SBIR/STTR Research Award
HFC-134A SHIPBOARD SCREW COMPRESSOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
Award amount
$49,957Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Aspen Systems, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LT1KKS59LJ48
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
DUE TO THE FORTHCOMING BAN ON ALL OZONE DEPLETING REFRIGERANTS, THENAVY NEEDS NEW REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGIES TO REPLACE THOSE USING SUCH CHEMICALS. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM USES SOME OF THE INHERENT DESIGN ADVANTAGES OF A SCREW COMPRESSOR TO ADAPT IT TO A VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM USING REFRIGERANT HFC-134A. HFC-134A HAS NO OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL. THE USE OF SCREW COMPRESSORS CAN OVERCOME ALLTHE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH HFC-134A AND ITS LUBRICANT. THUS, RATHER THAN HAVING TO RELY ON UNPROVEN NON VAPOR COMPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES, THE NAVY CAN USE A PROVEN, HIGHLY RELIABLE, COST EFFECTIVE AND SAFE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM TO SATISFY ITS REFRIGERATION REQUIREMENTS.
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.
- Improved Coupling Factor of Personal Cooling Systems
- Periscope Antenna Active Cooling
- Cooling System for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
- Affordable High Strength Mo-Si-B Alloys for High Temperature Applications
- Ultra-High Strength Nanostructured Magnesium Alloy-Composite
Research funding history
118 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2012). Reported award amounts total $26,951,408. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security