SBIR/STTR Research Award
TIP SENSOR DEVELOPMENT
Award amount
$54,180Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Vatell Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HJZSDXDC6UC4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORS FOR TURBOMACHINERY BLADE CLEARANCE AND TIME OF ARRIVAL, BASED ON NOVEL EDDY-CURRENT SENSING TECHNOLOGY ORIGINATED BY VATELL CORPORATION. THE NEW SENSING TECHNOLOGY MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BANDWIDTH IMPROVEMENTS FOR BOTH CLEARANCE AND TIME MEASUREMENTS. PROTOTYPE SENSORS RATED FOR 200 GEGREES CENTIGRADE WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED ON THE FIRST STAGE FAN OF A PRATT & WHITNEY JT15-D TURBOJET ENGINE IN THE VIRGINIA TECH TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY. EXPERIMENTAL DATA WILL BE USED TO ESTABLISH EMPIRICAL VALUES IN A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SPEED, CLEARANCE AND SENSOR SIGNAL AMPLITUDE. TEST RESULTS WILL BE REPORTED AND PROTOTYPE SENSORS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE AIR FORCE FOR USE OR TESTING.
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.
- ROCKET PLUME HEAT TRANSFER PROBES
- High Temperature Sensors and Arrays for Turbomachines
- Heat Flux Instrumentation for Building Components
- High Temperature Sensors and Arrays for Turbomachines
- EVALUATE HEAT FLUX MICROSSENSOR FOR AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION
Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–1996). Reported award amounts total $3,882,397. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services