SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of Lightweight Heat Exchangers for Man-Portable Battery Recharging System
Award amount
$999,768Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- THERMAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-30
- Contract end date
- 2020-02-04
- UEI
- HNM9C3HMA9H4
- Solicitation number
- 16.1
- Topic code
- A16-022
Research abstract
ThermAvant proposes to develop and demonstrate an oscillating heat pipe (OHP) heat sink paired with a thermoelectric generator (TEG) to convert medium-quality heat into high-quality electrical energy for man-portable battery charging system. Key innovations include a collapsible heat sink with ultra-high effective thermal conductivity structural elements, surface enhancements, and air flow management features to maximize heat transfer coefficients from cold-side heat sink to ambient using natural convection. Further, state-of-the-art TEG elements will be integrated with the OHP heat sink to deliver best-in-class thermal-electric conversion efficiency with minimal size, weight and cost using readily available heat sources for mobile warfighters
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Active Thermal Switching OHP Radiator for Lunar Science
- Flexible Oscillating Heat Pipe for Microelectronics Thermal Management
- Large Format Ceramic Oscillating Heat Pipes
- High Temperature Oscillating Heat Pipe Radiator
- High Temperature Oscillating Heat Pipe Transport System
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Optimized Thermal Management Technology for Thermoelectric Generators
- Development of Lightweight Heat Exchangers for Man-Portable Battery Recharging System
- Optimized Thermal Management Technology for Thermoelectric Generators
- Development of Lightweight Heat Exchangers for Man-Portable Battery Recharging System
- Woven Graphite Fiber Heat Exchanger
Research funding history
44 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2009–2025). Reported award amounts total $21,824,921. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation