SBIR/STTR Research Award
METALLIC OR METAL CARBIDE COMPOSITE
Award amount
$49,925Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- EYLXLDGF9VA5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED IN THE BARRIER INDEX OF ELECTRON EMISSION FROM THERMIONIC EMITTERS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURES ABOVE 1400OC. DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED (SINGLE CRYSTAL) METAL OXIDE COMPOSITES PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM HIGH-PACKING DENSITY ARRAYS OF SMALL METAL FIBERS (1 X 106 PINS/CM2) WITH RADII OF <0.2 UM) THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR APPLICATION AS THERMIONIC EMITTERS IN ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES. TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY CORPORATION (TEC) PROPOSES DETAILED ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE USE OF VARIOUS SUCH METAL OXIDES WITH METAL CARBIDE MATRICESAS THE CATHODE MATERIAL IN THERMIONIC DEVICES. EXPERIMENTALDETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCIES OF THE METAL-PIN/MATRIX SYSTEMS COMPARED TO PLANAR EMITTERS WILL BECONDUCTED.
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.
- Verification of Coldworking and Interference Levels at Fastener Holes
- Measurement of Residual Stresses in Difficult Locations
- Measurement of Residual Stresses in Difficult Locations
- AN ON-LINE X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD FOR DETERMINING GRAIN SIZE IN POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-SPEED PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR THE IN-FIELD QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASBESTOS
Research funding history
14 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2004). Reported award amounts total $2,517,121. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy