SBIR/STTR Research Award
FLEXIBLE HEAT PIPE COLD PLATE
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- 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
FEEDBACK POSITIONING AND CONTROL OF ONE FLIGHT CONTROL HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR REQUIRES DOZENS OF WIRES BETWEEN THE ACTUATOR AND FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTER. IT IS DESIRABLE TO REDUCE THIS WIRE COUNT BY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK LOOP CLOSURE AND REDUNDANCY MANAGEMENT ELECTRONICS ON OR WITHIN THE FLIGHT CONTROL ACTUATOR. A RELIABLE COOLING METHOD WILL BE NEEDED TO OPERATE FLIGHT CRITICAL ELECTRONICS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A FLEXIBLE HEAT PIPE COLD PLATE FOR THIS APPLICIATION. THE FLIGHT CRITICAL ELECTRONICS WOULD BE MOUNTED ON A COLD PLATE. THE WASTE HEAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO A HEAT SINK VIA A FLEXIBLE HEAT PIPE INTEGRAL WITH THE COLD PLATE. THE PROPOSED WORK PROGRAM IS BASED ON USING COLD PLATE AND FLEXIBLE HEAT PIPE TECHNOLOGY. IT COVERS DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ANALYSIS, FABRICATION, AND TEST OF DEMONSTRATION HARDWARE.
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