SBIR/STTR Research Award
PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER QUALITY MONITOR
Award amount
$48,136Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- O I Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A WATER QUALITY MONITOR CAPABLE OF MEASURING THE CONDUCTIVITY, PH, ORGANIC CONTENT, AND AMMONIA LEVELS OF RECLAIMED WATER IN A REGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM IS SOLICITED. A MONITOR CAPABLE OF THE RANGES SPECIFIED WITHOUT THE USE OF REAGENTS DOES NOT PRESENTLY EXIST. O.I. CORPORATION PROPOSES SPECIFIC LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATION USING NOVEL TECHNIQUES OF OXIDATION AND DETECTION OF ORGANIC CONTENT, TO DETERMINE THEIR FEASIBILITY OF USE IN THE WATER QUALITY MONITOR. O.I. CORPORATION FURTHER PROPOSES THE SUBCONTRACTING OF A SURVEY EFFORT TO BABCOCK AND WILCOX TO DETERMINE THE MOST SUITABLE APPROACH AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR CONDUCTIVITY, PH, AND AMMONIA. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL RESULT IN A SPECIFIC WORK PLAN, COMPLETE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, FEATURES, AND METHODS, FOR ANALYZER. THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION OF A PROTOTYPE
Technology keywords
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