API Engineering LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N101-081
API Engineering LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,969
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N101-081
- Solicitation
- 2010.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2010-05-10 → 2011-03-09
Description
API Engineering LLC is proposing an innovative oxygen source for fuel cell systems that uses an aqueous chlorate solution for its oxygen storage composition. An innovative thermal/mechanical decomposition approach provides oxygen generation in a low risk and compact system. The approach is easily adapted to provide oxygen pressure/temperature conditions to match different fuel cells and fuel reformers. The integrated system requires less than 19 inches of length to provide 50 kg of deliverable oxygen in a 21 inch UUV. As a liquid composition refueling is straigtforward, allowing mission turnaround from outside with no need to open any hull joints. The approach meets required storage, operational, and safety requirements.