SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low-Mass VOST Valve
Award amount
$69,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Big Horn Valve, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-01-16
- Contract end date
- 2004-07-19
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A4.06
Research abstract
A cylindrical, low-mass, high-efficiency, leak-proof cryogenic valve will be designed using composites and exotic metals. Based upon cryogenically-proven Venturi Off-Set Technology (VOST) the valve has no stem-actuator, few moving parts, and an overall cylindrical shape. The valve geometry will help reduce launch vehicle complexity and facilitate assembly and test. Reliability and safety and will be enhanced due to the inherent simplicity and leak-proof design of the VOST valve.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Rule-Based Multidisciplinary Tool for Unsteady Reacting Real-Fluid Flows
- Low-Mass VOST Valve
- Modeling Unsteady Cavitation Effects and Dynamic Loads in Cryogenic Systems
- Rule-Based Multidisciplinary Tool for Unsteady Reacting Real-Fluid Flows
- Modeling Unsteady Cavitation Effects and Dynamic Loads in Cryogenic Systems