Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: In this SBIR project, APEI, Inc. is proposing to develop a high efficiency, rad-hard, 100&
Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $99,989
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- AR
- Period
- 2011-02-18 → 2011-09-29
Description
In this SBIR project, APEI, Inc. is proposing to develop a high efficiency, rad-hard, 100's kWe power management and distribution (PMAD) system for space nuclear power systems. The PMAD will utilize SiC JFET power switches; components which APEI, Inc. has irradiated under TID conditions to greater than 3MRad with little to zero change in device performance. The PMAD will implement a modular approach in order to increase efficiency and ease expansion, as well as a multi-level soft-switching power topology which will allow increased transmission voltages (up to 2 kV) and increased efficiency. APEI, Inc. will leverage over a decade of experience in developing high-power, high-density SiC-based power electronic systems in order to realize an efficient, power-dense PMAD solution for space nuclear power systems.