SBIR/STTR Research Award
Oil-Free Spinning Scroll for Multiple-Stage Isopentane Heat Pump
Award amount
$124,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Air Squared, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-08-27
- Contract end date
- 2021-03-01
- UEI
- N71MUPCNM3J1
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_20_P1
- Topic code
- Z2
Research abstract
NASA is currently seeking technologies that will support long duration habitation for large human class landers on the lunar surface. Technologies are needed that allow a single vehicle design to operate in the lunar environment where surface temperatures range from -193deg;C to 120deg;C. Technologies should also address reduction in mass, volume, and power usage relative to current solutions. To satisfy these objectives, Air Squared proposes a dual-loop thermal control system (TCS) with an outer loop consisting of a multi-stage, high-lift, isopentane vapor compression cycle (VCC) heat pump. To enable the proposed heat pump architecture, Air Squared will design, manufacture, and evaluate a lightweight, oil-free, spinning-scroll compressor during Phase I.
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.
- Helium Transfer Scroll Pump System (HTSPS)
- Helium Transfer Scroll Pump System (HTSPS)
- Phase II Lunar ISRU Contaminant Tolerant Scroll Vacuum Pump (CTSVP)
- Novel dual 75 m3/hr all-metal, liquid-cooled, oil- and tip seal-free tritium compatible scroll pump to support near term nuclear fusion power production.
- Plating Investigation for Aluminum Tritium Scroll Vacuum Pump to Improve Durability and Decrease Overall Cost
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2023). Reported award amounts total $14,325,465. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation