Cryogenic Heat Transport System  

Cullimore & Ring Technologies 
Littleton, CO 

Swales and Associates 
Beltsville, MD 
 

A vibration isolating cryogenic heat transport system capable of transporting waste heat from electronics and sensors over long distances with the use of no moving parts or thermal switches.

• The technology successfully operated at 80-90 °K during ground tests and in the zero gravity CRYOTSU canister on board STS-95
• Testing successfully demonstrated acquisition of waste heat through the vaporization of a working fluid which is passively pumped using the surface tension forces developed in a  fine porous wick structure
• Extrapolated the development of similar room temperature technology to cryogenic applications
• Characterized operation for an 80-90 °K system using nitrogen as the working fluid. Spin off development demonstrated functionality down to 40 °K using neon.

• Miniaturization of loop components has provided the ground work for extrapolating the technology to room temperature electronic cooling.

 

 

• Vibration free cooling of cryogenic sensors and electronics
• Method for connecting multiple cryogenic cooling sources to a single heat source
• Lightweight, flexible, vibration free

replacement for cryogenic thermal switches

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