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Follow on Google News | Sporian Developing High Temperature Pressure Sensor for NASASporian Microsystems, has been awarded a contract from NASA to develop a pressure sensor that will be able to survive harsh conditions including temperatures in excess of 1832F, pressures in excess of 500 PSI, plus exposure to corrosive gasses.
Sporian will provide a subcontract to Boeing to assist with the development of this technology. Robert Frampton, a senior systems engineer for Boeing Phantom Works in Huntington Beach, Calif., said: "Boeing looks forward to working with Sporian to demonstrate this technology. The high-temperature capability of Sporian's pressure sensor will allow applications to measure pressures in small rocket thruster combustion chambers and in jet engines, where in situ pressure measurements are not now possible." "Our goal is to develop a sensor that improves the ability for active control of combustion instabilities in lean burning, low emission aircraft engines. This will enable combustor designs that allow for complete combustion of the fuel while forming fewer pollutants," NASA Glenn Research Center, Aeronautics Research Directorate, Supersonics and Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project will monitor the results of Sporian's development efforts. Beyond aerospace, Sporian recognizes opportunities in the electric utility industry where major efforts in harsh environment sensing need to be realized to improve the efficiency of electricity generating assets. # # # Sporian Microsystems, Inc. is an aggressive sensors and packaging company. Sporian develops, markets, manufactures and sells a family of novel sensors, multiple sensor-suites, sensor-subsystems and sensor data-loggers. End
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