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Environmental Control Subsystems for Hyperbaric Chambers

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NAS9-01148
Agency Tracking Number: 013319
Amount: $69,993.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
200 Yellow Place
Rockledge, FL 32955
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Gregory Cole
 Senior Mechanical Engineer
 (321) 631-3550
 gsc@mainstream-engr.com
Business Contact
 Kathy McGraw-Davids
Title: Comptroller
Phone: (321) 631-3550
Email: mkd@mainstream-engr.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

NASA is currently developing an on-board hyperbaric chamber to treat decompression sickness during long-term space missions. The prototype pressure vessel is already complete and Mainstream is developing a pressurization subsystem that also addresses breathing gas delivery (oxygen generation) through a current SBIR effort. An environmental control subsystem (ECS) is desperately needed to perform thermal, moisture, carbon dioxide, particulate, and volatilized hydrocarbon control and monitoring in the hyperbaric chamber. In Phase I, Mainstream will complete the preliminary design of the ECS and demonstrate active thermal control with a laboratory prototype. Mainstream's highly innovative design will improve performance by 150-200% and reliability by 470% over current space-based heat pumps. Component size, weight, and power will be demonstrated. In Phase II, the entire ECS will be fabricated, integrated with Mainstream's pressurization and oxygen delivery subsystems, and life tested. The overall result of this program will be system hardware ready for flight-approval.

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