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Highly Efficient, Lightweight, High Temperature Blower for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-08-M-2891
Agency Tracking Number: O081-EP3-1007
Amount: $99,722.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD08-EP3
Solicitation Number: 2008.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-05-22
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-11-22
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
 Weibo Chen
 Principal Investigator
 (603) 643-3800
 wbc@creare.com
Business Contact
 James Barry
Title: President
Phone: (603) 643-3800
Email: contractsmgr@creare.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Long-endurance unmanned vehicle (UV) and munition systems require lightweight, compact, and efficient power systems. Advanced fuel cells are promising technologies that can be used for both primary propulsion and auxiliary power units for these applications. A lightweight, high temperature, efficient cathode blower is a critical component to enable a compact SOFC power unit to achieve the high specific power and low specific fuel consumption requirements for long-endurance UVs. We propose to develop a reliable, lightweight, highly efficient blower that can meet the OSD’s challenging performance specifications. The miniature, efficient blower will reduce the take-off weight of UVs and increase their endurance. The innovative blower will be built using Creare’s proven high-speed micro turbomachinery technologies. In Phase I we will prove the feasibility of our approach by modeling performance of the blower and performing proof-of-concept tests. In Phase II we will build and test the blowers and deliver prototype systems for testing in relevant environments.

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