FREEZE-THAW TOLERANT AMMONIA BASED HEAT PIPE – LOOP HEAT PIPE RADIATOR PANEL – EXPRO PLUS
26, April 2021

ESA Open Invitation to Tender: 1-10751
Open Date: 17/03/2021 00:00 CET
Closing Date: 12/05/2021 13:00 CEST

The objective of the activity is to design, manufacture and test a breadboard to demonstrate freeze/thaw capability of the 2-phase thermal hardware, while insuring structural integrity of the whole system.The breadboard shall be composed of a LHP, HPs and a radiator.Such a study shall enable to broaden knowledge of such phenomena and determine appropriatetechniques or design evolution to bring this concept from estimated TRL 1 up to TRL 3.This activity encompasses the following tasks:- Requirement consolidation and system analysis of possible gains- State of the art review – Investigation of possible design solutions and trade-off – Manufacturing and test of a breadboard (BB).

Directorate: Directorate of Tech, Eng. Quality
Estabilishment: ESTEC
ECOS Required: No
Classified: No
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Contracts Officer: Karine Magne-Lie
Initiating Service: TEC-MTT
IP Measure: N/A
Prog. Reference: E/0901-01 – Technology Developme
Tender Type: Open Competition
Open To Tenderers From: AT+BE+CH+CZ+DE+DK+EE+EL+ES+FI+FR+GB+HU+IE+IT+LU+NL+NO+PL+PT+RO+SE
Technology Keywords: 21-A-II-Capillary-Driven Loops
Products Keywords: 2-O-3-j-Other Capillary Driven Loops

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