SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Non-Toxic Environmentally Safe Flame Suppressant (TOP10-85)
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2020 12:36:24 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-KSC-00030
- Response Due
- 2/3/2021 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 02/18/2021
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey Kohler, Technology Transfer Specialist
- E-Mail Address
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jeffrey.a.kohler@nasa.gov
(jeffrey.a.kohler@nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology.� License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.��NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Kennedy Space Center seeks partners interested in the commercial application of the Non-Toxic Environmentally Safe Flame Suppressant.� Developed at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL, this invention is a non-toxic, non-ozone-depleting, non-global- warming agent that is based on recent success with flame suppressant as a fire suppression agent.� The water mist is actually microencapsulated water droplets.� This material suppresses a flame by lowering the temperature and reducing the oxygen available for combustion.� The flame temperature is lower because of the high latent heat of vaporization of water that absorbs energy from the flame as the water evaporates.� The water-suppressant technology operates similarly to halons because it contains a functional group that decomposes to add free radicals to the combustion process. The use of the present invention provides three primary flame suppression actions.� First the vaporization of the water extracts large amounts of heat from the fire. Second, the water vapor tends to displace oxygen from the flame, and finally, the microencapsulant material can produce free radicals that inhibit the flfl ame propagation reaction, similar to the effects of halon.� The system was developed as a back up to the current halon supply at Kennedy Space Center. Halon is no longer being produced because of its toxicity, and it is very possible that one incident at Kennedy could deplete the current supply of halon. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP10-85 If you have any questions, please contact Jeffrey Kohler, Technology Transfer Specialist, Kennedy Space Center at jeffrey.a.kohler@nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information.� For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities.��No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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