TITANIUM/WATER CAPILLARY PUMPED LOOP FOR MANNED ENVIRONMENTS

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 5057	Program Year/Program: 1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 5057	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Thermacore, Inc.
780 Eden Road Lancaster, PA -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

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Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1987

Title: TITANIUM/WATER CAPILLARY PUMPED LOOP FOR MANNED ENVIRONMENTS

Agency: NASA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,907.00

Abstract:
FUTURE SPACE SYSTEMS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UTILIZE TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICES TO MANAGE THEIR COMPLEX THERMAL SYSTEMS. MANY CONCEPTS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR A TWO-PHASE THERMAL BUS SUCH AS HEAT PIPES, CAPILLARY PUMPED LOOPS, AND MECHANICALLY PUMPED LOOPS. THIS PROPOSAL DEFINES A WORK PLAN DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVELOPING A NEW CAPILLARY PUMPED LOOPCONCEPT WHICH UTILIZES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HEAT PIPE WICKSTRUCTURES. THE NEW CONCEPT WOULD INCREASE THE OPERATING POWER RANGE OF A CPL TO THAT OF A HEAT PIPE AND ALSO WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR EXTERNAL CONTROLS AND STARTER PUMPS. TITANIUM/WATER WAS CHOSEN AS THE MATERIAL/FLUID COMBINATION TO ALLOW FOR DIRECT USE IN MANNED ENVIRONMENTS.

Principal Investigator:

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Business Contact:
Peter M. Dussinger
Project Engineer

Small Business Information at Submission:

Thermacore, Inc.
780 Eden Rd Lancaster, PA 17601

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No