SBIR/STTR Research Award
SMALL LIQUID PUMP FOR SPACE THERMAL SYSTEMS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award 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
SMALL LIQUID PUMPS CAPABLE OF OPERATING WITH VERY LOW SUCTION PRESSURE COULD BE USED ON SATELLITES AND SPACE PLATFORMS: FOR AMMONLA THERMAL BUSES, ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT PIPE RADIATORS, AND INTERNAL (HABITABLE) THERMAL CONTROL USING WATER. A TINY ROTARY PUMP CAPABLE OF SEVERAL CM(3)/S FLOW SUITABLE FOR A 2-KW THERMAL LOAD WITH AMMONIA WILL BE DEMONSTRATED. IT WILL BE DESIGNED AND TESTED FOR VERY LOW SUCTION-SPECIFIC SPEED. PHASE II SHOULD BE REFINEMENT OF DESIGN AND LIFE TESTING. SMALL LIQUID PUMPS CAPABLE OF OPERATING WITH VERY LOW SUCTION PRESSURE COULD BE USED ON SATELLITES AND SPACE PLATFORMS: FOR AMMONLA THERMAL BUSES, ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT PIPE RADIATORS, AND INTERNAL (HABITABLE) THERMAL CONTROL USING WATER. A TINY ROTARY PUMP CAPABLE OF SEVERAL CM(3)/S FLOW SUITABLE FOR A 2-KW THERMAL LOAD WITH AMMONIA WILL BE DEMONSTRATED. IT WILL BE DESIGNED AND TESTED FOR VERY LOW SUCTION-SPECIFIC SPEED. PHASE II SHOULD BE REFINEMENT OF DESIGN AND LIFE TESTING.
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