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Transient Electrical Power Response Enhancement for Turbine Driven Generators

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
82706 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
N071-081-0996 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
PC Krause and Associates, Inc.
3000 Kent Avenue, Suite C1-100 West Lafayette, IN -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Transient Electrical Power Response Enhancement for Turbine Driven Generators
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N00014-07-M-0328
Award Amount: $99,969.00
 

Abstract:

Airborne electrical power requirements are increasing significantly to support Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors, electronic attack suites, and directed energy weapons for military applications. When the electric generator is directly coupled to the propulsion engine, relatively large electric torque transients are often introduced with dynamics faster than previously handled by the engine control system. These transients may have serious implications with regard to stall margins, mechanical stress, speed regulation, and available thrust. To address challenges posed by such transients, PCKA will partner with Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) to develop novel architectures and system control strategies to maximize transient turbine engine performance of a high mach missile system. In the proposed Phase I effort, PCKA will collaborate with ONR, AFRL, and RRC to define such architectures along with representative operational profiles. PCKA will create dynamic system models to simulate and analyze the resulting architectures. Simulation results will be used to optimize system controls to maximize transient performance capabilities of the turbine engine. If successful, Phase II efforts will refine MS&A results and support a hardware demonstration of the most promising approaches. If successful, developed technologies will ultimately transition to DoD programs under a Phase III contract.

Principal Investigator:

Eric Walters
Vice President and Senior Engineer
7654648997
walters@pcka.com

Business Contact:

Paul Krause
President
7654648997
krause@pcka.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

P.C. KRAUSE & ASSOC., INC.
3016 Covington Street West Lafayette, IN 47906

EIN/Tax ID: 351581545
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No