SBIR/STTR Research Award
Reusable In Situ AirCore System for CO2 and Trace Gas Measurements
Award amount
$99,992Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- KALSCOTT ENGINEERING, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2009-01-22
- Contract end date
- 2009-07-22
- UEI
- KNGUBRJ8WAD1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S1.08
Research abstract
A novel design for an in situ atmospheric sensor for CO2 and trace gases is proposed. The sensor, named AirCore, provides the advantages of existing in situ sensors (e.g. high resolution) but eliminates possible biases in analysis that often originate from imperfect measurement condition. The AirCore provides a significant savings in cost and weight while increasing the capabilities of existing in situ sensors. The AirCore system consists of the AirCore gas sampler and the support system to accomplish its high altitude (nominally 70,000 ft.) mission. This support system includes the sensor launch and recovery components. The AirCore can be launched and recovered by a crew of two which reduces the operational cost of the 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.
- Multipurpose Autonomous Ground Vehicle for Airfield Operations
- Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Airfield Support
- Rapidly Deployable Unified Air Traffic Monitoring System
- Organic Airspace Monitoring System for Aerial Wildfire Response Operations
- Low SWaP-C RemoteID Device for UAS
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Investigating an Instrument for Measurement of Hyperspectral Backscattering in Natural Waters
- A total Ammonium Reactor (NHxR) for In-Situ Mobile Measurements: A Critical Tool to Understand Aerosol Formation
- Portable Atmosphere Scanning LIDAR
- Compact CO2 Instrumentation for Small Aerial Platforms
- Luminescent Sensors for Ocean Water Monitoring
Research funding history
57 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2025). Reported award amounts total $18,451,949. 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 Energy, National Science Foundation