NASA STTR 2006 Solicitation
FORM B - PROPOSAL SUMMARY
PROPOSAL NUMBER: |
06-2 T1.01-9893 |
PHASE 1 CONTRACT NUMBER: |
NNX07CA36P |
RESEARCH SUBTOPIC TITLE: |
Information Technologies for System Health Management, Autonomy,
and Scientific Exploration |
PROPOSAL TITLE: |
Engineering Next Generation Launch Systems for
Supportability |
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (SBC): |
RESEARCH INSTITUTION (RI):
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NAME: |
Qualtech Systems, Inc. |
NAME: |
Vanderbilt University |
STREET: |
100 Great Meadow Road, Suite 603 |
STREET: |
Division of Sponsored Research, 110 21st Avenue
South |
CITY: |
Wethersfield |
CITY: |
Nashville |
STATE/ZIP: |
CT 06109 - 2355 |
STATE/ZIP: |
TN 37203 - 2641 |
PHONE: |
(860) 257-8014 |
PHONE: |
(615) 322-2641 |
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER (Name,
E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone) Marta
Olenick marta@teamqsi.com 100 Great Meadow Rd., Suite
603 Wethersfield, CT 06109 - 2355 (860) 257-8014
Expected Technology Readiness Level (TRL) upon completion of
contract:
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200
words) In order to meet the challenges of high probability of mission
success for space exploration, ground support system for various launch
operations that responds rapidly to system events and anomalies is
essential. In addition, the vast amount monitored parameters (around
50,000) for ground support system requires systematically supportablity
analysis and trade-off studies for sensor optimization. Qualtech Systems,
Inc. (QSI), in cooperation with Vanderbilt University, proposes to develop
an integrated ground support system for addressing the ground support
health management problem. The proposed solution provides supportability
analysis for LOX system and real-time monitoring for select target system
(e.g. hydraulic system). The supportability analysis uses QSI's TEAMS
modeling of a candidate Liquid Oxygen (LOX) system which covers ground
fueling facilities, mobile launcher and launch pad. An efficient sensor
optimization schemes is developed to evaluate current available sensors
and proposed upgrade sensor groups. Real-time monitoring collect sensor
data from candidate system to the integrated test layer (wherein advanced
tests are designed) and passed to the real-time diagnostic reasoner.
POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters,
approximately 150 words) The proposed solution offers integrated
ground support system for launch operations. The advantage of this
technology is that it covers a significant part of life cycle of the
ground support system, from the design (supportability analysis and sensor
optimization) to the deployment (real-time monitoring). The solution will
help NASA diagnostic system designers to evaluate the current system for
fault coverage, fault detection and isolation and its impact on ability to
launch within the window. It also allows the optimized sensor upgrade
options and quantifies their benefits. It releases the burden for launch
operators by real-time monitoring multiple parameters across system
boundaries with optional guide troubleshooting to detect and isolate
failures. This integrated development environment will facilitate the
diagnostic system design to meet the challenge of high probability of
mission success. Important systems such as spacecraft, space stations,
mobile launch platform, launch pad, etc. will benefit from the proposed
technology with increased reliability and safety.
POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500
characters, approximately 150 words) The most promising non-NASA
application is the ground support system for commercial aircraft and
rockets. The proposed integrated ground support system can be applied
since commercial aircraft and rockets share many similar components, such
as valves, pumps, pipes. Significant potential exists as well with
semiconductor manufacturing and industrial automation equipment makers who
need effective, real-time health monitoring with rapid fault detection and
isolation for ensuring their high-value assets' near 100% uptime.
NASA's technology taxonomy has been developed by the SBIR-STTR program
to disseminate awareness of proposed and awarded R/R&D in the agency.
It is a listing of over 100 technologies, sorted into broad categories, of
interest to NASA.
TECHNOLOGY TAXONOMY MAPPING |
Autonomous Control and Monitoring Autonomous
Reasoning/Artificial Intelligence On-Board Computing and Data
Management Simulation Modeling
Environment
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