Project Title:

High-Performance, Regenerative Sorption Compressor Element

92-1-09.16-3800                                                    NAS07-1207
High-Performance, Regenerative Sorption
     Compressor Element
Creare, Inc.
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH  03755
William E. Nutt                                      (603-643-3800)

Abstract:

     A novel compressor element will be developed for fluid-loop
regenerative sorption compressors which will improve the
efficiency and reliability of the devices and reduce their mass
and complexity. The project objectives are to demonstrate that the
concept is feasible from thermodynamic, heat transfer, structural,
material, and fabrication perspectives. Analyses will be conducted
to demonstrate the feasibility of the first four perspectives,
after which will follow the identification of a fabrication
technique. When fully developed, the concept will be valuable to
the sorption cooler technology development program at the NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and useful to space-borne cryocooler
technology. It is anticipated that development of this concept
will make sorption compressors the "compressor of choice" for many
space applications.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications:  The primary application of the
sorption compressor cartridge is in spaceborne cryogenic
refrigeration systems. If sufficiently high efficiencies and low
costs can be obtained, the technology may find applications
wherever cryogenic equipment is used or proposed: MRI units,
particle accelerators, magnetically levitated trains,
superconducting energy storage devices, etc.

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