FGC Plasma Solutions develops advanced combustion technologywhich incorporates plasma better to control combustion in jet engines and gas turbines to reduce emissions. This advanced technology has a range of critical applications, from making air travel more sustainable to enhancing U.S. defense capabilities. Based in Cambridge, MA. but reported as alos inMiddleton MA, the young firm FGC Plasma Solutions has already collaborated on its technology development with MIT, The University of Notre Dame, Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory. FGC Plasma was one of the manywalk-ins to be awarded one of the 'very different approach' AFWERX grants/contracts but has also been funded by DOE, and NASA for development of the firm's commercially applicable technologies in the hypersonics, civil aviation, and energy sectors. With expertise in hypersonics, plasma physics, combustion, and advanced propulsion technologies, the firm's team includes six engineers with backgrounds from major aerospace contractors, national laboratories as well as plasma and hypersonic research groups from top research universities. The firm is described as working on a better fuel injector that incorporates plasma to better control combustion in jet engines and gas turbines: enabling more optimum operation of the engine. In particular, by reducing fuel consumption during idling, savings are possible of between 1 percent to 5 percent per flight. This technology will also enable benefits from lower emissions; increased fuel flexibility; and improved reliability.
