SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONTAMINANT RETURN FLUX EXPERIMENT AND MODELING
Award amount
$249,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ASSOC., INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A RETURN FLUX EXPERIMENT OF VEHICLE EMITTED GASES, VIA COLLISIONS WITH THEAMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, IS PRESENTED. THE SENSORS AND SOURCES REQUIREMENTS ARE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NECESSARY MODELING PARAMETERS ASSESSMENT. THE EXPERIMENT PACKAGE IS DESIGNED FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THE SHUTTLE PAYLOAD BAY. THE SENSORS TO BE EVALUATED INCLUDE A PRESSURE GAUGE WITH DIRECTIONAL SENSING AND DIRECTIONAL SHIELDING CAPABILITY ANDA MASS SPECTROMETER. SHUTTLE INTEGRATION REQUIREMENTS ARE DETERMINED FOR EXPERIMENT HARDWARE AND ORBITAL CONDITIONS.
Technology keywords
Not reported