SBIR/STTR Research Award
Augmented Glow Plug for Continuous Ignition Assistance
Award amount
$111,254Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2021-03-13
- UEI
- KHBYLJYZAJP3
- Solicitation number
- 20.1
- Topic code
- A20-019
Research abstract
PCI proposes to design and develop a robust, drop-in replacement, augmented glow plug for continuous ignition assistance of low cetane fuels to improve operational capability in extreme environments within the combustion chamber of a target UAV compression ignition (CI) engine. Based upon novel catalytic coatings and catalytic geometries to enhance performance and increase durability, the technology offers multiple notable advances for engine operation including stable combustion, enabled repeatable cold-start, required lower electrical energy during startup, and stable operation at high-altitude conditions. Key innovations of integrating catalysts with conventional glow plugs and integration of catalytic glow plugs into a small, high power density intermittent combustion engine operating with heavy fuels will be explored.
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.
- Regenerable Adsorption-based Continuous CO2 Removal (RACCR) System for Continuously Eliminating CO2 from Closed Circuit Rebreathers
- Comprehension and Mitigation of Metal Corrosion Modes in Reversible Solid Oxide Cells
- High-Purity, Compressed Hydrogen from Greywater and Sunlight via Novel Membranes
- Simultaneous H2 Generation and Compression with Intermediate-Temperature Solid-Oxide Membranes
- Structured, Highly Active Catalyst for Low Temperature Methanol Reforming
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Development of a Robust and Reliable Ignition Assistance System for Multi-fuel Capable Engines.
- High Performance Glow Plug for Diesel Aviation Engines
Research funding history
201 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $70,053,268. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture