SBIR/STTR Research Award
UNCONVENTIONAL LONG-LIFE CHEMICAL ROCKET THRUST CHAMBERS
Award amount
$49,150Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ULTRAMET
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8ZRMWX85NZ6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CURRENT CHEMICAL ROCKET-THRUST CHAMBERS HAVE LIMITED LIVES DUE TO THE LIMITED OXIDATION PROTECTION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THIS IS TRUE NOT ONLY AT TEMPERATURES OF 2200 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (4000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT), BUT AT 1100 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (2000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) AS WELL. A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER VERNIER THRUSTER. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF VAPOR-SOLID PROCESSING, A MATERIAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT CAN BE APPLIED AS A PROTECTIVE COATING WITH OUTSTANDING OXIDATION-PROTECTIVE RESULTS. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE ITS APPLICABILITY TO PROTECTING CHEMICAL ROCKET-THRUST CHAMBERS FROM OXIDATION. THIS MATERIAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND THRUST-CHAMBER LIFETIMES BY AN ORDEROF MAGNITUDE. CURRENT CHEMICAL ROCKET-THRUST CHAMBERS HAVE LIMITED LIVES DUE TO THE LIMITED OXIDATION PROTECTION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THIS IS TRUE NOT ONLY AT TEMPERATURES OF 2200 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (4000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT), BUT AT 1100 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (2000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) AS WELL. A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER VERNIER THRUSTER. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF VAPOR-SOLID PROCESSING, A MATERIAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT CAN BE APPLIED AS A PROTECTIVE COATING WITH OUTSTANDING OXIDATION-PROTECTIVE RESULTS. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE ITS APPLICABILITY TO PROTECTING CHEMICAL ROCKET-THRUST CHAMBERS FROM OXIDATION. THIS MATERIAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND THRUST-CHAMBER LIFETIMES BY AN ORDEROF MAGNITUDE.
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.
- Thin, Flexible Oxidation-Resistant Coatings for 3D-Woven Carbon Fabric TPS Materials
- High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II
- Highly Insulating Structures for Thermal Preservation of Sample Return Mission Samples
- High-Density Scintillation Detector Materials
- Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems
Research funding history
380 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $105,154,309. 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, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services