SBIR/STTR Research Award
A MEMBRANE CONCENTRATOR FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION
Award amount
$487,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JZ1RVB5TNLX9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A VAPOR DETECTION SYSTEM ABLE TO ANALYZE ORGANIC VAPORS AT VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO SCREEN AIR TRAVEL PASSENGERS AND THEIR BAGGAGE FOR EXPLOSIVES. THE LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY REQUIRED FOR THE DETECTOR IS BETWEEN 1 AND 100 X 10-15 G OF THE MATERIAL OF CONCERN. CURRENT DETECTORS WITH THIS SENSITIVITY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR USE AT AIRPORT GATES. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A MEMBRANE SEPARATION SYSTEM TO CONCENTRATE ORGANIC VAPOR IN A DILUTE AIR STREAM 1,000- TO 10,000-FOLD. THIS LEVEL OF PRECONCENTRATION WOULD ALLOW THE USE OF DETECTORS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SENSITIVE AND, CONSEQUENTLY, MORE ROBUST AND LESS COSTLY.
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.
- STTR Phase II: New Perfluorodioxolane- and Perfluorodioxane-based Copolymer Membranes for Gas Separations
- STTR Phase I: New Perfluorodioxolane- and Perfluorodioxane-based Copolymer Membranes for Gas Separations
- SBIR Phase I: Hybrid Membranes with Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Removal from Natural Gas
- Membrane Process for solvent Reclamation and Reuse
- SBIR Phase II: Carbon-Ceramic Composite Membranes for Olefin-Paraffin Separations
Research funding history
191 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2016). Reported award amounts total $31,990,487. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration