SBIR/STTR Research Award
A REAL-TIME, NON-INTRUSIVE AMMONIA MONITOR FOR COAL PROCESS STREAMS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
AMMONIA (NH3) WILL BE USED INCREASINGLY IN FLUE GAS NOX ABATEMENT PROCESSES; NH3 IS THE SOURCE OF NOX IN COAL GASIFIER/HEAT ENGINE PROCESSES. NO SENSITIVE, ACCURATE NH3 MONITOR IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL OF THESE PROCESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A REAL-TIME, NON-INTRUSIVE NH3 MONITOR FOR ON-LINE PROCESS CONTROL. THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF NEAR ULTRAVIOLET OR VISIBLE FLUORESCENCE FROM NH OR NH2 EXCITED BY INTENSE ULTRAVIOLET PULSES. THIS INSTRUMENT IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A LINEAR MEASUREMENT OF NH3 DOWN TO THE 1 PPM LEVEL. USE OFAN INTENSE, SHORT PULSE FLASHLAMP SOURCE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE INSTRUMENT.
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.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency