SBIR/STTR Research Award
INFRARED MOISTURE MONITOR
Award amount
$473,256Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8CQNLSSAZY4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SMALL CONCENTRATIONS OF WATER VAPOR IN THE HELIUM LOOPS OF AHIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTOR (HTGR) CAN ADVERSELY EFFECT THEFUEL ASSEMBLIES AND GRAPHITE STRUCTURES. SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PRESENT MOISTURE MONITOR MAKE IT DESIRABLE TO EXPLORE OTHER TECHNIQUES. WE PRESENT A METHOD BASED ON BROADBAND INFRARED ABSORPTION OF H(2)O IN THE 2.7 UM REGION WHICH IS RELIABLE, RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, AND SENSITIVE OVER THE 1 - 10,000 PPM H(2)O CONCENTRATION RANGE. BY CHOOSING ADDITIONAL BANDPASSES IN THE 2.7 UM REGION IT IS ALSO FEASIBLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MONITOR BOTH CO AND CO(2) CONCENTRATIONS IN THE RANGE OF 1 PPM OR GREATER. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHASE I RESEARCH ARE TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE THE CRITICAL ENGINEERING AND COST CONSTRAINTS AND EMPLOY THESE IN A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS TRIAL DESIGNS. THE BEST DESIGN FROM PHASE I WILL BE BUILT AND TESTED IN PHASE II.
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.
- Enhanced Heat Flux Closure from Data Driven Modeling
- Development and Demonstration of an Efficient Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Rain-Induced Damage and Aerodynamic Effects on Hypersonic Vehicles
- Data-Driven Predictive Sporadic-E Model (D2PSEM)
- Comprehensive Utility for Thinning Mechanically via Automated Prescription (CUTMAP)
- Feature-aware Ablation and Reaction Simulator for Thermal Extremes
Research funding history
349 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $142,164,659. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security