SBIR/STTR Research Award
MAN-PORTABLE MICRO-CLIMATE COOLING SYSTEM
Award amount
$493,542Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FUTURE ARMY COMBAT MISSIONS WILL INTRODUCE SIGNIFICANT NEW TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS FOR THE FOOT SOLDIER. HEAT-PUMP-COOLED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WILL BE NECESSARY TO ALLOW EXTENDED USE OF PROTECTIVE GARMENTS WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FATIGUE. THE INTENT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO INVESTIGATE A NOVEL, LIGHTWEIGHT, OPEN-CYCLE, REVERSE BRAYTON HEAT PUMP FOR PERSONAL COOLING IN A BACKPACK CONFIGURATION. THE PROPOSED DESIGN EMPLOYS A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH-SPEED CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR/EXPANDER AND INNOVATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER AND IS LIGHTER AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN TRADITIONAL REVERSE BRAYTON METHODS. THIS INNOVATIVE SYSTEM USES AN AMBIENT AIR WORKING FLUID AND COULD ACCOMMODATE BATTLEFIELD FUELS SUCH AS JP-8 FUEL AS THE ENERGY SOURCE. OTHER FUEL SOURCES ARE EASILY ACCOMMODATED. AUXILIARY ELECTRIC POWER WILL ALSO BE GENERATED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL ENERGY FOR THE ELECTRONICS THAT THE SOLDIER IS ANTICIPATED TO BE WEARING.
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.
- Magnetic Bearings for Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency