SBIR/STTR Research Award
HOLOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATORS FOR SOLAR THERMAL ROCKET ENGINES
Award amount
$49,976Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- National Technical Systems
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CONCEPTS EXIST FOR A NEW FORM OF THERMAL ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WOULD REQUIRE 10,000 TO 1 SOLAR ENERGY CONCENTRATION TO HEAT THE ROCKETS WORKING MEDIUM. HOLOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATORS CAN BE MADE TO SUPPLY THERMAL WAVELENGTHS TO THE ENGINE AND VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS TO SOLAR CELLS. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE LOWER LAUNCH VOLUME AND MASS, HAVE SIMPLER DEPLOYMENT AND MOUNTING THAN ALTERNATE METHODS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS INFLATED LENTICULAR MIRRORS.
Technology keywords
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