SBIR/STTR Research Award
Small-scale, energy recovery for Reverse Osmosis
Award amount
$249,982Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-07-30
- Contract end date
- 2026-02-04
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 24.4
- Topic code
- A244-071
Research abstract
US Army needs an improved reverse osmosis solution for their existing reverse osmosis modules, such as the Platoon Water Purification System (PTPS) or COTS equivalents that can produce twice (50 gal/hr) the water in 100lbs or less. To address the Army’s needs, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop the Portable Reverse Osmosis for Forward Lightweight Operations (PRO-FLO). PRO-FLO uses a novel pump and energy recovery device via modifying a proven COTS pump for lightweight and high pressure performance. These systems can pump twice the flowrate of the incumbent portable pump in half the mass and therefore can produce more water from a given feed stream, but are currently unable to recovery energy from the pressurized reject brine. Accomplishing that would lead to pump weight savings, allowing a larger membrane module to be packaged in the system without exceeding 100lbs and improving water production rate over the state of the art.
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.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
- Lightweight Portable Water Purification Systems for Military Field Operations
- Lightweight, Portable, Rapid Water Purification System: Capacitive Deionization and -Electrochemical Disinfection for High-Quality Warfighter Sustainment
- Lightweight, Vehicle Compatible Technology for Potable Water at the Point of Need
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