SBIR/STTR Research Award
Gaseous Hydrogen Smart Storage System
Award amount
$139,945Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-06-06
- Contract end date
- 2022-12-06
- UEI
- MFCTLU3MRXC8
- Solicitation number
- 22.1
- Topic code
- N221-076
Research abstract
The proposed program seeks to develop, build, and begin testing a lightweight, cost-effective, gaseous hydrogen (GH2) storage system. The effort will examine opportunities for integration of into structural integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with focus in group I-III type UAS. The GH2 storage system will include a Smart Cylinder Management System (SCMS) capable of controlling fill rates as well as monitoring cylinder pressure, temperature, strain, and fill cycle count. A Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) of Type V will provide similar characteristics as Type IV class in permeation with significantly less mass and a safe failure mode. The system will provide an integrated approach to provide a safe and scalable GH2 storage for the Navy and USMC.
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.
- Hydrogen Propulsion Energy (HyPE) Module for Aircraft Sizing and Analysis
- Apprehension of High-altitude Aircraft and Balloons (AHAB)
- ESA-ALE: Electric Small Aircraft – Air Launch Effect via Valkyrie
- Aircraft Traction Inverter for Hybrid-Electric and All-Electric Megawatt-Class Vehicles
- Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing of Scalable Modular Aerial Research Testbed
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Efficiency Lined Pressurized – Gas Storage (HELP-GAS)
- Advanced Lightweight Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for UAS
- Conformable Pressurized Hydrogen Storage System
- High Efficiency Linerless Pressurized Gas Storage (HELP-GAS) System
Research funding history
37 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2009–2024). Reported award amounts total $15,614,972. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense