SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY - QUICK CHANGE CERAMIC FLAME HOLDER - FORHIGH-OUTPUT TORCHES
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton,VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- TTO0950
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sean Sullivan, Media Specialist, Phone 757-864-5055, Fax 757-864-8101, Email sean.d.sullivan@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Sean Sullivan
(sean.d.sullivan@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: Seeking to improve upon stock stainless steel flame holders, researchers at NASAsLangley Research Center have developed a new ceramic design with a service temperature of4,000F. The combination of high strength and high temperature capability and a twistlock mounting method to the steel burner sets this flame holder apart from existingtechnology.The high output flame holder was developed in support of the U.S. Navys efforts todesign a jet engine simulator for infrared plume studies. Previous tests had shown thatoff-the-shelf components would melt or burn up in a short time. Given these design andperformance criteria, NASA developed a ceramic flame holder that has a much longer lifecycle and can be used with a variety of torches or burners. Where the stainless flameholders showed signs of oxidation, flaking after only three hours of testing, NASAsceramic flame holder has over 150 hours and 200 cycles of use in a casting furnace, andsoot marks are the only signs of use; there are no signs of deterioration. NASA expectsthe new technology to help enhance safety through increased reliability and flamecontrol. Additionally, the total cost of ownership is less due to decreased maintenanceand improved efficiency. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO),17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail: Sean.D.Sullivan@NASA.gov, or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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