SBIR/STTR Research Award
Titanium Heat Pipe Thermal Plane
Award amount
$99,941Program 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
- X6.01
Research abstract
Thermacore Inc. proposes an innovative titanium heat pipe thermal plane for passive thermal control of individual cells within a fuel cell stack. The proposed technology eliminates actively pumped liquid coolant loops, which improves system efficiency, reliability, safety, simplicity, life cycle as well as saves weight and volume. Although the main purpose for this technology is thermal management of fuel cells for space applications, the same technology can be applied for electronics cooling: heat spreaders and heat sinks, where thin design is required. The proposed titanium heat pipe thermal plane will be reliable passive heat transfer device with the following parameters:
bulk density: under 3 grams per cubic centimeter,
thickness: less than 0.050 inches,
effective thermal conductivity: in excess of 2,000 W/(m K),
electrical resistivity: less than 0.2 ohms-cm,
operation against gravity: 4 inches
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
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- Automation for Vehicle and Crew Operations
- Ontological Models to Support Planning Operations
- Incorporating High-Speed, Optimizing, Interleaving, Configurable/Composable Scheduling into NASA's EUROPA Planning Architecture
- Predictive Situational Awareness Tool
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