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Annular Gas Jet Anode for Decade

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: HDTRA1-05-P0028
Agency Tracking Number: T041-010-0129
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: DTRA04-010
Solicitation Number: 2004.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-12-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-06-30
Small Business Information
2235 Polvorosa Avenue, Suite 230
San Leandro, CA 94577
United States
DUNS: 836439968
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 Mahadevan Krishnan
 PRESIDENT
 (510) 483-4156
 krishnan@aasc.net
Business Contact
 MAHADEVAN KRISHNAN
Title: PRESIDENT
Phone: (510) 483-4156
Email: krishnan@aasc.net
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC) proposes to replace the current return rods in the anode of the plasma radiation source (PRS) load, with an annular, supersonic gas jet: an innovation that could drastically reduce source region debris along the line-of-sight (LOS) of the test object, in a z-pinch, soft x-ray, weapons effects simulator, and make the debris mitigation system (DMS) simpler and smaller. The dense anode gas jet can serve to stop some particulate debris and deflect others out of the line of sight to the test object. The gas jet might also eliminate the need for a Li UV filter and thereby allow the test object to be located closer to the PRS. This would significantly increase the useful fluence delivered, by a factor of 2-4 over what is presently available. In Phase I, the objective is to design, build and test the anode gas jet. In parallel, we will perform analyses and use 1-D hydro. simulations to evaluate the advantages of using a gas jet UV filter vs. the present Li foil filters.

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