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In-Situ Smart Corrosion Sensors for Water Piping Systems

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Office of the Secretary of Defense 		Award ID:
76449 		Program Year/Program:
2005 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
O043-C01-2010 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Advanced Fluidics, LLC
4217 Red Bandana Way Ellicott City, MD 21042 5928
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2005
Title: In-Situ Smart Corrosion Sensors for Water Piping Systems
Agency / Branch: DOD / OSD
Contract: W9132T-05-C-0018
Award Amount: $99,846.00
 

Abstract:

The objective of this proposal is to design, test and demonstrate an in situ smart sensor for monitoring corrosivity of water in pipelines, and to communicate the data to a controller. We propose to adapt a prototype corrosion sensor on a wireless platform recently developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). Known as the Embeddable Corrosion Rate Monitor (ECRM), this wireless sensor has been successfully tested in concrete, and has the potential to be adapted for monitoring of corrosivity of water pipelines. With this instrument which has built-in internal calibration, we can perform electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to obtain accurate measurements of uniform corrosion rate and electrolyte resistance and also measure electrochemical noise (EN) that provides information on pitting corrosion. Our vision is to modify the ECRM sensor and make it a fully functional miniature wireless corrosion rate sensor that has an accuracy of 0.01 mil/year. The small-size (1.5-inch-diameter; 4-inch-tall) and wireless aspects of the proposed sensor permit installation of a series of them in water pipelines for effective corrosion monitoring at economical costs.

Principal Investigator:

Surya Raghu
Director of Research
4104999237
sraghu@advancedfluidics.com

Business Contact:

Surya Raghu
President
4104999237
sraghu@advancedfluidics.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

ADVANCED FLUIDICS/CR ASSOC.
4217 Red Bandana Way Ellicott City, MD 21042

EIN/Tax ID: 522262510
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No