SBIR/STTR Research Award
Resonance Igniter for Rocket Engine Ignition
Award amount
$99,971Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SIERRA ENGINEERING, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-06-17
- Contract end date
- 2009-03-12
- UEI
- ES2JNWHMUBV5
- Solicitation number
- 2008.1
- Topic code
- AF081-066
Research abstract
The goal of this SBIR is the design and demonstration of an opposed flow acoustic resonance igniter concept that can be applied to a range of rocket propellant combinations. Along with the hardware demonstration, we plan to exercise the analytical tools necessary to model the transient ignition phenomena in both the igniter and the main chamber. The Phase I effort will address several of the key capabilities necessary to complete this demonstration – ignition characteristics of an opposed flow acoustic igniter, transient CFD modeling of heating and ignition in the resonance tube, and CFD modeling of the transient ignition of the main combustor by the igniter exhaust.
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.
- Prediction and Measurement of the Soot Build-Up in Film-Cooled Rocket Engines
- PERCORP Enhancement for Improved Flight Scene Prediction
- Prediction and Measurement of the Carbon Build-Up in Film-Cooled Rocket Engines
- Improved Thrust Termination Modeling for Solid Rocket Motors
- Improved Thrust Termination Modeling for Solid Rocket Motors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- SYREN - Acoustic Resonance Igniter
- SYREN - Acoustic Resonance Igniter
- Highly Reliable, Reusable, Non-Toxic Rocket Engine Ignition Systems
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2017). Reported award amounts total $9,888,718. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration