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CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 17049
Amount: $49,872.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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Po Box 1189
Boston, MA 02117
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

A NEW APPROACH TO CLOSED-CYCLE, CRYOGENIC COOLING WILL BE DEVELOPED USING A POLYMER-MEMBRANE-BASED, ELECTROCHEMICALLY DRIVEN CRYOSTAT THAT EMPLOYS OXYGEN AS THE TWO-PHASE WORKING FLUID IN A MODIFIED LINDE-HAMPSON, DOUBLE-EXPANSION CYCLE. THE CYCLE PERMITS THE USE OF ADVANCED MEMBRANES IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSOR. IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZE AND COST BY A FACTOR LEAST TWO, WITH NO INCREASE IN COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE, ARE PROJECTED. LIKE OTHER ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSORS, THIS ELECTROCHEMICAL CRYOSTAT HAS NO MOVING PARTS. PHASE I ADDRESSES THE FEASIBILITY ISSUES SURROUNDING THE CRYOSTAT WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF BOTH ANIONIC AND CATIONIC CELL PERFORMANCE. AN APPROACH TO WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE CRYOSTAT WILL BE ANALYTICALLY INVESTIGATED. A NEW APPROACH TO CLOSED-CYCLE, CRYOGENIC COOLING WILL BE DEVELOPED USING A POLYMER-MEMBRANE-BASED, ELECTROCHEMICALLY DRIVEN CRYOSTAT THAT EMPLOYS OXYGEN AS THE TWO-PHASE WORKING FLUID IN A MODIFIED LINDE-HAMPSON, DOUBLE-EXPANSION CYCLE. THE CYCLE PERMITS THE USE OF ADVANCED MEMBRANES IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSOR. IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZE AND COST BY A FACTOR LEAST TWO, WITH NO INCREASE IN COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE, ARE PROJECTED. LIKE OTHER ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSORS, THIS ELECTROCHEMICAL CRYOSTAT HAS NO MOVING PARTS. PHASE I ADDRESSES THE FEASIBILITY ISSUES SURROUNDING THE CRYOSTAT WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF BOTH ANIONIC AND CATIONIC CELL PERFORMANCE. AN APPROACH TO WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE CRYOSTAT WILL BE ANALYTICALLY INVESTIGATED.

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