SBIR/STTR Research Award
Broad Area Cooling with Hybrid Additive Manufactured Pressure Vessel
Award amount
$124,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Sierra Lobo, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-08-25
- Contract end date
- 2021-03-01
- UEI
- ERWXLW98LM84
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_20_P1
- Topic code
- Z10
Research abstract
Sierra Lobo, Inc. and our partner Big Metal Additive propose a unique hybrid additive approach to manufacturing cryogenic liquid storage tanks with broad area cooling channels integrated directly into the walls of the tanks. This manufacturing approach has the potential to yield a smooth exterior surface over which a composite overwrap may be applied, minimizing system weight and maximizing efficient use of tank volume while maintaining structural strength. The use of automated, computer-controlled machining also has the potential to minimize costs of manufacturing broad area cooled storage vessels, maximizing reproducibility while minimizing manual labor hours required to manufacture such tanks, and is easily scalable to larger tank sizes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Bichromatic Littoral Temperature Observer (BLTO) Instrument and Bus
- Low-Cost Small Satellites with Thermal Infrared ISR Capability
- RCS Tank Operations Using Cryocoolers
- Broad Area Cooling with Hybrid Additive Manufactured Pressure Vessel
- Lunar Ice Mining Using a Heat-Assisted Cutting Tool
Awards with the same topic code
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- Performance of Expansion-Deflection Nozzles for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines
- Efficient Models for Film Condensation in Cryogenic Tank Applications
- Improved Design of the VASIMR Radio Frequency Transmission Line
Research funding history
26 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2023). Reported award amounts total $8,509,328. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contractor profile
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Agency intelligence
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAICS intelligence
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