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Model-Based Design of a Steam/Heat Fabric Test Apparatus

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00600-02-C-0300
Agency Tracking Number: N01-151-02
Amount: $99,245.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755
United States
DUNS: 072021041
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James Barry
 Principal Engineer
 (603) 643-3800
 jjb@creare.com
Business Contact
 William Baschnagel
Title: Operations Manager
Phone: (603) 643-3800
Email: wrb@creare.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Conditions of convective heat and steam pose serious threats to Navy fire fightingand damage control personnel, but the only test environments available for testingof protective clothing for such conditions are large and very costly to use. Theproposed convective heat and steam test apparatus will enable rapid and low-costevaluation of candidate fabric samples in the laboratory. The apparatus will bedesigned using unique computational models for fluid flow and heat and mass transferthrough textiles. The resulting equipment will be compact, accurate, repeatable,easy to use, and include its own data acquisition system. During Phase I, acomprehensive design for the complete test apparatus will be developed. In Phase II,a prototype apparatus will be constructed and tested. The proposed test apparatus will enable the Navy, other military services, andothers in government and industry to quickly and inexpensively evaluate theprotective characteristics of candidate textiles for fire fighting andsteam-protective ensembles. The result will be lower development costs andimproved protective clothing that better protects wearer against burns whilereducing development and acquisition cost.

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