SBIR-STTR Award

Integrated Engine Health Management System
Award last edited on: 12/23/2014

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$849,958
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF05-201
Principal Investigator
Wendel M Burkhardt

Company Information

WASK Engineering Inc (AKA: Wendel Burkhardt)

3905 Dividend Drive
Cameron Park, CA 95682
   (530) 672-2795
   paulp@waskengr.com
   www.waskengr.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: El Dorado

Phase I

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase I year
2005
Phase I Amount
$99,992
The United States Air Force is currently investigating system concepts with global reach within an hour or two. It is also examining system concepts that have the ability to rapidly and with very high reliability deploy critical assets into space. Approaches under consideration for both of these applications include reusable, highly operable and responsive rocket based vehicles. To achieve the capabilities required of these vehicles, requires rocket engines achieve the reliability and operability goals set out by IHPRPT. Rocket engine concepts that have been developed to achieve these goals have identified an integrated engine health management system (IEHMS) as one of the most critical technology needs in the engine system. This effort will demonstrate that an engine management system can effectively employ a transient engine simulation to provide rocket engine condition monitoring and real time anomaly detection. Phase 1 of the effort will demonstrate the viability of our approach. Phase 2, if funded, will implement our approach and apply it to monitoring, not controlling, an engine, such as the IPD, during hot fire testing

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2006
Phase II Amount
$749,966
Abstract: The program will start with an in depth consultation with the Air Force in order to ensure that the latest data is incorporated into the program plan, and that the ultimate program goals will be met. In this proposed effort we will apply these health monitoring approaches centered around a rocket engine system model to develop the failure mode evaluation capability the Air Force Integrated Powerhead Development (IPD) engine.

Benefits:
In this proposed effort we will apply these health monitoring approaches centered around a rocket engine system model to develop the failure mode evaluation capability the Air Force Integrated Powerhead Development (IPD) engine. The Air Force, in conjunction with NASA/MSFC have been engaged in developing a high fidelity ROCETS model of the engine that is well correlated to hot fire test data. We will be heavily supported by Faulkner Consulting, Inc. in this effort. The review will encompass all of the engine components with the exception of the turbopumps.