SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Advanced Light Weight Recuperator for Space Power Systems
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Allcomp Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-01-16
- Contract end date
- 2004-07-19
- UEI
- D55JVDSPY5K5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S4.04
Research abstract
Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) technology holds great promise for power and propulsion demands of NASA current and future deep space explorations. Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) space power system is one of the most efficient energy conversion technologies for nuclear electric propulsion. There are three heat exchanges in CBC and the recuperator is very important to enhancing CBC efficiency. An advanced light weight recuperator is proposed for reducing mass of the State-of-Art (SOA) metallic recuperator in CBC while improving its performance by using advanced materials. The feasibility of the proposed recuperator will be demonstrated and key technical issues will be investigated during Phase I. Three concept designs of heat exchanger cores will be developed and prototyped. Their performance will be determined. Based on experimental data, a sub-scale recuperator for CBC will be outlined preliminarily. The proposed recuperator is anticipated to offer significant mass saving in comparison with the metallic recuperator.
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.
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- Nano Enhanced 4000 °F CMC for Multiple Use Applications
- Novel, Functionally Graded PIP Coating System for Hot Structures
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Research funding history
62 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2020). Reported award amounts total $22,355,305. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy