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Personal Heat Pump

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-04-C-6471
Agency Tracking Number: F031-2879
Amount: $750,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF03-044
Solicitation Number: 2003.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2003
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-05-25
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-07-25
Small Business Information
184 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
United States
DUNS: 121001945
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 Glenn Deming
 (508) 281-5322
 gdeming@aspensystems.com
Business Contact
 Kang Lee
Phone: (508) 481-5058
Email: klee@aerogel.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Aspen Systems proposes to develop a small portable personal heat pump system that may be used by Air Force flight line maintenance and aircrew personnel to combat heat stress and cold weather exposure. Aspen Systems is uniquely qualified to develop a miniature personal heat pump. We have successfully designed, fabricated, tested, and licensed a small rotary compressor that literally fits in the palm of your hand. Our compressor weighs just over one pound and measures about 2" in diameter by 2.5" long. It is capable of providing up to 300 Watts (1024 Btu/h) of cooling in a 120°F ambient environment. The Phase I program successfully demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing our miniature compressor in a vapor compression heat pump system to provide an acceptable solution for personal heating and cooling in the USAF application. The primary objective of the proposed Phase II program is to optimize the system components while developing the base technology into a personal heating and cooling product that will be ready for production at the end of the Phase II program.

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