FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A SMALL THERMAL CHAMBER FOR PROGRAMMED TRANSIENT INCREASES AND DECREASES IN TEMPERATURE

Abstract

Performance specifications of a rate of change of 200 F per minute and a maximum temperature of 600 F were arbitrarily set for a possible thermal chamber facility. Various methods of heating were examined and the decision was made to make a special study of a fluid wall thermal chamber as a promising approach to achieve the desired specifications. It was found that it should be possible to construct a circulating fluid wall chamber, using commercially available silicone derivative fluids for under $40 per square foot of area, plus a fixed cost for controlling equipment. Based on approximate figures, it was concluded that an 8-foot chamber, meeting the desired specifications and with a capability for extending its operation into a thermal range below room temperature, could be constructed for under $50,000.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0406889

Entities

People

  • Jeremy Crocker
  • John Lyman

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biotechnology
  • Boiling Point
  • Chemical Properties
  • Climate Change
  • Control Systems
  • Cooling
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • High Temperature
  • Specific Heat
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Operations Research
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.