Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: To address the Armys need for a man-portable desalinator to support the Individual Soldier
Physical Optics Corporation — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $385,256
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Solicitation
- 2009.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2011-04-04
Description
To address the Armys need for a man-portable desalinator to support the Individual Soldier On-The-Move Hydration System, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) has developed a Portable Electric Capacitive Desalination (PECAD) system. PECAD is based on the innovative implementation of capacitive deionization: separation of salt from water by electric polarization of porous electrodes, which produces drinkable water that exceeds the quality standards outlined in the U.S. Armys guidelines. In Phase I, POC built a system prototype and demonstrated the feasibility of the approach by desalinating seawater (36,000 ppm TDS) with>98% salt rejection rate (