SBIR/STTR Research Award
STRAND BURNER FOR SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL PROBING OF BURNING PROPELLANTS
Award amount
$49,810Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Houtz Instrument & Machine
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL WAS PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO SBIR 87.1 SOLICITATION A87-81 FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A STRAND BURNER FOR SPECTRO-SCOPIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL PROBING OF SOLID-PROPELLANT FLAMES. THE TEST RIG WILL BE A WINDOWED HIGH-RESSURE VESSEL FOR FEEDING A PROPELLANT STRAND BURNING AT A FIXED POSITION. THE MAXIMUM CHAMBER PRESSURE IS 2000 PSI. THE TEST SECTION IS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR QUARTZ WINDOWS FOR FLOW VISUALIZATION AND NONINTRUSIVE COMBUSTION DIAGNOSITC MEASUREMENTS. THE END-CAP PIECE WILL HAVE A WINDOW PORT FOR RADIATIVE IGNITION OF PROPELLANTS BY INFRAREDOR ULTRAVIOLET-ENERGY SOURCE. THE END PRODUCT OF THIS PROJECT IS THE DELIVERY OF THE STRAND-BURNER TEST RIG DESCRIBED IN THIS PROPOSAL.
Technology keywords
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