SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PIPES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award 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
A RELIABLE, EFFICIENT MEANS FOR MOVING LARGE AMOUNTS OF HEAT FROM THE SOURCE TO A HEAT SINK WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN FUTURE AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS TRANSATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES. THE HEAT PIPE IS JUST SUCH A DEVICE, AND THROUGH PROPER SELECTION OF THE CASE MATERIAL AND WORKING FLUID, CAN OPERATE NEAR-ISOTHERMALLY FROM 5-2300K. HEAT PIPES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED SINCE THE 1960S. HOWEVER, ULTRAMET PROPOSES A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE METHOD OF PRODUCING HEAT PIPES, UTILIZING THE PROCESS OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD). THE HEAT PIPE WILL BE SEAMLESS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FILL PORT, THEREFORE GREATLY INCREASING ITS RELIABILITY. THE WICK MAY BE MACHINED INTO NUMEROUS GEOMETRIES, AND THE WALL WILL BE DEPOSITED SUCH THAT IT ASSUMES THE SHAPE OF THE WICK.
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