TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Battery Charge Equalizer System (MFS-TOPS-35) Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Battery Charge Equalizer System (MFS-TOPS-35)

Deadline : 18 Mar 2021

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 41759238

Document Ref. No. : T2P-JSC-00011

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Battery Charge Equalizer System (MFS-TOPS-35)

Active Contract Opportunity

Notice ID : T2P-JSC-00011

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Office : NASA HEADQUARTERS

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Original Published Date: Mar 20, 2020 01:08 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Mar 18, 2021 05:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Original Inactive Date: Apr 02, 2021

Initiative: None


Classification

Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

NAICS Code: 927110 - Space Research and Technology

Place of Performance:

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:

A battery charge equalizer developed at NASA`s Johnson Space Center provides individual cell charging in multi-cell battery strings using a minimum number of transformers. By effectively keeping all the cells in a multi-cell string at the same charge state, this technology maximizes the battery`s life and performance. Designed to augment a simple high-current charger that supplies overall battery system energy, the innovation achieves equalization without wasting energy or creating excess heat. NASA`s battery charge equalizer complements existing high voltage chargers and instrumentation systems and offers safe and low-cost management for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in electric vehicles and other next-generation renewable energy applications. This NASA Technology is available for your company to license and develop into a commercial product. NASA does not manufacture products for commercial sale.

The innovation consists of a transformer array connected to a battery array through rectification and filtering circuits. The transformer array is connected to a drive circuit and a timing and control circuit, which enables individual battery cells or cell banks to be charged. The timing and control circuit connects to a charge controller that uses battery instrumentation to determine which battery bank to charge. The system is ultra lightweight because it uses much fewer than one transformer per battery cell. For instance, 40 battery cells can be balanced with an array of just five transformers. The innovation can charge an individual cell bank at the same time while the main bat...

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