| PROPOSAL NUMBER: | 02-II H7.03-9809 (For NASA Use Only - Chron: 022190 ) |
| PHASE-I CONTRACT NUMBER: | NAS9-03037 |
| SUBTOPIC TITLE: | Propulsion Systems Ground Test Operations |
| PROPOSAL TITLE: | Fabrication and Test of HTS Coils for the VASIMR Experiment |
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN:
(Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/ZIP, Phone)
Tai-Yang Research Corporation
31 Pierson Dr.
Hockessin , DE 19707 - 1029
(302 ) 494 - 4048
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER:
(Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/ZIP, Phone)
Dr. Chris Rey
taiyang@tai-yang.com
31 Pierson Dr.
Hockessin , DE 19707 - 1029
(302 ) 494 - 4048
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
In the Phase I effort, Tai-Yang Research Corporation (TYRC) proposes to design and perform analyses on state-of-the-art High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) coils for the Variable Specific Impulse Magneto-Plasma Rocket (VASIMR) experiment being conducted at the Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory (ASPL) at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Using the design results obtained in the Phase I effort, TYRC proposes in Phase II to fabricate, test, and install HTS coils (VX-2 and VX-3) in the existing VASIMR experiment. Replacing the conventional copper coils with state-of-the-art HTS coils in the VASIMR experiment will allow for greater design flexibility and increased operational performance. The HTS replacement coils will be designed to be conduction cooled via a single-stage Gifford-McMahon (G-M) cryocooler, operating at ~ 40 K.
POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATION(S) (LIMIT 150 WORDS)
HTS magnets offer the poetntial for signiifcantly lighter weight and reduced electrical power consuptions over their conventional and LTS counter-parts. HTS magnets introduced into other NASA applications such as adiabatic refrigeration experiments off a significantly lighter systems package.
POTENTIAL NON-NASA APPLICATION(S) (LIMIT 150 WORDS)
HTS magnets offer the poetntial for signiifcantly lighter weight and reduced electrical power consuptions over their conventional and LTS counter-parts. Due to their less tringent cryogenic insulation and cooling requirements HTS based products are now making commercial in-roads in the development of HTS based : motors, generators, fault current limiters, magnetic separators, transformers, and ac/dc cables.