SBIR/STTR Research Award
SACRIFICIAL ELECTRODES
Award amount
$55,335Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- EIC LABORATORIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- QXCJLSJ7NPC3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ELECTROMAGNETIC THRUSTERS REPRESENT A PROMISING MEANS FOR THE NOISELESS PROPULSION OF SUBMERSIBLE. THE POWER AND EFFICIENCY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC THRUSTERS IS DETERMINED BY THE CONDUCTIVITY OF THE FLUID AND BY THE STRENGTH OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD. THE LOW CONDUCTIVITY OF SEAWATER IS THE MAIN LIMITATION. WE PROPOSE, THEREFORE, TO ENHANCE THE CONDUCTIVITY OF SEAWATER BY ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATION OF A STRONG BASE USING ALKALI METAL BASED SACRIFICIAL ELECTRODES. IN PHASE I WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DOUBLING THE CONDUCTIVITY OF FLOWING SEAWATER WITH LI BASED ELECTRODES. ION CONDUCTIVE SURFACE COATINGS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR SAFE BUT RAPID START UP UPON EXPOSURE TO WATER.
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.
- High Pulse Power and Safe LFP Li-Ion Battery Technologies
- SERS for rapid, on-site multicomponent analysis of water quality
- Creating SERS Sandwich Assays for Disease Diagnosis in Rural Areas
- MQ-9 Drop -in Replacement Li-ion Battery Technology
- Development of a Safer Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Battery for Naval Aircraft Applications Through Thermal Management Design
Research funding history
392 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $89,797,365. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency