PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N212-102

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$239,969
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N212-102
Solicitation
21.2
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2022-05-13 → 2023-09-14

Description

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will design a portable, hydrokinetic generator for use in a wide range of river environments. The generator is built from lightweight and high-strength materials with unique joints that allow it to flat-pack into a 2 m by 1 m by 0.5 m box. The generator is composed of a set of four, redundant modules that may be quickly removed from the box and deployed to any water flow greater than 0.5 m deep. Each module comes with cabling to a central power management unit in the box to be situated on the riverside. Setup of all four units for two people takes less than 15 minutes using a set of instruction cards. Once installed in a typical stream, the full system will produce up to 1.5 kW of electricity via a 24 VDC hookup cable.