SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Cost Foil Bearing Supported Helium Circulation Fan
Award amount
$99,990Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- R&D Dynamics Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2009-06-24
- Contract end date
- 2010-10-25
- UEI
- FN9VRJT8ZDZ5
- Solicitation number
- 2009.1
- Topic code
- N091-054
Research abstract
A low-cost helium circulator will be designed and demonstrated for use in High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) systems. The circulator design will feature an oil-free high-speed rotor supported on foil gas bearings. The basis for this design has been extensively used and demonstrated by R&D Dynamics in other applications e.g. fuel cells, at very high temperatures, up to 700 deg. C. In Phase I the feasibility will be demonstrated. In Phase II a working prototype will be designed, built and laboratory tested. In Phase III a full scale prototype will be installed onboard a Navy ship for extended testing.
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.
- Foil Gas Bearings for High Temperature Gas Turbine Engine
- Low Cost Foil Bearing Supported Helium Circulation Fan
- High Efficiency R744 Centrifugal Chiller
- High Temperature Solid Lubricant Coatings for Foil Air Bearings
- Foil Gas Bearing Supported Quiet Fan for Spacecraft Ventilation
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2012). Reported award amounts total $6,800,293. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration