SBIR/STTR Research Award
ENHANCED THERMAL RADIATION MECHANICAL JOINTS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
COOLING THE INTERNALS OF FUSION REACTORS IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON RADIATION. THE HIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS ELIMINATE CONVECTION COOLING AS AN OPTION, AND FRAGILE MATERIALS AND LARGE DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL EXPANSIONS MAKE CONTACT CONDUCTANCE PROBLEMATIC. THIS RESEARCH IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE RADIATION RATE ACROSS MECHANICAL JOINTS IN A VACUUM ENVIRONMENT. CONCEPTS DEVELOPED FOR THE COMPLIANT ATTACHMENT OF HOT TILES AND HEAT TRANSFER CONCEPTS DEVELOPEDFOR CONDUCTION ACROSS JOINTS IN SPACECRAFT RADIATORS ARE COMBINED TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. ANALYTICAL MODELS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO COVER THE RANGE OF DESIGN VARIABLES. IN-VACUUM TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO SUPPORT THE ANALYTICAL AND DESIGN EFFORTS.
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.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency