SBIR/STTR Research Award
OUTPUT AND STABILITY OF GRAPHITE FIBER THERMOCOUPLERS
Award amount
$48,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Sandlappers
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A UNIQUE THERMOCOUPLE FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE TUNGSTEN/TUNGSTEN-RHENIUM RANGE OF 2400 DEG C HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN OUR COMPANY'S U.S. PATENT 4,650,920. THE USE OF THIS GRAPHITE FIBER THERMOCOUPLE OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES IN TESTING OF MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AS COMPARED TO RADIATION SENSORS. TO BE COMMERCIALLY SUCESSFUL THIS GRAPHITE FIBER THERMOCOUPLE MUST HAVE A REPRODUCIBILE AND STABLE SEEBECK VOLTAGE. THIS PROPOSAL WILL FUND RESEARCH TO EXAMINE THE OUTPUT AND STABILITY OF FOUR VARIOUS FIBER THERMOCOUPLES REPLICATED FOUR TIMES EACH.
Technology keywords
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