DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL HEAT PUMP HEAT PIPE AND RANKINE POWER COMPONENTS FOR SPACECRAFT HEAT REJECTION SYSTEMS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Air Force

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 6083

Amount: $49,979.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP

6191 Anchor Ln

Rockledge, FL 32955

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: ROBERT P SCARINGE
Phone: (305) 631-5911

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

FUTURE MILITARY SPACE MISSIONS WILL INTRODUCE SIGNIFICANT NEW TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS FOR SPACECRAFT ENERGY SYSTEMS. VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES NEED TO BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR A PARTICULAR APPLICATION. A DESIGN TOOL THAT ALLOWS RAPID BUT ACCURATE COMPARISON OF ALL ALTERNATIVES WOULD BE EXTREMELY USEFUL. THE INTENT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO EXTEND THE GENERALIZED SIM TOOL TRANSIENT MODELING CAPABILITY INTO HEAT PUMP, HEAT PIPE AND RANKINE HEAT ENGINE COMPONENTS, TO ENHANCE THE PREDICTION OF SPACECRAFT TWO-PHASE THERMAL MANAGEMENT DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, ENHANCE THE PREDICTION OF COMPONENT FAILURES, AND ENHANCE THE PREDICTION OF SPACECRAFT SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY. TWO-PHASE FLUID PROPERTIES FROM THE LITERATURE WILL BE USED TO CREATE ALGORITHMS FOR SATURATED AND SUPERHEATED PROPERTIES OF R113 AND R114. IN ADDITION, THE MODIFIED REDLICH WONG EQUATION OF STATE WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP THERMODYNAMIC MODELS FOR NON-AZEOTROPE BINARY MIXTURES OF R11, R113, AND R114.

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DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL HEAT PUMP HEAT PIPE AND RANKINE POWER COMPONENTS FOR SPACECRAFT HEAT REJECTION SYSTEMS