SBIR/STTR Research Award
Self Deploying Nitinol LHP Radiator for Small Spacecraft
Award amount
$99,937Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Boyd Lancaster, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-01-22
- Contract end date
- 2009-07-22
- UEI
- HUT3XNPLRL77
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S3.02
Research abstract
Loop heat pipes are commonly used for heat rejection radiators above a few hundred watts. The LHP condener tubing is embedded in composite panels which are manually deployed. By making the LHP condenser tubing out of shape memory alloy tubing, the radiator becomes self deploying and self contained. It will passively deploy when the payload components begin producing significant heat. This not only eliminates the deployment mechanisms and controls, but also provides more flexible stowing arrangement for the radiators. Very small satellites and spacecraft can now have deployable radiators.
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.
- Additive Manufacturing of Heat Pipe Wicks
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Innovative Heat Sink Technology for Application to Aircraft Systems
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Durable Solution for Compressor Airfoil Leading Edges in Gas Turbine Engines
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Monofilament Vaporization Propulsion (MVP) System
- Green Monopropellant Propulsion for Small Spacecrafts
- Cathode for Electric Space Propulsion Utilizing Iodine as Propellant
- Adaptive Venturi for Monopropellant Feed Systems
- I-Sail: 2500-Square-Meter Solar Sail Prototype Demonstrator
Research funding history
137 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $29,166,147. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation