SBIR/STTR Research Award
Power Factor Correction
Award amount
$999,960Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- PC KRAUSE & ASSOCIATES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-09-11
- Contract end date
- 2023-10-06
- UEI
- SJR4NTU7XBE4
- Solicitation number
- 18.1
- Topic code
- N181-005
Research abstract
The primary objective of this Phase II proposal is to further develop and demonstrate a lightweight passive power factor compensation unit utilizing advanced high-temperature magnetic materials and design techniques to achieve power quality improvement for a 65 kVA, 115V, 400-Hz aircraft power system. Based on identified system problems in the F-18 Super Hornet platform, the compensation system must correct an existing leading 0.98 power factor to a target lagging 0.93 (minimum objective lagging 0.97) with a weight of under 20 Lbs. This activity will focus on a passive inductive solution that can meet the weight and performance targets of the Navy, as well as the electrical and mechanical specifications of MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-810/MDC3376. Prototype compensators will be constructed and tested through environmental, electromagnetic, and performance testing, with a goal of at least TRL 6 at the conclusion of Phase II.
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.
- Energy-Aware Autonomy for Air Vehicles
- Electric Aircraft Health Management Algorithms and Infrastructure
- Affordable Electrical Accumulator Unit
- High-Temperature, High-Efficiency Electrical Starter/Generator
- Energy Conserving Power Control Module System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Power Factor Correction
- High Power Density Aircraft Power Factor Correction
- High Power Density Aircraft PFC
- Power Factor Correction
- Power Factor Correction
Research funding history
108 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $57,862,355. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy