SBIR/STTR Research Award
Inexpensive Ethylene Monitor for Use with Perishable Commodities
Award amount
$350,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Polestar Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- CW9GKK95L7Y8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The Phase II effort is to be conducted to complete the development of a new ethylene monitor with a detection limit at or below critical levels for storage of perishable commodities. The research effort will help with the development of a new ethylene monitor for use with control systems to regulate ventilating and/or scrubbing of the atmosphere within storage and transport contains to minimize damage to perishable commodities during these operations. The proposed monitor could also be used in establishing optimal levels of ethylene during controlled de-greening of harvested fruits and vegetables.
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.
- Wearable Fentanyl Analog Sensor
- Carbon Nanotube Array-based Nanosensor for Autonomous and Direct Measurement of Carbonate
- Solar Powered Dewvaporation Desalination System
- Carbon Nanotube Array-based Nanosensor for Autonomous and Direct Measurement of Carbonate
- Miniaturized Sensor Array Platform for Monitoring Calcium, Conductivity, and pH in Urine Brine
Research funding history
54 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2018). Reported award amounts total $17,557,837. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation