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Advanced Regenerators for Very Low Temperature Cryocoolers

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
19969 		Program Year/Program:
1993 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
19969 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
General Pneumatics Corp
3616 W. Thomas Rd. Ste. 5 Phoenix, AZ 85019 0444
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1993
Title: Advanced Regenerators for Very Low Temperature Cryocoolers
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $60,485.00
 

Abstract:

Proposed is a new concept for high effectiveness regenerative heat exchangers which are critically needed to develop efficient cryocoolers for operation at temperatures of 10K and below. Development of light weight, power efficient, long life cryocoolers capable of providing refrigeration at and below 10K has become a critically-pacing technology for spaceborne instrumentation. The best current 10K cryocoolers are impractically large, inefficient, and unreliable for aerospace applications. This is largely due to fundamental problems wither regenerator ineffectiveness at very low temperature. The new type of regenerators proposed offers for 10K cryocoolers the proposed of reductions of 100s of wats of power and kilograms of weight per watt of refrigeration, and extension of operating life by 10,000's of hours. The proposed research will define the analytical modeling, thermofluid performance trade-offs, material properties, production and test methods for such high effectiveness regenerators.

Principal Investigator:

Mr. Woody Ellison
6029981856

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

General Pneumatics Corp
7662 E. Gray Road, Suite 107 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No