Project Title:

Multiple Constituent Thermal/Fluid Simulation for Multiple

Cullimore and Ring Technologies, Inc.
49 Dawn Heath Circle
Littleton Colorado 80127-4303

93-1-09     10   0292

Multiple Constituent Thermal/Fluid Simulation for Multiple
Disciplines

Abstract:

Ambitious endeavors such as Lunar bases and manned Mars
exploration will be possible only if integrated designs can be
produced that maximize limited resources. Such concurrent
engineering cannot proceed until diverse disciplines are able
either to share computer-aided design tools or to easily exchange
design and performance information between different tools. The
former solution is superior since it eliminates loss of
information and enables system-level simulations. We can achieve
this ideal within the interrelated disciplines of thermal
control, life support, power generation, and propulsion. NASA has
already developed a generalized design tool that is the standard
for thermal control analyses and that has been applied in other
disciplines as well. By adding the ability to simulate
nonreacting multiple-constituent flows, we will create a tool
that satisfies the analytic needs of a wider range of disciplines
and subsystems. Such a major expansion of analytic capabilities
also expedites commercialization which is already in progress.

The resulting products will be immediately marketable since they
fill a current void in the aerospace industry. They will also
find application in (1) heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems, (2) natural gas sweetening, (3)
cogeneration systems,(4) compact breathing apparatus for rescue
operations and hazardous environments, and (5) petrochemical
product distribution networks. Phase III will be self-supporting.
Concurrent engineering, multicomponent flow, thermal/fluid,
simulation, thermal control, environmental control, propulsion.