SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Cooling Techniques for Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine Components
Award amount
$99,973Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Concepts NREC, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- PKMJNWK4V2U1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Developing new techniques for combustion chamber cooling are critical to increasing engine life to 60 missions or greater. Concepts NREC will explore several chamber cooling options that minimize or eliminate coking increasing engine chamber life withoutsacrificing performance or adding cost. The proposed Phase I study will investigate methane as the hydrocarbon propellant for cooling along with a second option of cooling the chamber with liquid oxygen. The Phase I study will involve three engine classsizes: upper stage engines in the 15K to 35K thrust class,
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.
- Cost-Effective RBC for High-Power X-Ray Applications
- Space Exploration Hydrogen Boost Pump
- Advanced sCO2 Turbine for Concentrated Solar Power Application
- Integrated Cooling and Secondary Flow Design System
- Integrated Brayton Cryocooler for LOx and LH2 Applications
Research funding history
68 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2024). Reported award amounts total $20,616,344. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation