Plasma Sources & Applications (DBD/Helicon/Jet+sterilization/H2O/EUV) Archives - Eagle Harbor Technologies
Air Force SBIR Phase I: Pulsed Plasmoid Propulsion System for Agile and Resilient Spacecraft
Eagle Harbor Technology, Inc. (EHT) and the Professor Ben Jorns at the Plasmadynamics & Electric Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Michigan (UM) partnered to advance the state of the art Rotating Magnetic Field-Field Reversed Configuration thruster (RMF-FRC). This technology takes inspiration from fusion energy science. The RMF created plasmoids are accelerated out of the…
Read MoreNASA SBIR Phase I: Large-Area, Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet for Spacecraft Surface Sterilization for Planetary Protection
The planetary science community is interested in exploring solar system bodies with the potential for life detection, which requires technologies that implement Contamination Control for Planetary Protection. Currently, the only approved full-system microbial reduction method is dry heat microbial reduction, which requires heating of the spacecraft to high temperature for a fixed length of time…
Read MoreNASA SBIR Phase I: Development of a Plasma Injector for Supersonic Drag Reduction
Methods to reduce the turbulent viscous skin friction stand out as paramount to increasing the energy efficiency, and therefore the aerodynamic efficiency of supersonic aircraft. Eagle Harbor Technology (EHT) proposes to develop and optimize a MHD plasma injector, which will be used to efficiently reduce the viscous skin friction in supersonic aircraft. EHT has developed…
Read MoreDOE STTR Phase I/II: Low-Impurity, Electrode-less Pre-ionizer Plasma Gun for Innovative Confinement Concepts
Innovative Confinement Concepts (ICC), like the spheromak and the field reversed configuration (FRC), provide an opportunity to study magnetic confinement in geometries other than the tokamak and may provide an alternative path to fusion energy. Many ICCs require a pre-ionizer or plasma injector in order to improve shot-to-shot repeatability. A pre-ionizer must meet several critical…
Read MoreNASA SBIR Phase I: Micro-Pulsed Inductive Thruster with Solid Fuel Option (µPIT_SF)
The Micro Pulsed Inductive Thruster with Solid Fuel Option (μPIT_SF) is a high-precision impulse bit electromagnetic plasma micro-thruster. The μPIT prototype is a small (< 230 g) thruster that produces and accelerates plasma. In the solid fuel mode, μPIT_SF is able to substantially extend the performance of standard PPT systems by ionization and heating of…
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