SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative Test Apparatus for Monitoring Insulation Health of Medium Voltage Direct Current Cables and Insulated Bus Pipe
Award amount
$239,944Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- HEPBURN AND SONS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-07-26
- Contract end date
- 2022-11-14
- UEI
- TLLAP6FKHA99
- Solicitation number
- 21.1
- Topic code
- N211-069
Research abstract
Land-based MVAC systems have been used for over a century, and their insulation systems are well known and understood. The use of MVDC systems on Naval platforms is relatively new. While some MVAC system insulation integrity tests may be applied to MVDC insulation systems, others may not. The objective of this SBIR is to develop Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Partial Discharge and Space Charge Test Apparatus for Cable and Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) Develop an affordable test apparatus and test method for detecting Partial Discharge (PD), measuring Space Charge (SC), and estimating remaining service life of Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) cable and Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) installed on naval ships, and to develop a Health Index and method to estimate remaining service life.
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.
- MVDC Protective Relay System with Shipboard Power System Zone Distinction
- Continuously Operating, Air Cooled, Ground Circuit Enabled by Advanced Magnetics with Tuned Thermal Profiles
- Ground Fault Detection System
- Predictive Methodology for Tamped Direct Laser Impulse Parameter Optimization
- Medium Voltage Direct Current Disconnect Switch Design
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Innovative Test Apparatus for Monitoring Insulation Health of Medium Voltage Direct Current Cables and Insulated Bus Pipe
- Apparatus for Partial Discharge and Space Charge Testing of MVDC Cables and Insulated Bus Pipes on Navy Platforms
Research funding history
27 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2025). Reported award amounts total $16,505,935. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense