Benefits and Impacts Obsolescence Reduction Risk Reduction Safety Improvement Cost Reduction

1. Area(s) of Significant Benefit Safety Performance Sustainability Operations Infrastructure Detection of Overheating Electrical Wire • Description • This proposed study is to develop a method to prevent potential fire that may result from overheating of electrical wire in the Shuttle, International Space Station, or other Space vehicles. • It detects microencapsulated precursor chemicals before the occurrence of fire. • It identify the type and the location of the wire that may become a problem, provide an alarm, and initiate appropriate corrective actions. • Technologies and Capabilities • Identify chemicals that are appropriate for encapsulating and tagging. • Prepare the microcapsules and attach them to the wires. • Set up apparatus for wire heating and testing. • Train the E-Nose for the detection and correct identification of the tagging chemicals. • Prepare report and conduct a demonstration. Benefits and Impacts Obsolescence Reduction Risk Reduction Safety Improvement Cost Reduction Process Improvement Other (Ultra-High Operations Improvement Reliability) Performance Enhancement • POC, Cost, Schedule and Maturity • TRL 4 – 6, Instrumentation and Materials Science, Process and materials. • POC: Rebecca Young, KSC, (321) 867-8765 • Reduce risk of Shuttle on-board fire • Improve process, operation and system performance by automatic alarm and immediate corrective action. • Reduction in Category 1 Failure Rate of 1%

2. Detection of Overheating Electrical Wire • Total Project Costs: $ 7.8M • Obsolescence & Feasibility: $ 0.2 M • Formulation: $ 0.7 M • Implementation: $ 6.0 M • Project Submitted By: Rebecca Young and Clyde Parrish, (321) 867-8765 • Note: Supplemental Information attached in MS Word document