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QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Aerospace
Products & Services
Load Bearing MLI
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Improvements in cryogenic propellant storage are needed to achieve reduced or zero boil off of cryopropellants, critical for long duration missions. Techniques for reducing heat leak into cryotanks include using passive multi-layer insulation (MLI) and vapor cooled or actively cooled thermal shields. Large scale shields cannot be supported by tank structural supports without heat leak through the supports.
Load Responsive MLI
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Load Responsive MLI (LRMLI) uses a dynamic spacer and a modular, lightweight vacuum shell to withstand atmospheric loads. LRMLI provides both high thermal performance in-air, and ultra-high performance on-orbit. LRMLI is a SOFI replacement system with substantially higher performance. The LRMLI system is the most durable product in the next generation MLI product family.
Launch Vehicle MLI (LVMLI)
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
The product family includes Launch Vehicle MLI (LVMLI), which offers the insulating properties of IMLI with a robust structure and more durable outer layer to withstand aerodynamic launch loads. LVMLI offers more structural strength than IMLI to withstand aerodynamic loads in the launch environment.
Wrapped MLI
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
New vehicles need improved cryogenic propellant storage and transfer capabilities for long duration missions. Multilayer insulation (MLI) for cryogenic propellant feedlines is much less effective than MLI tank insulation, with heat leak into spiral wrapped MLI on pipes 3 to 10X higher than conventional tank MLI.
Integrated MLI
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Integrated Multi-Layer Insulation (IMLI) is a next generation ultra-high performance thermal insulation. IMLI uses Discrete Spacer Technology™ to improve thermal performance and predictability and offers significant advantages over traditional MLI and Spray-On Foam Insulation (SOFI). IMLI provides improved thermal performance from low conductivity discrete spacers with controlled inter-layer spacing and density, and results in reduced system power and improved cryogenic system life.
Quest designs High Altitude Long Endurance LH2 tank insulation
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Quest Thermal, working with our client, has designed a lightweight thermal insulation system that provides low heat leak in-air on ground, and improved performance at high altitudes. Structural discrete spacers self support a thin vacuum shell, providing heat flux as low as 0.3W/m2, and estimated LH2 mass fractions near 80%.
Quest Thermal Group - 2017 Business Appreciation Award Winner
QUEST THERMAL GROUP
Outstanding Small Business of the Year: Quest Thermal Group located at 6452 Fig St. www.questthermal.com - for their groundbreaking work in developing and ma...
About
Quest Thermal Group is a technology and product development engineering firm, specializing in the design and development of advanced thermal insulation systems.
Quest Thermal focuses on developing and bringing to market advanced, next generation, structural thermal insulation solutions for aerospace and commercial applications. Our solutions achieve lower mass and enhanced thermal performance with discrete patented spacer technology. We are creative, inventive, capable engineers and scientists, with extensive thermal insulation expertise, R&D experience, and a product-centric vision.
Quest Thermal has developed multiple advanced insulation systems, for aerospace and commercial applications. These customizable engineering solutions can be used for insulating spacecraft, launch vehicles, high turndown variable radiators, vapor cooling, ISRU liquefaction storage tanks, dewars, LNG carriers and tanks, and appliances such as refrigerators. Quest's high performance Integrated Multi-Layer Insulation (IMLI) is in space insulating the flight dewar for NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission 3 on the ISS, and is at TRL9. IMLI will fly on the NASA/Ball Aerospace Green Propellant Infusion Mission on the June 2019 Flacon 9 Heavy flight, and IMLI is in early design for the NASA Lucy spacecraft to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Quest Load Bearing MLI supported a Broad Area Cooled shield in the NASA Reduced Boiloff 2 experiment, and led to a successful test program aimed at achieving Zero Boil Off of cryogenic propellants.
Quest has recently completed development of Vapor Cooled Structure MLI that substantially reduces heat load into launch vehicle cryopropellant tanks. Quest is currently developing with NASA a very lightweight, high performance Multi-Environment MLI for ISRU surface liquefaction and storage during in-space and on Mars surface operation. Quest Thermal has successfully developed new technology for NASA in 25 joint R&D programs, helping meet critical technology needs for future space exploration missions.
Products & Services: DTM Space Technology Opportunities / Europe / Trade Mission
Quest Thermal focuses on developing and bringing to market advanced, next generation, structural thermal insulation solutions for aerospace and commercial applications. Our solutions achieve lower mass and enhanced thermal performance with discrete patented spacer technology. We are creative, inventive, capable engineers and scientists, with extensive thermal insulation expertise, R&D experience, and a product-centric vision.
Quest Thermal has developed multiple advanced insulation systems, for aerospace and commercial applications. These customizable engineering solutions can be used for insulating spacecraft, launch vehicles, high turndown variable radiators, vapor cooling, ISRU liquefaction storage tanks, dewars, LNG carriers and tanks, and appliances such as refrigerators. Quest's high performance Integrated Multi-Layer Insulation (IMLI) is in space insulating the flight dewar for NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission 3 on the ISS, and is at TRL9. IMLI will fly on the NASA/Ball Aerospace Green Propellant Infusion Mission on the June 2019 Flacon 9 Heavy flight, and IMLI is in early design for the NASA Lucy spacecraft to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Quest Load Bearing MLI supported a Broad Area Cooled shield in the NASA Reduced Boiloff 2 experiment, and led to a successful test program aimed at achieving Zero Boil Off of cryogenic propellants.
Quest has recently completed development of Vapor Cooled Structure MLI that substantially reduces heat load into launch vehicle cryopropellant tanks. Quest is currently developing with NASA a very lightweight, high performance Multi-Environment MLI for ISRU surface liquefaction and storage during in-space and on Mars surface operation. Quest Thermal has successfully developed new technology for NASA in 25 joint R&D programs, helping meet critical technology needs for future space exploration missions.
Products & Services: DTM Space Technology Opportunities / Europe / Trade Mission
