SBIR-STTR Award

Top Coatings and Enhanced Cathodic Protection Capability
Award last edited on: 5/8/2023

Sponsored Program
STTR
Awarding Agency
DOD : MDA
Total Award Amount
$2,619,990
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
MDA13-T010
Principal Investigator
Igor V Barsukov

Company Information

American Energy Technologies Company

220 West Campus Court Unit D
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
   (847) 414-6788
   customerservice@usaenergytech.com
   www.usaenergytech.com

Research Institution

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Phase I

Contract Number: HQ0147-14-C-7901
Start Date: 3/20/2014    Completed: 10/19/2014
Phase I year
2014
Phase I Amount
$99,999
American Energy Technologies Co. (a woman-owned small business concern of Arlington Heights, IL), will be joined by subcontractors ? University of Massachusetts (Boston, MA) and Advanced Technology Laboratories of Lockheed Martin Corp. (St. Paul, MN) in order to develop two anti-corrosion technologies with the goal to deploy them in a variety of equipment. The first technology is a top coating which will protect metallic installations. Of primary focus are Zinc-primed steel and/or anodized Aluminum structures which are already guarded from environmental corrosion by a layer of polyurethane sealant. The proposed innovative coating system will be applied on top of the polyurethane. The second aspect of this effort is the development of a new and improved galvanic protection technology which operates under the principle of impressed current cathodic protection. A new design of ultra-low solubility anodes is unveiled. The combined application of both technologies is likely to ensure useful operational life of metal assets exposed to harsh marine environments on the order of 50 years. Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-7663 (8 January 14).

Keywords:
Cathodic Protection, Corrosion, Sacrificial Anode Cathodic Protection, Zinc Primer, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection, Coating, Insoluble Anode.

Phase II

Contract Number: HQ0147-16-C-7701
Start Date: 2/15/2016    Completed: 2/15/2018
Phase II year
2015
(last award dollars: 2016)
Phase II Amount
$2,519,991

American Energy Technologies Co. (a woman-owned small business concern of Arlington Heights, IL), will be joined by subcontractor Advanced Technology Laboratories of Lockheed Martin Corp. (St. Paul, MN) in order to develop and fully furnish functional prototypes of two anti-corrosion technologies with the goal to deploy them in a variety of MDA-owned equipment platforms. The first technology is a two-layer top coating which will protect metallic installations. Of primary focus are Zinc-primed steel structures which will be guarded from environmental corrosion by a layer of Zinc-epoxy and specialty pigment-filled polyurethane top sealant. The second aspect of this effort is the development of a new and improved galvanic protection technology which operates under the principle of impressed current cathodic protection. A new design of ultra-low solubility anodes is unveiled. The combined application of both technologies is likely to ensure useful operational life of metal assets exposed to harsh environments on the order of 50 years.