SBIR/STTR Research Award
THERMOELECTRIC BATTERY CHARGER FOR FIELD USE
Award amount
$52,855Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Phlogistronics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PLAN TO BUILD AND TEST A THERMOELECTRIC BATTERY CHARGER THAT IS INTEGRAL WITH A 1-QT SAUCEPAN, WITH THE THERMOELECTRIC ARRAY FIRMLY AFFIXED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN, YET PROTECTED FROM THE FIRE, AND THE EM-SILENT BATTERY CHARGER CIRCUITRY WITHIN THE HANDLE. SAUCEPAN, GENERATOR, CIRCUITRY, AND CABLE TOGETHER WILL WEIGH LESS THAN 5 LB. WHEN PLACED ATOP A COOKING FIRE, AND WHEN CONTAINING WATER, IT WILL PROVIDE A CONSTANT ONE-AMPERE CURRENT, SUITABLE FOR CHARGING THE BB-586/U 13.2-VOLT SEALED NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERY USED IN FIELD COMMUNICATION SETS, DISCONNECTING AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE TEMPERATURECORRECTED BATTERY VOLTAGE INDICATES A FULL CHARGE.
Technology keywords
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