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High Power Density Electric Motors for Hybrid Electric Air Platforms

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 		Award ID:
91713 		Program Year/Program:
2009 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
08SB2-0284 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Infoscitex Corporation
303 BEAR HILL RD WALTHAM, MA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2009
Title: High Power Density Electric Motors for Hybrid Electric Air Platforms
Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA
Contract: W31P4Q-10-C-0015
Award Amount: $94,401.00
 

Abstract:

An electric motor is proposed that will achieve a power density of 5 hp/lbm and an efficiency greater than 95%, when delivering 7 hp of mechanical power at a speed of 8400 rpm. This capability, not available from current electric motors, is achieved by arranging high energy-product permanent magnets in a novel configuration expressly designed to deliver highly-concentrated flux densities to the stator windings at minimum weight. The proposed motor will be tailored to the geometry of a ducted fan suitable for rotorcraft, with the aim of providing the key enabling element in a 'hybrid electric' rotorcraft drive train, in which an alternator, electric power distribution, and high power density motor(s) deliver power from the gas turbine to the ducted fan(s) (rather than a mechanical transmission and multiple rotating shafts). The potential benefits are reduced maintenance, increased redundancy, reduced vulnerability to ground fire, and rotor speed control. The Phase I design study will undertake (1) motor integration with a specific ducted fan, (2) motor cooling analysis, (3) rotor structural analysis, (4) motor drive analysis, and (5) optimization of the motor design parameters. In Phase II a prototype fan and motor will be tested against the desired power and efficiency goals.

Principal Investigator:

James Goldie
Principal Engineer
7818901338
jgoldie@infoscitex.com

Business Contact:

Cheryl Beecher
Contracts Manager
7818901338
cbeecher@infoscitex.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

INFOSCITEX CORP.
303 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02451

EIN/Tax ID: 043537120
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No