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Improved Iodine Injection, Mixing and Pressure Recovery

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
78420 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
053-0582 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
CU Aerospace, LLC
2100 S. Oak St. - Suite 206 Champaign, IL 61820-3169
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: Yes
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Improved Iodine Injection, Mixing and Pressure Recovery
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: W9113M-07-C-0166
Award Amount: $999,930.00
 

Abstract:

The primary objective of CUA's Phase II work will be to investigate innovative iodine injection concepts for the COIL that improve mixing at higher total pressures, as well as perform a laser demonstration. During Phase I, CUA designed, fabricated, and tested a flexible experimental system that shows fast iodine mixing and will be used extensively in Phase II to investigate multiple concepts. The results of the Phase I research laid the foundation for developing a highly-advanced COIL iodine injection scheme for improved pressure recovery in Phase II. During Phase I, our team partners UIUC and UNM performed and analyzed cold flow PLIF experiments to examine the mixing character of a candidate method for injecting iodine. This research lead directly to designs that will be fabricated and tested extensively with detailed diagnostics to evaluate each design's performance attributes in Phase II with a goal of 250 torr pressure recovery within the COIL cavity while maintaining flow uniformity both in species mixture and density. Use of the well-calibrated and economical COIL facility at UIUC will allow a variety of advanced concepts to be implemented and examined in detail in both cold flow and hot flow lasing experiments.

Principal Investigator:

David Carroll
Engineering Director
2173338274
carroll@cuaerospace.com

Business Contact:

Rodney Burton
Senior Scientist
2172446223
burton@cuaerospace.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

CU AEROSPACE
2100 South Oak Street Suite 206 Champaign, IL 61820

EIN/Tax ID: 371373803
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No