PROPOSAL NUMBER: | 05-II A1.03-8911 |
PHASE-I CONTRACT NUMBER: | NNL06AA32P |
SUBTOPIC TITLE: | Aviation Security Technologies |
PROPOSAL TITLE: | Advanced On Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBBIGS) |
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN
(Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Valcor Engineering Corporation
2 Lawrence Road
Springfield, NJ 07081-3121
(973) 467-8400
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER
(Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Marcos Simon
marcossimon@electroid.com
45 Fadem Road
Springfield, NJ 07081-3121
(973) 467-8100
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)
Valcor Engineering Corporation proposes to develop an advanced On Board Inert Gas Generation System, OBIGGS, for aircraft fuel tank inerting to prevent hazardous in-flight conditions and to mitigate their effect when they do occur. Aircraft fires represent a small number of actual accident causes, but the number of fatalities due to in-flight, post-crash, and on-ground fires is large. The novel OBIGGS system will inert aircraft fuel tanks with nitrogen generated by a hollow fiber membrane module. The system will provide a cost effective method for fuel tank inerting, will be robust and resistant to chemical contamination. An OBIGGS system that is based on nitrogen generation is environmentally friendly and does not require hazardous chemicals for fire suppression. In addition to improving aircraft safety by mitigating hazardous in-flight and on the ground conditions the OBIGGS systems will also contribute to aircraft security and will mitigate aircraft damage from hostile attacks.
POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
Potential fuel tank inerting for NASA aircraft/aerospace vehicles.
POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
Advanced OBIGGS systems will be used to inert center fuel tank on new commercial aircraft such as; Boeing 7E7, and to retrofit the existing commercial aircraft fleet including the Boeing 747, and 737, as well as for fuel tank inerting of military aircraft including C-17.
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