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Adiabatic Thermopile for Radiation Dosimetry

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Threat Reduction Agency 		Award ID:
58498 		Program Year/Program:
2002 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
T021-0050 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
KTECH CORP.
1300 Eubank Blvd. SE Albuquerque, NM -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2002
Title: Adiabatic Thermopile for Radiation Dosimetry
Agency / Branch: DOD / DTRA
Contract: DTRA01-02-P-0253
Award Amount: $100,000.00
 

Abstract:

"Measurements of fluence from a Plasma Radiation Source (PRS) are critical to the performance of accurate Nuclear Weapon Effects (NWE) experiments. Fast, total stopping calorimeters have been demonstrated to provide a robust, reusable, economic sensor forfluence measurements. However, the output of these sensors is a few millivolts and thus high signal to noise recording is difficult to achieve, particularly at early times in PRS environments.This proposal presents a new calorimeter technology based on thermopiles. Thin film, thermopile calorimeters provide at least an order of magnitude higher output than the single element thermopile designs. Additionally, these self-powered sensors providefast response, can be very accurately calibrated using independent physical measurements, and are relatively inexpensive. The feasibility of a fast thermopile calorimeter with its ancillary data acquisition system will be demonstrated in this Phase Iproject. The thermopile calorimeter will provide a fast, robust, self-powered sensor with a high signal output. It will be designed to be nearly adiabatic during the short measurement time necessary, less than 10 milliseconds. However, the sensor will becompatible with the dynamic error compensation analysis techniques, developed by Ktech, and can be accurately calibrated by independent physical measurements. This calorimeter will provide an improved sensor for a critical NWE experiment requiremen

Principal Investigator:

Frank W. Davies
AP&T Department Manager
5059985830
fwdavie@ktech.com

Business Contact:

Larry M. Lee
President
5059985830
ktech@ktech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Ktech Corp.
2201 Buena Vista SE, Suite 400 Albuquerque, NM 87106

EIN/Tax ID: 952746832
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No