SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultrafast, Autonomous Grid Protection Using Linear Photonic Switching
Award amount
$1,354,569Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- ARPA-E
- Recipient company
- OPCONDYS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-04-30
- Contract end date
- 2027-04-29
- UEI
- HMCVCT2SJRB5
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0002999
- Topic code
- DE-FOA-0002999
Research abstract
Opcondys is developing a light-controlled grid protection device to suppress destructive sudden and short-lived surges in energy on the grid caused by lightning and electromagnetic pulses. The proposed protection module improves upon current slower surge protection devices by using high-voltage photoconductive power electronics with nanosecond response times. If successful, any sudden and short-lived disruption through utility lines will auto-trigger the module, halting a disruption from traveling any further and protecting grid-connected equipment.
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.
- A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems
- A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems
- A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems
- SBIR Phase I: Direct Optical Control of High Power Using Silicon Carbide
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Power Diamond Transistors with Electrical and Optical Gate Control
- Medium-Voltage Optoelectronic Power IC Building Block
Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2024). Reported award amounts total $4,460,921. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Science Foundation