Fabrication and Test of HTS Coils for the VASIMR Experiment

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 63835	Program Year/Program: 2004 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 022190	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Tai-Yang Research Company
9112 Farrell Park Lane Knoxville, FL -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 2004

Title: Fabrication and Test of HTS Coils for the VASIMR Experiment

Agency: NASA

Contract: NNJ04JA28C

Award Amount: $599,994.00

Abstract:
In the Phase I effort, Tai-Yang Research Corporation (TYRC) proposes to design and perform analyses on state-of-the-art High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) coils for the Variable Specific Impulse Magneto-Plasma Rocket (VASIMR) experiment being conducted at the Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory (ASPL) at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Using the design results obtained in the Phase I effort, TYRC proposes in Phase II to fabricate, test, and install HTS coils (VX-2 and VX-3) in the existing VASIMR experiment. Replacing the conventional copper coils with state-of-the-art HTS coils in the VASIMR experiment will allow for greater design flexibility and increased operational performance. The HTS replacement coils will be designed to be conduction cooled via a single-stage Gifford-McMahon (G-M) cryocooler, operating at 40 K.

Principal Investigator:
Chris Rey
Principal Investigator
3024944048
taiyang@tai-yang.com

Business Contact:
Chris Rey
Vice President
3024944048
cmrey@tai-yang.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

Tai-Yang Research Corporation
31 Pierson Drive Hockessin, DE 19707

EIN/Tax ID: 582605625

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No