SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact Waste Heat Recovery Power Generation System
Award amount
$139,628Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-06-07
- Contract end date
- 2019-12-04
- UEI
- C3DAVH4VJDG3
- Solicitation number
- 19.A
- Topic code
- N19A-T013
Research abstract
The STTR topic N19A-T013 seeks innovative technology to improve the power density and efficiency of propulsion and power generation devices. To address this challenge, Spectral Energies in collaboration with its academic partner Dr. Rory Roberts at Wright State University proposes to develop a compact heat recovery system based on a supercritical CO2 based Rankin Cycle. At the end of the STTR program, the heat recovery system will be capable of generating at least 150KW of power and increase the overall efficiency to at least 55%. The system will have minimal impact on weight and size. To accomplish this work, Spectral Energies has formed a team (Drs. Sivaram Gogineni, Christopher Ruscher, and Rory Roberts) of experts that has a combined experience of 40 years in heat transfer, thermal analysis, system engineering, and product development.
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.
- Development of a Hybrid Optical Sensor for Off-Axis Laser Threat Detection and Classification
- Turbulent boundary layer (TBL) Drag Reduction Flight Demonstration via Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators
- An Open, Modular, and Standardized Testing Architecture for Alternative Navigation Technology relevant to Hypersonic and Supersonic Platforms
- Novel 2D plasma actuator for rotating detonation augmentors
- NanoSPARC: High-Speed Additive Manufacturing for LWIR Meta-Optics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Power Dense Turbo-Compression Cooling Driven by Waste Heat
- High Speed Spinning Scroll Expander (HiSSSE) - Organic Rankine Cycle for Increased Naval Ship Power Density and Fuel Efficiency
- Power Dense Turbo-Compression Cooling Driven by Waste Heat
Research funding history
272 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2026). Reported award amounts total $120,780,215. 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, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture