Start Date
4-1987 8:00 AM
Description
This project exemplifies how NASA technology can be transferred to the market place in the scope of a Technology Utilization contract. In 1983, Dinh Company, a small R~D business, was trying to develop a S~lar Air Conditioner. Dinh Company conceived a Heat-Pipe system to increase the dehumidification of air conditioners therefore increasing their efficiency in providing comfort in humid climates. This l'esearch work attracted the attention of the TU officers at NASA/KSC who contacted Khanh Dinh, President of Dinh Company and started negotiations which resulted in a research contract whereas Dinh Company received from NASA technical support in the fields of Heat Pipes, Photovoltaics and Power Electronics. With this infusion of new technology, Dinh Company developed in a record time: a_High Efficiency air conditioner with one of the highest EER ratings today (EER; 15), an air conditioning system which removes twice more moisture out of the air, a Solar Powered Heat Pump, a Photovoltaic Tracking Generator, a line of low cost Digital Inverters. All of these products becoming commercially available in less than three year's time.
Advanced Air Conditioning Systems Developed from NASA Heat-Pipe Technology
This project exemplifies how NASA technology can be transferred to the market place in the scope of a Technology Utilization contract. In 1983, Dinh Company, a small R~D business, was trying to develop a S~lar Air Conditioner. Dinh Company conceived a Heat-Pipe system to increase the dehumidification of air conditioners therefore increasing their efficiency in providing comfort in humid climates. This l'esearch work attracted the attention of the TU officers at NASA/KSC who contacted Khanh Dinh, President of Dinh Company and started negotiations which resulted in a research contract whereas Dinh Company received from NASA technical support in the fields of Heat Pipes, Photovoltaics and Power Electronics. With this infusion of new technology, Dinh Company developed in a record time: a_High Efficiency air conditioner with one of the highest EER ratings today (EER; 15), an air conditioning system which removes twice more moisture out of the air, a Solar Powered Heat Pump, a Photovoltaic Tracking Generator, a line of low cost Digital Inverters. All of these products becoming commercially available in less than three year's time.
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