SBIR/STTR Research Award
On-demand, Rapid-response, Ionic Liquid Monopropellant Gas Generator
Award amount
$99,996Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-08-08
- Contract end date
- 2009-02-04
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 2008.A
- Topic code
- A08-T022
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc. and the Pennsylvania State University (Professor Stefan Thynell) propose a novel gas generator concept utilizing inert and safe ionic liquids as monopropellants and innovative techniques for their fast ignition and stable, sustained combustion. An STTR program is proposed to develop the concept into a gas generator system that can be operated only when needed and responds extremely rapidly when activated. A Phase I program is planned to demonstrate the feasibility of key elements of our gas generator concept. It will include performance predictions and evaluation of various monopropellants, detailed measurements of the ignition, ignition delay, and combustion characteristics of candidate monopropellants and initiation schemes, considerations of system level issues, and a plan for Phase II developments.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- On-demand, Rapid-response, Ionic Liquid Monopropellant Gas Generator
- Ionic Liquid Monopropellant Based Gas Generator
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. 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, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency