SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fast Acting Solid State Silicon Carbide (SiC) based Fault Current Limiters for Electrical Distribution Systems
Award amount
$299,979Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-09-02
- Contract end date
- 2009-09-02
- UEI
- QZMVB44SHW19
- Solicitation number
- 2006.2
- Topic code
- N06-134
Research abstract
Fast and accurate fault protection and isolation has always been an important feature of electric networks; in particular, this includes high reliability and robust networks such as the electric distribution systems of US Navy warships. This feature, however, is now critical for the development of next-generation warships (such as the Zumwalt Class DDG 1000) due to the present (and future) power requirements of the warship propulsion and weapons systems. The ability to protect, isolate and re-route power increases the warship fight-through capabilities, and thus is a high system design priority for the new destroyers. The main goal of Phase II of this program will be to develop a full-scale 4.16-kV / 4-kA three-phase SSFCL solution for the next generation Zumwalt Class Destroyer (DDG 1000).
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.
- A Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Shipboard Power Systems
- Application of Fault Current Detection and Limiting Technology on Electrical Distribution Systems for Naval Ships
- Ultrafast Mechanical Switch for Hybrid Current Limiters
- Fast Acting Solid State Silicon Carbide (SiC) based Fault Current Limiters for Electrical Distribution Systems
- A Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Shipboard Power Systems
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