Air Squared, Inc. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: Z2
Air Squared, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,994
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- Z2
- Solicitation
- SBIR_20_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2020-08-27 → 2021-03-01
Description
NASA is currently seeking technologies that will support long duration habitation for large human class landers on the lunar surface. Technologies are needed that allow a single vehicle design to operate in the lunar environment where surface temperatures range from -193deg;C to 120deg;C. Technologies should also address reduction in mass, volume, and power usage relative to current solutions. To satisfy these objectives, Air Squared proposes a dual-loop thermal control system (TCS) with an outer loop consisting of a multi-stage, high-lift, isopentane vapor compression cycle (VCC) heat pump. To enable the proposed heat pump architecture, Air Squared will design, manufacture, and evaluate a lightweight, oil-free, spinning-scroll compressor during Phase I.