SBIR/STTR Research Award
Portable Bi-Functional Desalination Device
Award amount
$99,977Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- ALTEX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2019-02-06
- Contract end date
- 2020-03-05
- UEI
- LVHYQFMMY538
- Solicitation number
- 18.3
- Topic code
- A18-149
Research abstract
Under the project Altex and Texas A&M University will develop a Portable Bi-functional Desalination (PBD) Device that removes salts and impurities from seawater and brackish water sources to produce drinking water at a rate of 1 liter/hour/Soldier up to a maximum of 9 people, with no need for any external power. Under Phase I, the technology will be demonstrated at bench scale and the results will be used to design the prototype desalination device, and compare its performance versus the Army requirements and specs. Also a cost/benefit analysis will be performed to demonstrate the feasibility of the PBD device. The Phase I will be the basis of a Phase I Option and Phase II for the development and construction of four useable prototypes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Self-Powered Desalination Battery for Individual Soldiers
- Self-Powered Desalination Battery for Individual Soldiers
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,304,403. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration