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IDV
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NNK12EA61C
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2012-05-10
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_IDV_NNK12EA61C_8000
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - INTEGRATED MULTI-LAYER INSULATION (IMLI), A NEXT GENERATION MLI TECHNOLOGY, IS BEING DEVELOPED BY QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORP (QUEST) AND BALL AEROSPACE. IMLI USES PROPRIETARY DISCRETE SPACER TECHNOLOGY WITH LOW THERMAL CONDUCTANCE MICROMOLDED POLYMER SPACERS (SHOWN IN FIGURES 1 AND 2) TO REDUCE HEAT LEAK, CONTROL LAYER SPACING AND DENSITY, AND FORM A ROBUST BONDED-UP STRUCTURE. IMLI IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE MLI REPLACEMENT FOR NASA AND OTHER AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, OFFERING HIGHER PERFORMANCE, FEWER LAYERS, LOWER MASS AND MORE REPEATABLE PERFORMANCE THAN NETTING-BASED MLI. IMLI HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PROVEN FEASIBLE, AND HAS MOVED FROM TRL2 TO TRL6. IT HAS DEMONSTRATED ~50% LOWER HEAT LEAK PER LAYER THAN CONVENTIONAL MLI, IN A ROBUST, REPEATABLE, LOWER COST STRUCTURE. THERMAL PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN VALIDATED BY NASA KSC CRYOGENICS TEST LAB, AND IMLI COUPONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACQUIRED BY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC), MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC), AND GLENN RESEARCH CENTER (GRC) IN SEVERAL ADVANCED INSULATION/CRYOGENIC FLUID MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. TWO U.S. PATENTS ON IMLI AND LRMLI HAVE BEEN ISSUED (U.S. NO. 7,954,301 AND U.S. PATENT APPLICATION 12/493,852), ONE MORE PATENT IS IN PROSECUTION, AND TWO MORE PATENTS ARE IN INTERNAL DISCLOSURES PREPARING FOR PATENT FILING. QUEST AND BALL AEROSPACE JOINTLY OWN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. LOAD RESPONSIVE MULTI-LAYER INSULATION (LRMLI), HAS COMPLETED A NASA SBIR PHASE II PROGRAM, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF THE LRMLI CONCEPT (SHOWN IN FIGURE 3) IN WHICH DYNAMIC INSULATION PROVIDES BOTH HIGH THERMAL INSULATION IN-ATMOSPHERE AND ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE ON-ORBIT, IS A POTENTIAL SOFI REPLACEMENT, AND IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR IN-AIR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS LAUNCH VEHICLES DURING GROUND HOLD AND LAUNCH ASCENT AND LH2 POWERED AIRCRAFT. LRMLI IS PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY OF QUEST AND BALL AEROSPACE, AND IS THE BASIS FOR A FAMILY OF ADVANCED INSULATION SYSTEMS THAT USE THE UNIQUE LOAD BEARING CAPABILITY OF THIS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING SUPPORTING A THIN VACUUM SHELL, SUPPORTING BALLISTIC LAYERS FOR MICROMETEOROID/ORBITAL DEBRIS SHIELDING, AND SUPPORTING A VAPOR COOLED SHIELD FOR ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION SYSTEMS. THE UNIQUE APPLICATION OF IMLI/LRMLI TECHNOLOGIES TO THE LOAD BEARING MULTILAYER INSULATION (LB-IMLI) FOR THE REDUCED BOIL-OFF LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE REQUIRES A THOROUGH REVIEW, UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF THE LOAD RESPONSIVE MLI SYSTEM SUPPORTING THE MASS OF THE VAPOR COOLED SHIELD AND OUTER MLI, AND EVALUATION OF HOW TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD SAFETY MARGINS. QUEST/BALL AEROSPACE DISCRETE SPACER TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE OPTIMIZED FOR A NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING HEAT LEAK AND STRUCTURAL STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR73: R&D- SPACE: COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS (ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT) |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
6833 JOYCE ST, ARVADA, 800077552, UNITED STATES |
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DCA
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AWARD
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NNX11CA81C
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2011-08-18
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2013-05-31
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2013-05-31
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX11CA81C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
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NEW NASA VEHICLES (EDS, ORION, LANDERS&ORBITING FUEL DEPOTS) NEED IMPROVED CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT TRANSFER&STORAGE FOR LONG DURATION MISSIONS. CURRENT CRYOGEN FEED LINE MULTI-LAYER INSULATION (MLI) PERFORMANCE IS 10X WORSE PER AREA THAN TANK MLI INSULATION. CRYOGENIC PIPING HEAT LEAK IS 50 80% OF CRYOTANK HEAT LEAK, AND 40 50% OF LH2 IS LOST - ABOUT 150,000 GALLONS ($300,000) - DURING TRANSFER, CHILL DOWN&GROUND HOLD DURING EACH STS LAUNCH. QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, TEAMING WITH BALL AEROSPACE, PROPOSES TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE ADVANCED INSULATION SYSTEM, WRAPPED MLI, WHICH COULD PROVIDE IMPROVED THERMAL INSULATION FOR CRYOGENIC FEED LINES. WRAPPED MLI (WMLI) IS HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTILAYER INSULATION DESIGNED FOR CRYOGENIC PIPING THAT USES QUEST'S INNOVATIVE DISCRETE SPACER TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL LAYER SPACING/DENSITY AND REDUCE HEAT LEAK. THE PHASE I PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY PROVED WMLI FEASIBILITY BY DESIGNING, BUILDING AND TESTING A WMLI PROTOTYPE WITH A MEASURED HEAT LEAK 3.6X LOWER THAN SPIRAL-WRAPPED CONVENTIONAL MLI WIDELY USED FOR PIPING INSULATION. A WMLI PROTOTYPE HAD A HEAT LEAK OF 7.3 W/M2, OR 27% OF THE HEAT LEAK OF CONVENTIONAL MLI (26.7 W/M2). MODELING ESTIMATES THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF WMLI COULD BE FURTHER IMPROVED BY 3-FOLD, LEADING TO A HEAT LEAK OF 0.7 W/M2 (20 LAYERS, 77K TO 295K), AND EVEN LARGER ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL MLI PIPING INSULATION. IN A PHASE II PROGRAM WE WOULD FURTHER DEVELOP WMLI TECHNOLOGY WITH CUSTOM, MOLDED POLYMER SPACERS, AND ADVANCE THE PRODUCT TOWARD COMMERCIALIZATION VIA A RIGOROUS TESTING PROGRAM INCLUDING DEVELOPING ADVANCED VACUUM INSULATED PIPE FOR GSE APPLICATION. WMLI COULD PROVIDE ADVANCED CRYOGEN TRANSFER LINE INSULATION AND BE THE BASIS OF A SUPERIOR VACUUM INSULATED PIPE TECHNOLOGY. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
6833 JOYCE ST, ARVADA, JEFFERSON, COLORADO, 80007, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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PO
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AWARD
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NNX11CG46P
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2011-08-16
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2011-09-29
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2011-09-29
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX11CG46P_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
FOR NASA EXTENDED MISSIONS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO), MICROMETEOROID AND ORBITAL DEBRIS (MMOD) PROTECTION FOR SPACECRAFT, SPACE STATIONS AND ORBITING FUEL DEPOTS IS CRITICAL TO MISSION SAFETY. MMOD PENETRATION IS A RISK FOR SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS; SPACECRAFT DESIGNERS MUST PROVIDE PROTECTION TO MINIMIZE MMOD DAMAGE. CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS, AND THEIR THERMAL INSULATION, ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF NASA'S NEXT GENERATION VEHICLES. ORBITAL FUEL DEPOTS MUST PROVIDE ZERO BOILOFF CRYOPROPELLANT LOSS AND MAINTAIN FLIGHTWORTHINESS OVER EXTENDED MISSIONS IN LEO. QUEST&BALL HAVE DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE NEXT GENERATION MLI THAT COULD PROVIDE BOTH HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION AND LIGHT-WEIGHT MMOD PROTECTION. MMOD - INTEGRATED MLI (MMOD-IMLI) USES PRECISE LAYER SPACING CONTROL FROM POLYMER SPACERS TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR AN ADVANCED MULTISHOCK MMOD SHIELD. MMOD-IMLI IS A NOVEL MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM USING IMLI WITH PROPRIETARY MICROMOLDED POLYMER SPACERS TO CONTROL LAYER SPACING AND SUPPORT HIGH STRENGTH NEXTEL AND KEVLAR LAYERS. IMLI HAS BEEN PROVEN TO HAVE 27% LOWER HEAT LEAK PER LAYER THAN STATE-OF-THE-ART MLI. MMOD-IMLI WILL USE SPECIFIC LAYER MATERIALS, THICKNESSES AND LAYER SPACING TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT MMOD PROTECTION. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES MMOD-IMLI WILL PROVIDE SUPERIOR MMOD PROTECTION THAN WHIPPLE OR STUFFED WHIPPLE SHIELDS, THE CURRENT SHIELDS USED ON THE ISS, WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER MASS AND PROVIDING 95% PROBABILITY OF NO PENETRATION FOR AN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING HIGHER THERMAL INSULATION THAN AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF LAYERS OF CONVENTIONAL MLI. THIS PHASE I RESEARCH WILL EVALUATE MMOD PROTECTION AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE AVAILABLE FROM OUR IMLI TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN MMOD-IMLI BLANKET/SHIELDS, BUILD AND TEST AN MMOD-IMLI PROTOTYPE FOR MMOD PROTECTION USING HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTS AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE VIA LN2 CALORIMETRY, COMPARE MMOD AND HEAT LEAK RESULTS TO THOSE PREDICTED, AND DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF MMOD-IMLI. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
6833 JOYCE ST, ARVADA, 800077552, UNITED STATES |
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PO
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AWARD
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NNX11CG02P
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2011-07-27
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2011-09-29
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2011-09-29
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX11CG02P_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS HAVE THE HIGHEST ENERGY DENSITY OF ANY ROCKET FUEL, AND ARE USED IN MOST NASA AND COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES TO POWER THEIR ASCENT. CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS MUST BE KEPT COLD TO PRESERVE THEM AND PREVENT LOSS VIA BOIL OFF, THEREFORE CRYOGENIC LAUNCH VEHICLES AND SPACECRAFT MUST HAVE THERMAL INSULATION PRESERVING THE CRYOPROPELLANT. PROVIDING GOOD THERMAL INSULATION IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE INSULATION DESIRED, THE MASS OF THE INSULATION SYSTEM, AND THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE INSULATION. SOFI, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS HIGH HEAT LEAK AND IS NOT ROBUST. QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORP, AND PARTNER BALL AEROSPACE, PROPOSE TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND TEST INNOVATIVE LAUNCH VEHICLE MLI (LV-MLI), AN INTEGRATED ADVANCED THERMAL INSULATION AND LIGHTWEIGHT AEROSHELL FOR LAUNCH VEHICLE EXPOSED CRYOPROPELLANT TANKS. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
6833 JOYCE ST, ARVADA, JEFFERSON, COLORADO, 80007, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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PO
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AWARD
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NNX11CG41P
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2011-07-26
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2011-09-29
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2011-09-29
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX11CG41P_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS, ORBITAL CRYOGENIC FUEL DEPOTS AND THE ABILITY TO STORE, TRANSFER, HANDLE AND REFUEL SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT ARE CRITICAL TO NASA FUTURE MISSIONS BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE NEEDED CRYOGENIC FLUID MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES ALLOWING FUTURE EXTENDED SPACEFLIGHT MISSIONS. THERE ARE KNOWN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF CRITICAL CRYOGENIC FLUID MANAGEMENT (CFM) TECHNOLOGIES IN MICRO-GRAVITY. THE NASA CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE AND TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS AN ORBITING LABORATORY THAT CAN INVESTIGATE CFM TECHNOLOGIES IN SPACE, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE IN-SPACE CFM TECHNOLOGIES. THE TESTBED CAN PROVIDE A COST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO MATURE NUMEROUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES, FLIGHT TEST AND REDUCE RISK FOR THEIR USE IN NASA MISSIONS. INTEGRATED MULTILAYER INSULATION (IMLI) IS A NEW NEXT GENERATION THERMAL INSULATION OFFERING HIGHER THERMAL PERFORMANCE, LOWER MASS AND A MORE ROBUST STRUCTURE THAN CURRENT MLI. IMLI COULD USE A CONFORMAL BLANKET DESIGN WITH IMLI PANELS AND TEMPERATURE-MATCHED LAYER PANEL SEAMING. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, TESTING AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL CONFORMAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE IMLI THERMAL INSULATION BLANKETS FOR A CRYOTE-LIKE CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE AND TRANSFER DEMONSTRATION TESTBED. A SEQUENCE OF STEPS TO MATURE IMLI TECHNOLOGY, MEASURE PERFORMANCE IN A REALISTIC ENVIRONMENT, AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES LEADING A TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT ARE OUTLINED. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF IMLI WOULD AID IN THE MATURING OF THE PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL ASPECT OF CRYOGENIC FLUID MANAGEMENT, ADVANCING CFM TECHNOLOGIES AND REDUCING RISK FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS AND COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT, LAUNCH VEHICLES, ORBITAL FUEL DEPOTS AND CRYOGENIC SPACE INSTRUMENTS. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
6833 JOYCE ST, ARVADA, 800077552, UNITED STATES |
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DCA
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AWARD
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NNX10CA70C
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2010-09-08
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2011-12-20
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2011-12-20
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX10CA70C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION IS CRITICAL TO NASA'S NEXT GENERATION EXPLORATION SPACECRAFT. ZERO OR LOW CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT BOILOFF IS REQUIRED DURING EXTENDED MISSIONS AND LENGTHY ON-ORBIT TIMES. HEAT FLOW THROUGH MULTILAYER INSULATION IS USUALLY THE LARGEST HEAT LEAK IN CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS, SO IMPROVEMENTS ARE DESIRABLE. LOAD RESPONSIVE MULTI-LAYER INSULATION (LRMLI) IS AN INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY USING MICRO-MOLDED POLYMER DYNAMIC SPACERS THAT PROVIDE HIGH PERFORMANCE INSULATION BOTH IN-ATMOSPHERE AND ON-ORBIT. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
4900 IRIS ST, WHEAT RIDGE, 800332215, UNITED STATES |
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PO
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AWARD
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NNX10RA57P
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2010-01-29
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2010-07-29
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2010-07-29
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX10RA57P_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
TAS::80 0123::TAS NASA EXPLORATION VEHICLES REQUIRE IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES FOR PASSIVE THERMAL INSULATION FOR ZERO BOIL-OFF OF CRYOPROPELLANTS DURING EXTENDED LEO AND LUNAR SURFACE MISSIONS. VEHICLES SUCH AS THE EARTH DEPARTURE STAGE AND ORION MUST BE CAPABLE OF MULTI-DAY ORBITAL OPERATION WITH MINIMAL CRYOPROPELLANT LOSS, AND THE ALTAIR LUNAR LANDER MUST HAVE MINIMAL CRYOPROPELLANT LOSS OVER A SIX MONTH MISSION ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, TEAMING WITH BALL AEROSPACE, PROPOSES AN INNOVATIVE ADVANCED INSULATION SYSTEM, WRAPPED-IMLI, WHICH COULD PROVIDE HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION FOR CRYOGENIC FEED LINES. WRAPPED-IMLI IS A MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM USING PROPRIETARY MICROMOLDED POLYMER SPACERS TO PRECISELY CONTROL LAYER SPACING AND REDUCE INTER-LAYER HEAT CONDUCTION. IMLI VERSIONS OF THIS CONCEPT, FOR CRYOTANKS, HAVE BEEN PROVEN WITH A MEASURED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF 8.8*10-5 W/M-K, 37% LOWER HEAT LEAK THAN CONVENTIONAL MLI. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH INDICATES W-IMLI COULD PROVIDE EXCELLENT THERMAL INSULATION FOR CRYO-FEED LINES. PROPELLANT BOIL-OFF LOSSES ARE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THE MLI, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST HEAT LEAK IN CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE. IT IS KNOWN THAT MLI INSULATION FOR CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT FEED LINES IS MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE THAN MLI FOR TANK INSULATION. A BALL DEFENSE PROGRAM STUDY INDICATES THE HEAT LEAK THROUGH SPIRAL-WRAPPED MLI INTO LINES IS UP TO 10 TIMES WORSE PER AREA THAN TANK MLI. BETTER INSULATION FOR CRYO-FEED LINES IS AN IMPORTANT ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR NASA EXPLORATION VEHICLES. IN THIS PHASE I PROJECT WE WOULD MODEL, CONDUCT A TRADE STUDY ON THERMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NASA SPACECRAFT CRYOGENIC FEED LINES, DESIGN W-IMLI, FABRICATE A PROTOTYPE AND MEASURE THERMAL PERFORMANCE. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
4900 IRIS ST, WHEAT RIDGE, JEFFERSON, COLORADO, 80033, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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PO
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AWARD
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NNX09CD77P
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2009-01-22
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2009-07-22
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2009-07-22
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNX09CD77P_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Description
| Title |
LOAD RESPONSIVE MLI: THERMAL INSULATION WITH HIGH IN-ATMOSPHERE & ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE LONG TERM STORAGE OF CRYOPROPELLANTS WITH MINIMAL LOSS IS REQUIRED FOR NEW EXPLORATION SPACECRAFT. MULTI-LAYER INSULATION (MLI) IS USED TO INSULATE CRYOTANKS, BUT IS A HIGH RISK FOR EARTH DEPARTURE STAGE AND ALTAIR PROPELLANT MAINTENANCE. AN ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION, INTEGRATED MLI, IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR NASA AS AN MLI REPLACEMENT, AND OFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THERMAL PERFORMANCE UNDER SPACE VACUUM CONDITIONS. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR LOAD RESPONSIVE MLI (LRMLI), AN INNOVATIVE THERMAL SYSTEM THAT UNDER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE COMPRESSES DYNAMIC POSTS TO SUPPORT AN INTEGRATED, THIN VACUUM SHELL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE IN-ATMOSPHERE OPERATION, THEN DISCONNECTS THE POSTS DURING ON-ORBIT AND LUNAR SURFACE OPERATION TO PROVIDE ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION. |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
4900 IRIS ST, WHEAT RIDGE, 800332215, UNITED STATES |
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DCA
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AWARD
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NNC08CA13C
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2008-07-10
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2009-11-29
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2009-11-29
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| Unique Award Key |
CONT_AWD_NNC08CA13C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
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| Awarding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| Link |
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Description
| Title |
INTEGRATED MLI- ADVANCED THERMAL INSULATION USING MICRO-MOLDING TECHNOLOGY |
| NAICS Code |
541712: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Product and Service Codes |
AR11: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES |
Recipient Details
| Recipient |
QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| UEI |
HPUDP5F65MX3 |
| Legacy DUNS |
958218406 |
| Recipient Address |
4975 MILLER ST, WHEAT RIDGE, 800332215, UNITED STATES |
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