SBIR/STTR Research Award
CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC WING LEADING EDGE HEAT PIPES
Award amount
$59,036Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Boyd Lancaster, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HUT3XNPLRL77
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CURRENT HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT DESIGNS REQUIRE COOLING ON THEIR LEADING EDGE SURFACES. HEAT PIPES HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING A LOWWEIGHT METHOD OF COOLING THESE SURFACES. HOWEVER, CURRENT HEAT PIPE DESIGNS REQUIRE AN AUXILIARY HEAT EXCHANGER COUPLED TO THE HEAT PIPE CONDENSER. THIS HEAT EXCHANGER IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE HEAT IN EXCESS OF THAT WHICH CAN BE RADIATED. THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A PROGRAM TO DESIGN A PASSIVE HEAT PIPE BASED ON CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC MATERIALS. THE HEAT PIPE WILL OPERATE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, 18002400 DEG C, SUCH THAT THE TOTAL INCIDENT HEAT LOAD CAN BE DISSIPATED BY RADIATION. A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT CARBON FIBER/CERAMIC HEAT PIPE WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED.
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.
- Additive Manufacturing of Heat Pipe Wicks
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Innovative Heat Sink Technology for Application to Aircraft Systems
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Durable Solution for Compressor Airfoil Leading Edges in Gas Turbine Engines
Research funding history
137 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $29,166,147. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation