SBIR/STTR Research Award
Silicon Carbide Based Power Mangement and Distribution for Space Nuclear Power Systems
Award amount
$99,989Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-02-18
- Contract end date
- 2011-09-29
- UEI
- QZMVB44SHW19
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- X8.03
Research abstract
In this SBIR project, APEI, Inc. is proposing to develop a high efficiency, rad-hard, 100's kWe power management and distribution (PMAD) system for space nuclear power systems. The PMAD will utilize SiC JFET power switches; components which APEI, Inc. has irradiated under TID conditions to greater than 3MRad with little to zero change in device performance. The PMAD will implement a modular approach in order to increase efficiency and ease expansion, as well as a multi-level soft-switching power topology which will allow increased transmission voltages (up to 2 kV) and increased efficiency. APEI, Inc. will leverage over a decade of experience in developing high-power, high-density SiC-based power electronic systems in order to realize an efficient, power-dense PMAD solution for space nuclear power systems.
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.
- High Power Density GaN-Based Power Converters for Grid-Tied Energy Storage
- A High Efficiency, High Power Density, GaN-Based DC-DC Converter for Grid-Tied Energy Storage Applications
- Extreme Temperature Radiation Tolerant Instrumentation for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines
- A Modular High Voltage (> 10 kV), High Power Density SiC Power Package for Extreme Environments
- A 300C Power Module Using Wide Bandgap Devices, Advanced Materials/Processes, and High Temperature Integrated Circuits for Geothermal Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Innovative High Temperature Heat Pipes for Spacecraft Nuclear Fission Systems
- Innovative High Temperature Heat Pipes for Spacecraft Nuclear Fission Systems
- Modular Stirling Power System (MSPS)
- Intercooled Turbo-Brayton Power Converter for Spaceflight Applications
- High Efficiency, High Temperature Foam Core Heat Exchanger for Fission Surface Power Systems, Phase II
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2015). Reported award amounts total $19,645,087. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation