Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2019-06-24 to 2021-11-01
Current total value of award: $749860
Description: EO14042 THE PARAGON CONDENSATE SEPARATOR FOR MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS (COSMIC) IS A FULL FLOW DEVICE THAT SEPARATES LIQUID CONDENSATE FROM AIR USING AN INERTIAL PROCESS WITH LOW POWER DRAW, NEGLIGIBLE PRESSURE DROP, AND EFFICIENT CONDENSATE COLLECTION. COSMIC, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPMENT BY PARAGON, FORM A DROP-IN SOLUTION TO REPLACE THE ISS COMMON CABIN AIR ASSEMBLY (CCAA) COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER SLURPER AND WATER SEPARATOR. ON ISS, THE SLURPER BAR SUFFERS CONTINUED SILOXANE CHEMICAL DEGRADATION THAT MODIFIES SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY, RESULTING IN INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE. IN PHASE I PARAGON USED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND AN ADAPTABLE TEST FIXTURE TO EVALUATE COMPETING DESIGNS AND DEMONSTRATE SUCCESSFUL LIQUID/AIR SEPARATION FAR IN EXCESS OF NASA PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE MOST FAVORABLE SOLUTION. IN PHASE II, PARAGON WILL OPTIMIZE THE DESIGN FOR ON-ORBIT USE AND PRODUCE AN INTEGRATED, LOW-WEIGHT, SOLUTION INCLUDING OPTIMIZED PRODUCT WATER COLLECTION AND DELIVERY TO THE WATER PROCESSING ASSEMBLY.