SBIR/STTR Research Award
INVESTIGATION OF THE COOLING OF AXLE SUMPS USING HEAT PIPES
Award amount
$87,959Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Tindev Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE ABILITY OF HEAT PIPE TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT ENERGY FROM OVER HEATED AXLE SUMPS ON MILITARY VEHICLES WILL BE DETERMINED. THE EXISTING SITUATION AND THE DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE DEFINED AND THE PRESENT THERMAL FLOW MODELED ANALYTICALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY. DIFFERENT COLLECTOR/HEAT PIPE/DISSIPATOR CONFIGURATIONS WILL BE ENTERED INTO BOTH MODELS UNTIL THE OPTIMUM SOLUTION IS FOUND. A PROTOTYPE DESIGN WILL BE MADE.
Technology keywords
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