SBIR/STTR Research Award
TRANSIENT NOX/SOOT MONITOR
Award amount
$49,949Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS PROPOSED THAT WOULD PRODUCE AN INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF PROVIDING REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS OF BOTH NO AND SOOT CONCENTRATIONS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUSTS. THIS INSTRUMENT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF MONITORING TRANSIENTS IN EMISSION WITH A RESOLUTION APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT TO ONE ENGINE CYCLE. THE NECESSITY FOR THIS INSTRUMENT IS CLEAR; FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ARE BECOMING STRINGENT ENOUGH TO MANDATE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF EMISSION PRODUCTION AS A FUNCTION OF THE SPECIFICS OF ENGINE OPERATION. INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE PROPOSED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW ENGINE MANUFACTURERS TO CRITICALLY ASSESS THEIR ENGINES PERFORMANCE OVER THEIR ENTIRE OPERATING ENVELOPE. THE KEY TO THE TECHNICAL APPROACH IS TO MEASURE CONCENTRATIONS OF BOTH NO AND SOOT WITH ABSORPTION/EXTINCTION DIAGNOSTICS IN THE INFRARED AND PACKAGE THE INSTRUMENT IN A FASHION THAT FACILITATES ITS APPLICATION TO ENGINE TEST STANDS.
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.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency