SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nanomechanical Water Purification Device
Award amount
$599,969Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Seldon Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-11-22
- Contract end date
- 2006-11-21
- UEI
- HKJMWKQ1STC4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A5.02
Research abstract
Seldon Laboratories, LLC, proposes a lightweight, low-pressure water purification device that harnesses the unique properties of carbon nanotubes and will operate for an extended period of time to remove microorganisms from large quantities of water. Seldon's proprietary production process results in a membrane composed largely of carbon nanotubes fused to one another. This project will build on the successful results of the Phase I testing to treat higher volumes of water by creating larger membranes and housings suitable for use in spacecraft. The very low pressure requirements will significantly reduce energy and other input requirements. The device will be sufficiently versatile so as to be incorporated into existing systems or used as a standalone system for water treatment.
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.
- Elimination of Microbial Contamination in Kerosene and Kerosene Based Aviation Fuels by Filtration Approach Utilizing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Med
- Elimination of Microbial Contamination in Kerosene and Kerosene Based Aviation Fuels by Filtration Approach Utilizing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Med
- Recovery Act - Novel Carbon Nanotube Containing Media for Water Separation from B-100 Biodiesel
- SBIR Phase II:Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for making highly efficient water separation membranes for ultralow sulfur diesel fuels
- Application of a Fused Carbon Nanomaterial Filter for Lunar Dust Abatement
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Carbon Nanotube Based Electric Propulsion Thruster with Low Power Consumption
- Design Sensitivities of Response/Fatigue Life of Panels to Thermo-Acoustic Loads
- Self-Assembly of Nanocomposite Nonlinear Optical Materials for Photonic Devices
- High Speed Photodetector for Terahertz Applications
- Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor
Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2011). Reported award amounts total $3,044,140. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy