SBIR/STTR Research Award
Protective Nanostructured Coatings for Engine Fuel Systems (21-RD-327)
Award amount
$173,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-05-26
- Contract end date
- 2022-11-30
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- 21.C
- Topic code
- A21C-T005
Research abstract
The combustion engines of unmanned vehicles are powered by jet fuel at higher pressure. Although higher pressure injection of fuel delivers power and better fuel consumption benefits, it creates an issue related to fuel lubricity. Batch to batch variation in the lubricity of commonly used jet fuel (F-24) could also be an issue for proper functioning of the fuel lubricated engines operated at higher pressure. In this STTR Phase I proposal UES, Inc. in collaboration with the Texas A & M University proposes to develop nanocomposite coatings for engine fuel systems that will form in-situ and renewable protective tribofilm that enables higher pressure fuel systems to provide consistent lubricity in combustion engines using F-24 jet fuel.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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- Ceramic Matrix Composites With Novel Additives For Gas Turbine Engine Applications (22-RD-363)
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. 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 Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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