SBIR/STTR Research Award
HEAT PUMP FOR SPACE THERMAL BUS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
VARIOUS SPACE SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE HEAT PUMPS TO LIFT HEAT TO A COMMON THERMAL BUS AND RADIATOR SYSTEM, PREFERABLY CIRCULATING AMMONIA (E.G., MOON STATION WITH A RELATIVELY HIGH RADIATOR TEMPERATURE). A SMALL HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR IS NEEDED, PREFERABLY ONE THAT AVOIDS THE PROBLEMOF LUBRICANT IN THE WORKING FLUID LOOP. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE A PROTOTYPE COMPACT, HIGH EFFICIENCY, LONG LIFE,DRY AMMONIA COMPRESSOR AT HIGH HEAD PRESSURE. IN ADDITION, SYSTEM TRADE-OFFS WILL BE REVIEWED FOR PROBABLE APPLICATIONS, AND DESIGN REFINEMENT FOR ZERO-G DEMONSTRATION WILL BE PROPOSED.
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.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency