SBIR/STTR Research Award
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity Commercial Alloys for Spacecraft Applications Using an Additive Manufacturing Approach
Award amount
$124,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Blue Star Advanced Materials, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-08-19
- Contract end date
- 2020-02-18
- UEI
- VYULD6L7D1A5
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_19_P1
- Topic code
- A1
Research abstract
BlueStar proposes a novel approach to increasing thermal conductivity of commercial structural alloys for Hypersonics using AM techniques and mixed powder feeds. The idea is to maintain high temperature strength in the alloys while increasing thermal conductivity, reducing CTE to increase functionality of the alloys in thermal protection systems (TPS). Our approach will be beneficial for small production run for close to net shape parts for improved TLP components and additionally fornbsp; liquid rocket motor throats and nozzles and thermal management for environment control. Plasma transfer Arc (PTA) free form fabrication based AM will be used to demonstrate use of the process
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.
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019). Reported award amounts total $249,998. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration