SBIR/STTR Research Award
MiniRailguns for Fusion and HEDP
Award amount
$99,996Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- HYPERV TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- NBKLC5X4BDK3
- Solicitation number
- DE-PS02-07ER07-36
- Topic code
- 33 c
Research abstract
The study of the merging and implosion of plasma jets can be used to enhance the understanding of the physics behind the generation of fu¬sion energy using Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF). In addition, the study of merging plasma jets can provide insight into basic physical processes of astrophysical interest. This project involves the further development of the Mini-Railgun technology and the construction of a circular array of Mini-Railguns that will ¿re toward a common center point. The hot, dense plasma core generated by the merging jets will be analyzed using an extensive suite of plasma diagnostics. Data from the tests will be compared to computer simulations, providing a check on the validity of the simulation code. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The technologies needed to create merging plasma jets have applications in fusion science, pulsed power, materials science, defense, and space propulsion.
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.
- Fast FiberCoupled Imaging of Low Light Events
- Fast Fiber-Coupled Imaging of X-Rays Events
- Fast Fiber-Coupled Imaging of Low Light Events
- 10MHz, 10k-Pixel Fast Fiber-Coupled Imaging Devices for Plasma Diagnostics
- 10MHz, 10k-Pixel Fast Fiber-Coupled Imaging Devices for Plasma Diagnostics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Tailored Density Rectangular Cluster Jets for Laser Plasma Accelerators
- Transceiver ASIC for 100Gbps Detector Data Link
- Wide Bandgap Gallium Phosphide Detectors
- A Streaming Data Reduction Appliance for High Energy Physics based on FPGA Technology
- Computational Determination of Diagnostic Signatures for Deleterious Effects in Liner Compression of Field Reversed Configurations
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2016). Reported award amounts total $4,977,315. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration