SBIR/STTR Research Award
Microcombustion Power Generator (MPG)
Award amount
$99,953Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Irvine Sensors Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2009-11-23
- Contract end date
- 2010-08-27
- UEI
- QS98AJNH3J28
- Solicitation number
- 2009.2
- Topic code
- OSD09-EP2
Research abstract
The Microcombustion Power Generator (MPG) is a new type of fueled-based power source designed for applications in the Micro Air Vehicles and other small Unmanned Aerial Systems. The MPG combusts liquid hydrocarbon fuels to produce heat and generates electrical power by thermoelectric conversion. With an estimated mass of about 130 grams, a preliminary concept for the MPG shows that it’s capable of producing 35 Watts nominal with an energy density of 420 W-hr/Kg. The projected performance of the MPG is about 3.5 times higher than the Lithium-ion battery being used by the Air Force today for the MAV. The MPG technology is also highly scalable. A concept for a 10 grams MPG power source is capable of delivering 3.5 Watts with an estimated energy density of 350 W-hr/Kg. In Phase I ISC proposes to develop a baseline MGP system design and conduct detailed designs and analyses of the major components, such as the micro combustor, heat exchanger and thermoelectric generator.
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.
- Stacked Programmable Analog and Digital Electronic System (SPADES)
- ANGEL Warrior
- Reconfigurable, Hybrid, Three-dimensional Memory with Infinitely Scalable Interconnect Architecture (RHyTHM Ø2)
- LIDAR Enabled Detection and Tracking
- Counter-UAS Capabilities Enabled by LIDAR
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Technology to Extend Mission Duration of USAF Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS)
- Power Generation and Storage for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV)
- A Novel Nanomaterial-enabled Hybrid Power System
- New Power Source for Micro Aerial Vehicles
- Power Generation and Storage for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV)
Research funding history
186 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2021). Reported award amounts total $64,762,800. 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, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security