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FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ULTRA-HIGH EFFECTIVENESS HEAT EXCHANGERS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 6554
Amount: $50,000.00
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
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99 S Bedford St - Ste 211
Burlington, MA 01803
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR PRAFULLA (PAUL) MAHATA
 (617) 272-3033
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Abstract

TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ULTRA-HIGH EFFECTIVENESS HEAT EXCHANGERS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY SUITED FOR ICBM DEEP BASE PROGRAM. THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE AND NOVEL CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS OF AN AIR-TO-WATER HEAT EXCHANGER, AN EVAPORATOR, AND A CONDENSER. FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION DURING EGRESS PERIOD OF THE ICBM DEEP BASE OPERATION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ULTRA-HIGH EFFECTIVENESS HEAT EXCHANGERS ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ULTRA-HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMPS. THIS PROPOSAL PROVIDES WAYS TO DEVELOP SUCH HEAT EXCHANGERS THROUGH PHASE I TASKS, IN WHICH WE WILL 1) GATHER INFORMATION ON HIGH EFFECTIVENESS HEAT EXCHANGERS; 2) INVESTIGATE AND EVALUATE SEVERAL CANDIDATE HEAT EXCHANGERS, INCLUDING DIRECT CONTACT HEAT EXCHANGERS AS EVAPORATOR AND HEAT PIPES AS CONDENSERS; AND 3) FINALLY, DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS OF ULTRA-HIGH EFFECTIVENESS HEAT EXCHANGERS. THE GAIN IN THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS IN NOVEL HEAT EXCHANGERS WILL BE QUANTIFIED AND FEASIBILITY OF SUCH HEAT EXCHANGERS WILL BE DETERMINED.

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