SBIR/STTR Research Award
A BORON ASSISTED COMBUSTION MODEL WITH SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- AERODYNE RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HTMHV7AL9A86
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SOLID BORON HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A POTENTIAL HIGH VOLUMETRIC DENSITY PROPELLANT FOR VOLUME LIMITED ROCKET AND AIR BREATHING PROPULSION SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, ACHIEVING THIS POTENTIAL HAS BEEN DIFFICULT DUE TO LOW COMBUSTION AND HEAT RELEASE EFFICIENCIES IN CONVENTIONALLY DESIGNED COMBUSTORS. A THREE PHASE MODEL OF BORON ASSISTED COMBUSTION IS POSTULATED AND THE ROLE THAT KINETIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS CAN PLAY IN ELUCIDATING CRITICAL MODEL REACTIONS AND PROCESSES IS EXAMINED. A PHASE I PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT A BORON ASSISTED HOMOGENEOUS COMBUSTION PHASE MODEL IS PRESENTED. PHASE II EFFORTS WOULD EXTEND THIS COMBUSTION MODEL AND THE NECESSARY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS CONCEPTS TO THE HETEROGENEOUS COMBUSTION PHASES OF IGNITION AND EXHAUST CONDENSATION.
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.
- Airborne Spectroscopic Static Temperature Sensor
- Real-time mapping of dissolved sulfur in soil with high spatial and temporal resolution
- Autonomous Method to Quantify and Localize Hydrogen Facility Emissions
- Autonomous Method to Quantify and Localize Hydrogen Facility Emissions
- Autonomous Shortwave Spectroradiometer for Retrieval of Cloud Properties from Marine Platforms
Research funding history
410 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $116,799,166. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce