SBIR/STTR Research Award
SODIUM HEAT ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
Award amount
$113,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Technology Holding, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- U52NGYKN42H6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE SODIUM HEAT ENGINE (SHE) IS AN EFFICIENT DEVICE FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY. THE DEVICE HAS HIGH SPECIFIC POWER BOTH ON A VOLUME AND WEIGHT BASIS, HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF SIZE, AND NO MOVING PARTS WHICH IMPLIES POTENTIALLY HIGH RELIABILITY. THESE ATTRIBUTES MAKE THE SHE AN ATTRACTIVE DEVICE FOR SDI APPLICATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION FOR THE SHE ARE LARGELY UNDERSTOOD AND DEMONSTRATION UNITS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED, MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CURRENT DESIGNS ARE NECESSARY FOR DEPENDABLE OPERATION IN A SPACE ENVIRONMENT. A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT AND EVALUATE A COST EFFECTIVE SODIUM RECIRCULATING CELL TO SERVE AS A TEST BED AND PROTOTYPE DEVICE FOR SPACE POWER APPLICATIONS.
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.
- High Energy Density Synthetic Fuel
- Novel Method to Produce Renewable JP10
- HoodLab - A system for neighborhood scale environmental data visualization, crowdsourcing and data exploration tool using edge processing for real-time updates
- Honeycomb Hollow Carbon Fiber Composites
- Innovative Method for Development of Hemp based Fabric
Research funding history
138 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $44,688,257. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture