SBIR/STTR Research Award
Not Available
Award amount
$69,958Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2000Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Ophir Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- KBW8KJC952H4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Not Available Active magnetic bearings (AMB) make potential revolutionary Flywheel Energy Storage Systems (FESS) designs possible. However, their inability to sustain and operate through transients is limited. Since bearing reliability, size and weight are crucial in space based FESS, a durable, compact high-speed touchdown bearing is needed. A lightweight Zero Clearance Auxiliary Bearing (ZCAB) suitable for high-speed operation is proposed to meet this need. MiTi has already demonstrated a ZCAB at speeds to 10,000 rpm under 14-g shock loads and simulated AMB failure. Under this program MiTi will 1) establish a preliminary design of a light-weight, high-speed ZCAB suitable for vacuum operation; 2) select the key materials and lubricants for the ZCAB; 3) Establish the Phase II preliminary test rig designs to qualify the ZCAB at high speed; and 4) Prepare a final report.
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.
- A LIDAR for Mapping Dense Aerosols
- Multifunction Lidar for Air Data and Kinetic Air Hazard Measurement
- Multifunction Lidar for Air Data and Kinetic Air Hazard Measurement
- Low Cost, Compact, Direct Detection Wind and Temperature Lidar for Measurements in the Boundary Layer
- Low-Cost, Compact, Multi Directional Low Airspeed Indicator for Rotary Wing Aircraft
Research funding history
66 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $11,986,589. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce