SBIR/STTR Research Award
Logistic-Fueled 500-kW SOFC Power System
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NEXTECH MATERIALS, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-05-11
- Contract end date
- 2009-11-11
- UEI
- FFT3UEC6K414
- Solicitation number
- 2008.3
- Topic code
- OSD08-E09
Research abstract
In this proposed SBIR project, NexTech Materials will determine feasibility of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for large-scale (100+ kW) power generation from military logistic fuels. In Phase I, a conceptual design for a fuel cell power system operating on logistic fuel will be established in order to determine the expected energy density of a 500-kW SOFC system. Various operational modes will be considered, with experimental work to prove feasibility of candidate modes. Additional experimental work will be performed to determine the robustness of NexTech’s SOFCs to various impurities that are expected to be present in the fuel and air streams. In Phase II, the detailed design of a 500-kW system will be completed and validated by sub-scale system testing. A dynamic model will also be established to simulate operability and transient performance of the fuel cell system.
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.
- Low-Cost Metal-Supported Metal Halide Energy Storage Technology
- Low-Cost Metal-Supported Metal Halide Energy Storage Technology
- Reversible Solid Oxide System Design with Integrated Fossil Assets
- Robust and Reversible Metal Supported Solid Oxide Cells for Lunar and Martian Applications
- Conversion of Biogas to Liquid Fuels on Superior Catalysts
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Contaminant Resistant High Power Density Fuel Cells for Military Application
- Logistic-Fueled 500-kW SOFC Power System
- Contaminant Resistant Intermediate Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System for Military Application
- Contaminant Resistant High Power Density Fuel Cells for Military Application
Research funding history
103 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $36,209,442. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency