SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of an Active, Man-Portable, Cooling System for Use with Personal Protective Clothing/Equipment (PPC/PPE)
Award amount
$997,431Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2014-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2016-08-14
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0001072
- Topic code
- 48b
Research abstract
Mainstream has developed an active cooling system that can provide a cool/dry environment to workers in enclosed protective clothing/equipment. The technology is lightweight, comparable to a small backpack in size, and will improve working conditions so that heat stress is no longer a concern for workers wearing fully encapsulating suits.
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.
- Magnetic Bearings for Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency