ALLUVIONIC INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: DLA222-002

Description

To meet the Defense Logistics Agency’s need for new and qualified sources of technology that will improve products for electrified systems in military and commercial aircraft, Alluvionic proposes a non-chemical battery, electric storage technology named FlyBall.  This research will analyze how a disruptive mechanical kinetic energy storage feature set, such as FlyBall’s, would enable multiple electrification efforts by eliminating LION chemical battery limitations. In this Phase I effort, FlyBall will be evaluated with respect to emission and efficiency use cases and a full lifecycle labor, materials and equipment savings across DoD branches and aircraft systems compared to conventional operations. Operational savings of fuel for an alternative aircraft taxi method, including gallons of fuel and tons of carbon emissions avoided and green energy saved will be quantified in this proposed research by analyzing an electric nose wheel taxi system with FlyBall as its electrical source. This SBIR research will estimate the additional savings from use of FlyBall technology to include a calculation of particulates avoided, a major contributor to air quality non-attainment at airport with an economic analysis of the expected commercial aviation market impact of FlyBall. If this effort is successful, Alluvionic would develop a prototype in a future Phase II effort.