Pioneer Astronautics dba Pioneer Invention
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- Lakewood, CO 802155516
- Phone: 303-980-0890
- Corporate URL: www.pioneerastro.com
- Estimated Number of Employees: 12
- Estimated Annual Receipts: $1,000,000
- Business Start Date: 1996
- Contact Person: Robert Zubrin
- Contact Phone: 303-980-0890
- Contact Email: zubrin@aol.com
- Business Structure:
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Business Type:
- For Profit Organization
- Subchapter S Corporation
- Industries Served: Engineering Services, Testing Laboratories, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Product Areas: R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: MISSILE/SPACE SYSTEMS (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D-MISSILE & SPACE SYS-A RES/EXPL, R&D-MISC HARD GOODS-A RES/EXPL DEV, R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: MISCELLANEOUS HARD GOODS (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), OTHER ENERGY (BASIC), R&D- ENERGY: OTHER (BASIC RESEARCH), R&D- ENERGY: OTHER (ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT), OTHER ENERGY (ADVANCED), R&D-SPACE SCIENCE & APPL-B RES, R&D- SPACE: SCIENCE/APPLICATIONS (BASIC RESEARCH), R&D-SPACE SCIENCE & APPL-A RES/EXPL, R&D- SPACE: SCIENCE/APPLICATIONS (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D- SPACE: FLIGHT (BASIC RESEARCH), SPACE FLIGHT (BASIC), R&D-OTHER SPACE-B RES, R&D- SPACE: OTHER (BASIC RESEARCH), R&D- SPACE: OTHER (ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT), R&D-OTHER SPACE-ADV DEV
Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides
In order by amount of set aside monies.
- $50,000 - Tuesday the 21st of January 2014
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
THE LUNAR ORGANIC WASTE REFORMER (LOWR) UTILIZES HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM REFORMATION TO CONVERT ALL PLASTIC, PAPER, AND HUMAN WASTE MATERIALS INTO USEFUL GASES. IN THE LOWR, SOLAR THERMAL CONCENTRATORS ARE USED TO HEAT STEAM DIRECTLY TO 600 C, AFTER WHICH THE STEAM IS MIXED WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF OXYGEN AND INJECTED INTO A REACTOR WHICH IS BEING FED WITH WASTE MATERIALS VIA A LOCK HOPPER. AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE OXYGENATED STEAM WILL REACT WITH ALL ORGANIC MATERIALS TO PRODUCE A GAS MIXTURE LARGELY COMPOSED OF HYDROGEN, CO AND CARBON DIOXIDE. AFTER REMOVING THE REMAINING STEAM FROM THE PRODUCT STREAM VIA CONDENSATION, THE GASES ARE DUSULFURIZED AND THEN FED TO A CATALYTIC REACTOR WHERE THEY CAN BE COMBINED WITH HYDROGEN TO PRODUCE METHANE, METHANOL, OR OTHER FUELS. BOTH THE NECESSARY HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN FOR THE PROCESS CAN BE PRODUCED BY ELECTROLYSIS OF PART OF THE WATER CONTENT OF THE WASTE MATERIAL, WHICH IS EXTRACTED FROM THE WASTES DIRECTLY BY THE REFORMER ITSELF. WITH EFFECTIVE RECYCLING OF THE STEAM, NO CONSUMABLES ARE LOST IN THE PROCESS. ALL PRODUCTS ARE LIQUIDS OR GASES, MAKING THE SYSTEM HIGHLY RELIABLE AND SUBJECT TO AUTOMATION. IN THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 PROGRAM, PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS WILL BUILD A FULL-SCALE END-TO-END LOWR SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TURNING 10 KG OF WASTE PER DAY INTO METHANE AND OXYGEN. - $200,000 - Tuesday the 21st of January 2014
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
THE LUNAR ORGANIC WASTE REFORMER (LOWR) UTILIZES HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM REFORMATION TO CONVERT ALL PLASTIC, PAPER, AND HUMAN WASTE MATERIALS INTO USEFUL GASES. IN THE LOWR, SOLAR THERMAL CONCENTRATORS ARE USED TO HEAT STEAM DIRECTLY TO 600 C, AFTER WHICH THE STEAM IS MIXED WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF OXYGEN AND INJECTED INTO A REACTOR WHICH IS BEING FED WITH WASTE MATERIALS VIA A LOCK HOPPER. AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE OXYGENATED STEAM WILL REACT WITH ALL ORGANIC MATERIALS TO PRODUCE A GAS MIXTURE LARGELY COMPOSED OF HYDROGEN, CO AND CARBON DIOXIDE. AFTER REMOVING THE REMAINING STEAM FROM THE PRODUCT STREAM VIA CONDENSATION, THE GASES ARE DUSULFURIZED AND THEN FED TO A CATALYTIC REACTOR WHERE THEY CAN BE COMBINED WITH HYDROGEN TO PRODUCE METHANE, METHANOL, OR OTHER FUELS. BOTH THE NECESSARY HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN FOR THE PROCESS CAN BE PRODUCED BY ELECTROLYSIS OF PART OF THE WATER CONTENT OF THE WASTE MATERIAL, WHICH IS EXTRACTED FROM THE WASTES DIRECTLY BY THE REFORMER ITSELF. WITH EFFECTIVE RECYCLING OF THE STEAM, NO CONSUMABLES ARE LOST IN THE PROCESS. ALL PRODUCTS ARE LIQUIDS OR GASES, MAKING THE SYSTEM HIGHLY RELIABLE AND SUBJECT TO AUTOMATION. IN THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 PROGRAM, PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS WILL BUILD A FULL-SCALE END-TO-END LOWR SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TURNING 10 KG OF WASTE PER DAY INTO METHANE AND OXYGEN.
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