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Azimuthal-Current Drive (ACD) Plasma Beam for Space Debris Mitigation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA9453-10-M-0182
Agency Tracking Number: N093-223-0375
Amount: $70,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N093-223
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-03-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-03-02
Small Business Information
Suite D3 #179 321 High School RD NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
United States
DUNS: 625349639
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Timothy Ziemba
 Principal Investigator
 (206) 780-3667
 ziemba@eagleharbortech.com
Business Contact
 Timothy Ziemba
Title: President
Phone: (206) 780-3667
Email: ziemba@eagleharbortech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The proposed innovation seeks to take advantage of a recently developed highly collimated, high density plasma system which has applications for remote space debris removal. The Azimuthal-Current drive (ACD) Plasma Beam System produces a highly directed, intense plasma beam which can be shown to be effective in removing small space debris by imparting directed energy to small objects providing enough delta V to de-orbit the target. The system is low weight, compact with an all solid state power processing unit (PPU) making it suitable for space borne applications. The ACD system’s induced plasma currents provide self-focusing of the plasma beam over extended distances allowing for a single system to be effective on many targets without the need for close approach to the target. BENEFIT: The Azimuthal-Current drive (ACD) Plasma Beam System produces a highly directed, intense plasma beam for space debris removal which can protect vital asset as more and more small particle debris provides an ever increasing danger to space assets. Other potential commercial applications include its use as in-space electric thruster, precise plasma based material processing and plasma generation for medical applications. The high power pulsed solid state supply has applications in fusion energy development and high power pulsed radar systems.

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