Award Year / Program / Phase:2007 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Principal Investigator:Thomas Fikse, President & Founder
Award Amount:$69,981.00
Abstract:
The founders of CES have identified three shortcomings of the proposed Integrated Fight Through Power (IFTP) system. The system's lack of galvanic isolation will lead to ship-wide ground fault problems. The system's inability to incorporate alternative power sources (fuel cells or energy storage… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2009 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Principal Investigator:Keith Corzine, Senior Engineer
Award Amount:$69,998.00
Abstract:
The proposed technology has the potential to change the paradigm such that the traditional "brute-force" method of the mechanical breaker is replaced with natural commutation. Further, a downfall of the conventional solid-state breaker is that it still must interrupt large fault currents requiring… More