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A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STOICHIOMETRIC DIESEL ENGINE IS PROPOSED USING THE THERMAL IGNITION COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE ADIABATIC DIESEL ENGINE WITHOUT WATER OR AIR COOLING ALLOWS THE THERMAL IGNITION CHAMBER TO STORE HEAT DURING COMBUSTION AND RELEASE THE ENERGY FOR IGNITION IN THE FOLLOWING CYCLE. INJECTION OF FUEL ON TO 1800-2000 DEG. F WALL TEMPERATURE WILL PREPARE THE FUEL FOR ...

The future generation of both military and commercial diesel engines will operate at significantly higher temperatures and pressures than today’s engines. The future combat system diesel engine operating parameters demand significant design improvement of power cylinder insulation. Increased cylinder pressure and reduced cooling requirements, heat energy recovery in the exhaust gas by turbocha ...

A high-power density, Low Heat Rejection (LHR) diesel engine design for both traditional and hybrid Future Combat System (FCS) vehicle configurations is being proposed. Work under this proposal includes application of LHR engine technology to improve power density and life cycle durability of a military commercial diesel engine. This engine is General Engine Products, LLC.’s Optimizer 6500 HUM ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop a tool for time-accurate simulation of coupled CFD and multibody dynamics of tanker vehicles and sloshing liquid payloads, that includes integrated pre-processor, solver, and post-processor. The pre-processor allows constructing an object-oriented hierarchical "preliminary" model of the vehicle, tank, and terrain. The pre-processor includes a model tree ...

Aerodyn Engineering proposes to develop a new concept in slip ring design that could operate up to 90,000 RPM with 50 contacts (25 channels), be capable of handling temperatures up to 700°F without external cooling support, weigh less than 2 lb, and be designed to directly support new developments in small turbo-shaft engines.

The U. S. Army has a need for reliable and durable in-cylinder thermal barrier coatings to reduce high power density diesel engine component structural temperatures and heat rejection. Phase I program bench testing results identified thermal barrier coating topcoat systems that reduced radiant heat transfer by 40 % and improved durability by more than 100 %. Two types of topcoat systems that were ...

A low-risk, high-confidence, CSTAT-compatible HIFU hemostasis system that can be operated remotely was developed during Phase I to improve battlefield medicine to save lives. The system is based on a 23 channel annular HIFU phased array with a built-in co

Hybrid Plastics proposes to develop a low cost, and versatile method for shielding commercial and military single crystal solar cells from damage against proton and electron radiation. Hybrid Plastics also proposes to develop a related coating variant for the protection of thin film photovoltaics against atomic oxygen, vacuum ultraviolet radiation and improved voltage stand-off. The technical appr ...

Our Phase II proposal is to build and further expand on our successes during Phase I of this project and develop micro-electromechanical device-based sensors (MEMS) for in-situ health monitoring and damage detection of coatings and tribological components (i.e. ball and rolling element bearings) for military aircrafts and commercial space systems. The Phase II of our SBIR will include: i) advance ...

The goal of this project is to demonstrate a recuperator with extremely high effectiveness for use in a reverse turbo-Brayton (RTB) cryocooler. The recuperator will offer substantial system weight reduction, volume reduction, and performance increases for a cryocooler that can be used for Block 12 as well as any other space-based cryocooling needs. Advanced micro-manufacturing technology is need ...