRAUSE & ASSOCIATES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2016-06-16
- Contract end date
- 2017-03-16
- UEI
- SJR4NTU7XBE4
- Solicitation number
- 2016.1
- Topic code
- AF161-008
Research abstract
The Air Force rebuilds and tests many aircraft and ground-power generators each year, involving many hours of loaded run-time. Currently, the generator testing uses resistive load banks, meaning that all of the energy is wasted. To improve facility energy efficiency and to have a positive environmental impact, a regenerative ac/dc load bank is proposed to push power from generator testing back to the electric grid. The proposed generator power recapture unit (GPRU) will load the generators according to their respective test procedures by emulating resistive and inductive loads. The GPRU will support testing of single/three phase generators operating at 400 Hz, 50/60Hz and dc.
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.
- Energy-Aware Autonomy for Air Vehicles
- Electric Aircraft Health Management Algorithms and Infrastructure
- Affordable Electrical Accumulator Unit
- High-Temperature, High-Efficiency Electrical Starter/Generator
- Energy Conserving Power Control Module System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
108 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $57,862,355. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy