SBIR-STTR Award

The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative design that utilizes membrane filtration technology to separate dirt, free water and emulsified water from hydraulic oil for Navy submarine hydraulic systems. This advanced hydraulic oil filter features high separation efficiency, compactness, portability, and a self-contained power source. The combination of these design features forms a continuously operable hydraulic oil filter that is suitable to be used in confined shipboard conditions. Benefits The proposed design will offer a reliable, efficient, compact, and low maintenance oil/water separator suitable to scale to different sizes for Navy submarine hydraulic systems. It will be perform well in various commercial hydraulic oil systems, lubrication oil systems, and engine oil systems. Keywords membrane, microfiltration, separation, oil filter, hydraulic oil, additive, emulsified water, filtration

The objective of this proposal is to develop, design, and build a full size advanced hydraulic oil filter to separate dirt, free water and emulsified water from hydraulic oil for Navy submarine hydraulic systems. The prototype design will be mainly focused on the features that make it highly efficient in water/debris separation, portable and compact for easy transport in a defined shipboard environment, permanently mounted in design on shipboard for kidney operation, and sufficient in engineering safety for use in the rigorous environment of a Navy ship. In addition, FSI will conduct land-based tests at a Navy facility for the evaluation of performance, portability, reliability, and maintainability

Keywords:
MEMBRANE, MICROFILTRATION, SEPARATION, OIL FILTER, HYDRAULIC OIL, ADDITIVES, CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR