SBIR/STTR Research Award
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS.
Award amount
$35,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., RECENTLY CONCLUDED A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A MODEL SYSTEM FOR VENTING UNDERGROUND GASOLINE SPILLS. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT VENTING PROVIDES A VIABLE WAY OF REMOVING THE CONTAMINANT WHILE PREVENTING VAPORS FROM ESCAPING ABOVE GROUND. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THESE RESULTS BE USED AS A BASIS FOR THEDEVELOPMENT OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL WHICH RELATES THE RELEVANT OUTPUT PARAMETERS OF THE PROBLEM (EG., FLOW RATES, CONCENTRATION PROFILES) TO THE GIVEN VENTING CONDITIONS (EG., SOIL CONDITIONS, DEPTH OF WATER TABLE, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS). THE MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS FOR DIFFUSION AND FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA. PROVEN NUMERICAL METHODS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO SOLVE THE EQUATIONS FOR THE VARIETY OF CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED IN FIELD VENTING APPLICATIONS. REFINEMENTS TO THE MODEL WILL BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF COMPARISONS BETWEEN PREDICTED AND MEASURED CONCENTRATION PROFILES. THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO PRODUCE A TRACTABLE MODEL WHICH CAN PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF A VARIETY OF VENTING DESIGNS FOR CONTROLLING VAPORS EMITTED BY UNDERGROUND SPILLAGE OF TOXIC MATERIALS.
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.
- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. 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 Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy