SBIR/STTR Research Award
A WHISKER REINFORCED CERAMIC ALLOY FOR MILITARY DIESEL ENGINES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CERAMICS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO OFFER A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DIESEL ENGINES. PRECEDING DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PROGRAMS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE LIMITATIONS OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CERAMICS WHICH INCLUDE BRITTLENESS AND FRICTION AND WEAR PROPERTIES. A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A WHISKER REINFORCED CERAMIC ALLOY THAT WILL RESULT IN A TOUGH CERAMIC ALLOY WITH FRICTION AND WEAR CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE LUBRICATION FOR 1100 DEG F OPERATION. SUCH A CERAMIC COMPOSITE WILL PERMIT MILITARY DIESEL ENGINES WITH INCREASED FUEL ECONOMY, HIGH POWER DENSITY AND REDUCED HEAT REJECTION.
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.
- AM of Layered Structures
- Large Parts Additive Manufacturing
- High Value Carbon Products from Domestic Coal
- Ultra-lightweight Lubrication Free Hybrid Carbon Composite Ring-less Piston Engines for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
- Solid State Non-powder Process for Boron Nitride Nanotube Metal Matrix Composite
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2018). Reported award amounts total $100,117,977. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation