PLASMA PROCESSES, LLC

Federal contract awards won by PLASMA PROCESSES, LLC (UEI KAWTP8XNFEK9), 2017–2026 — public record from USAspending.

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13
awards
$151,014,157,366
total value
2
agencies

Awards

E014042 SBIR PHASE III CHEMICAL PROPULSION MODULE FOR THE GREEN PROPULSION DUAL MODE PROJECT
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $872,381 · May 9, 2023
E014049 -100MN THRUSTER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $383,507 · Dec 13, 2022
MULTI-USE COATING FOR ABRASION PREVENTION, WEAR PROTECTION, AND LUNAR DUST REMOVAL
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $250,000 · Jun 2, 2021
DUAL MODE GREEN MONOPROPELLANT PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $749,999 · Jan 15, 2021
REFRACTORY METAL COATED URANIUM NITRIDE FUEL FOR NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $750,000 · Jun 19, 2020
LUNAR FLASHLIGHT PROPULSION SYSTEM (LFPS) 100 MN THRUSTER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $988,064 · Dec 19, 2019
SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D: COMPOSITE HOT STRUCTURES WITH OXIDATION PROTECTION
Department of Defense · $1,693,857 · Feb 11, 2019
IGF::OT::IGF NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION (NTP) HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY NEEDED FOR HUMAN MISSIONS TO MARS AND BEYOND DUE TO ITS INCREASED SPECIFIC IMPULSE (ISP) AS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL CHEMICAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS. RECENTLY, THE GAME CHANGING DEVELOPMENT (GCD) PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA, DOE, AND INDUSTRY, WAS INITIATED TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A LOW ENRICHED URANIUM (LEU) NTP SYSTEM. A CRITICAL ASPECT OF NTP IS TO DEVELOP A ROBUST, STABLE FUEL. ONE OF THE FUEL CONFIGURATIONS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED IS A W-UO2 CERMET. FABRICATION OF FULL-SIZE CERMET ELEMENTS (>20?) HAS PROVEN TO BE DIFFICULT. AS A RESULT, THE USE OF CERMET SEGMENTS TO PRODUCE A FULL-SIZE FUEL ELEMENT IS OF INTEREST. HOWEVER, TECHNIQUES FOR JOINING THE SEGMENTS ARE NEEDED. DURING PHASE I, DIFFUSION BONDING TECHNIQUES WERE DEVELOPED FOR PRODUCING FUEL ELEMENTS FROM CERMET SEGMENTS. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND PRELIMINARY PROPERTIES TESTING SHOWED EXCELLENT JOINTS WERE FORMED. FOR EXAMPLE, QUANTITATIVE TENSILE TESTING OF W SAMPLES PRODUCED AT 1500C HIP WITH A NB INTERFACIAL COATING SHOWED THE FAILURES WERE IN THE BULK W AND NOT AT THE NB-W INTERFACES. THEREFORE, THE STRENGTH OF THE JOINTS WERE GREATER THAN THE STRENGTH OF THE BULK W MATERIAL. USING THE MOST PROMISING FABRICATION METHODS, A 6.3' LONG SIMULATED CERMET FUEL ELEMENT COMPRISED OF TWENTY-FIVE 0.25' THICK SEGMENTS WAS PRODUCED TO DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT. DURING THE PHASE II INVESTIGATION, THE HIP DIFFUSION BONDING PROCESS WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR MAKING W CERMET BASED FUEL ELEMENTS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PERFORMING A PROCESS PARAMETER-CHARACTERIZATION-PROPERTIES STUDY. THE OPTIMIZED FABRICATION METHODS WILL THEN BE USED TO MAKE PROTOTYPE FUEL ELEMENTS WITH W CLADDINGS AND SUBSCALE FUEL ELEMENTS FOR DELIVERY TO NASA FOR HOT HYDROGEN TESTING
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $750,000 · Apr 19, 2017

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