Chuck Dirks, President of Innovas Technologies, said the mobile, submersible micro-sensors would continuously monitor temperature, vibrations, tube health and flow speed inside heat exchangers used in a range of industrial equipment. This close monitoring will translate into reductions in energy use, much less required maintenance, improved environmental health and large savings to companies.
“The National Science Foundation supports small businesses with the most innovative, cutting-edge ideas that have the potential to become great commercial successes and make huge societal impacts,” said Barry Johnson, Director of the NSF’s Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, in a press release. “We hope that this seed funding will spark solutions to some of the most important challenges of our time across all areas of science and technology.”
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