SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative Thermoelectric Power Generation for UAV Applications
Award amount
$78,475Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Technology In Blacksburg Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2011-01-06
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- CLLECDWG5CK6
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- N103-208
Research abstract
Onboard waste heat recovery systems for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) offer improved efficiency and operational capability. Systems based on modern thermoelectric generator technology offer the most practical and cost-effective option for near-term development into a commercial product. Techsburg will build on prior thermoelectric generator-UAV system integration research and development to show feasibility of solid-state waste heat conversion on a modern UAV. Thermoelectric systems can provide waste heat energy recovery for additional power on long endurance missions, and also provide on-demand heating or cooling of critical aircraft components during the mission. Previous work has shown fuel efficiency gains which result in significantly improved endurance and time on station. Compact, conformable systems will be designed and modeled during Phase I, and analyzed for both small and large UAVs to show the overall concept feasibility over a range of aircraft sizes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- High Performance Nanoscale Thermoelectric Generators for UAVs
- Dual Mode Waste Heat Scavenging System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- High Performance Nanoscale Thermoelectric Generator for UAVs
Research funding history
43 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $14,258,989. 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