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TRP Work Plan 2005-2007
Description of Activities
TEC-SB/7935/dc
12/Feb/09
TRP Reference:
Title:
MCT-700
Regenerator Technology for 10-100K Stirling and Pulse Tube Coolers
Deliverables:
Current TRL: Target TRL: Application Need/Date:
Application/Mission:
Contract Duration:
SW Clause : - Dossier0 Ref.:
Consistency with Harmonisation
Roadmap and Conclusions:
TRP Reference: MCT-701
Title:
Maxi compressor for low temperature cooler
Objective of the proposed activity is the development of a compressor compatible with the 10K cooler and various other
coolers.
A demonstration model of the 10K Cold-finger has already been developed by Astrium UK for the US Air Force, using up to
now 4 existing compressors. However for space applications, one large single compressor is required.
The proposed compressor will be based on the design for the Miniature Pulse Tube cooler compressor currently developed by
Astrium/RAL. The activity will cover the design, manufacture and test of a breadboard model of a large cooler compressor.
The build standard will be such as to support full performance evaluation and verify capability to survive launch and operate in
either a Space Station or satellite environment.
The possible utilization of this large compressor goes beyond the 10K Cooler, as an example it can also work as a basis for
other systems, e.g. a Large Heat Lift Pulse Tube cooler.
The proposed activity will be followed by a 400kE GSTP project, called “Development of a 10K Cooler EQM”, referred to as
G00/B46.MCT-003, aiming at developing a 6-10K cooler, with a cooling power of 45 mW at 10K and a zero load temperature
of 6K (goal 4K). This latter activity will be based on the previous developments of the proposed Maxi Compressor and the
previous work on 10K coolers. Future Earth Observation and Scientific instruments (e.g. XEUS) will benefit from this project.
Deliverables:
Technical datapackage (design, manufacture and test). Breadboard model of a large cooler compressor.
Current TRL: TRL2-3 Target TRL: TRL5 Application Need/Date: TRL5 by 2012
cooling of science and earth observation
instruments as well as of future
Application/Mission:
telecommunication payloads
Contract Duration: 27 months
(Superconductor applications)
SW Clause : - Dossier0 Ref.: T-7876
Consistency with Harmonisation
Roadmap and Conclusions:
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