Highly Accurate Sensor for High-Purity Oxygen Determination
Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX11CI23P
Agency Tracking Number: 100142
Amount:
$92,647.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
STTR
Awards Year:
2011
Solicitation Year:
2010
Solicitation Topic Code:
T6.02
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
CA, Mountain View, CA, 94041-1518
DUNS:
928805761
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Manish Gupta
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (650) 965-7772
Email: m.gupta@lgrinc.com
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (650) 965-7772
Email: m.gupta@lgrinc.com
Business Contact
Name: Anthony O'Keefe
Title: CEO
Phone: (650) 965-7772
Email: a.okeefe@lgrinc.com
Title: CEO
Phone: (650) 965-7772
Email: a.okeefe@lgrinc.com
Research Institution
Name: The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Contact: Janice Kalvin
Address: 21 North Park Street, Suite 6401
Madison, WI, 53715-1218
Phone: () -
Type: Nonprofit college or university
Contact: Janice Kalvin
Address: 21 North Park Street, Suite 6401
Madison, WI, 53715-1218
Phone: () -
Type: Nonprofit college or university
Abstract
In this STTR Phase I effort, Los Gatos Research (LGR) and Professor Scott Sanders (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin� Madison) propose to develop a highly-accurate sensor for high-purity oxygen determination. The analyzer, which is based on near-infrared tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry (TDLAS) and LGR's patented Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectrometry (Off-Axis ICOS), will be capable of rapidly quantifying high-purity oxygen (95 � 100 %) with very high accuracy (to better than ± 0.05 %), minimal calibration, and no zero drift. The analysis will be completely specific and exhibit no measurable cross-interferences from other background species (e.g. argon, nitrogen, water vapor,CO, CO2, or small organics). Moreover, the analyzer will be low-power, battery-operable, require no consumables, and sufficiently compact and robust for adaptability to future space missions. The high-purity oxygen sensor will help characterize NASA oxygen generators for breathing and propulsionapplications. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *