Technological innovation is the overall focus of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The program invests in the development of innovative concepts and technologies to help NASA's mission directorates address critical research and development needs for agency projects. This report highlights innovative SBIR Phase II projects from 2007-2012 specifically addressing Areas in In-Space Propulsion and Cryogenic Fluids Management which is one of six core competencies at NASA Glenn Research Center. There are nineteen technologies featured with emphasis on a wide spectrum of applications such as high-performance Hall thruster support system, thruster discharge power converter, high-performance combustion chamber, ion thruster design tool, green liquid monopropellant thruster, and much more. Each article in this booklet describes an innovation, technical objective, and highlights NASA commercial and industrial applications. This report serves as an opportunity for NASA personnel including engineers, researchers, and program managers to learn of NASA SBIR's capabilities that might be crosscutting into this technology area. As the result, it would cause collaborations and partnerships between the small companies and NASA Programs and Projects resulting in benefit to both SBIR companies and NASA.
Overview of SBIR Phase 2 In-Space Propulsion and Cryogenic Fluids Management
2015
26 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Fuels , Rocket Propellants , Space Technology , Spacecraft propulsion , Electric propulsion , Cryogenic fluids , Technology utilization , Combustion chambers , Hall thrusters , Plasma engines , Silicon carbides , Nasa programs , Magnesium , Composite structures , Solar cells , Aerogels , Power converters , Monopropellants , Research and development , Support systems