SBIR/STTR Research Award
Magnetically Coupled Helium Recirculation Fan (MCHRF)
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Orbital Technologies Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2009-06-24
- Contract end date
- 2010-01-05
- UEI
- XESXD6N437K9
- Solicitation number
- 2009.1
- Topic code
- N091-054
Research abstract
ORBITEC proposes to develop the Magnetically Coupled Helium Recirculation Fan (MCHRF), a fan for the recirculation of cryogenic helium gas for shipboard High-Temperature Superconductor Deguassing (HTSDG) systems. The MCHRF will eliminate the mechanical penetration required for the recirculation function by driving the fan with magnetic forces from a tightly packaged integral motor assembly contained entirely within the vacuum space. This will simplify the design of the associated insulation system, eliminate the potential for any gas leaks along a shaft penetration, and minimize the heat load associated with the fan. Because of these simplifications, it will also dramatically reduce the cost associated with the recirculation function.
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.
- High Performance Nanolauncher
- Plastic Melt Waste Compactor Flight Demonstrator Payload (PFDP)
- Miniature Nontoxic Nitrous Oxide-Propane (MINNOP) Propulsion
- Zero G Mass Measurement Device (ZGMMD)
- Ultra High Repetition Rate Multi-Parameter Imaging Diagnostics for Reacting Flows
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low Cost Foil Bearing Supported Helium Circulation Fan
- Regenerative Cryogenic Helium Circulator
- Low Cost Foil Bearing Supported Helium Circulation Fan
Research funding history
216 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2014). Reported award amounts total $56,646,148. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy