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Rapid Starting Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: FA9300-04-M-3107
Agency Tracking Number: B041-076-0887
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA04-076
Solicitation Number: 2004.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-06-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-01-31
Small Business Information
7607 Eastmark Drive, Suite 102
College Station, TX 77840
United States
DUNS: 184758308
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Alan Cisar
 Sr. Research Scientist
 (979) 693-0017
 alan.cisar@lynntech.com
Business Contact
 G. Hitchens
Title: Vice President
Phone: (979) 693-0017
Email: duncan.hitchens@lynntech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an excellent way to store oxygen. It is infinitely miscible with water to produce easily handled solutions that are liquid from below 0 °C to above 100 °C. A liter of 50 wt% H2O2 contains as much available O2 as a cylinder of gas at a pressure of 2,860 psia, while a 90 wt% solution is equivalent to a pressure of 6,000 psia. Current systems for catalytically decomposing H2O2 are effective, but cannot start rapidly enough to efficiently supply a system operating in a pulsed mode, especially at low temperatures, without consuming either large amounts of electrical energy or a constant flow of peroxide. This system will use a flash heated catalyst bed to initiate both thermal and catalytic decomposition and quickly supply oxygen. It also includes a low thermal mass catalyst bed that quickly heats to operating temperature and carries out the continuing catalyses. The flash heating system operates for only a short time and is recharged using only a small power draw.

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