SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fuel Reforming Systems for High Mach Aircraft
Award amount
$749,957Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1996Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Aircraft designed for high Mach number flight must incorporate active cooling in the turbo-ramjet propulsion system. The required cooling can be provided by endothermic reactions of the fuel prior to combustion. TDA Research proposes to investigate hydrocarbon reforming reactions as a method of absorbing heat on high Mach number aircraft. Hydrocarbon reforming reactions are very endothermic and produce hydrogen that could be used to increase combustion rate. TDA will analyze the effects or reformed fuels on ramjet specific impulse, evaluate catalysts that could be used for hydrocarbon reforming, and design heat exchanger/reactors for on board hydrocarbon reforming.
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.
- Corrosion and wear resistant coating for rotary engine seals and surfaces
- SBIR TOPIC 111, PHASE II: A COMPACT PORTABLE MEDICAL OXYGEN GENERATOR
- A Mobile Application for Prediction of Blast Overpressure Exposure in Civilian and Military Operations
- Low-Temperature Secondary Batteries for the Lunar Surface
- Lunar Surface Secondary Battery Modules for Continuous Day/Night Operation
Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services