HEAT PIPE APPLICATION FOR SPACECRAFT THERMAL CONTROL

Abstract

A heat pipe is a device which exhibits an extremely high effective thermal conductivity by means of two-phase fluid flow with capillary circulation. The primary objective of the experimental program was to determine a suitable method of control for the heat pipe and to establish suitable wick/ fluid configurations for the various temperature ranges of interest. The primary objective of the prototype program was to provide design, construction, testing for verification, and flight hardware specifications of a heat pipe applicable to thermal control of a spacecraft or a spacecraft subsystem. Thus, a thermal design improvement for spacecraft could be proposed; in addition, thermal resistances of heat pipes could be derived.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0662241

Entities

People

  • D. K. Anand
  • R. B. Hester

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Latent Heat
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Spacecraft
  • Steady State
  • Surface Tension
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Resistance
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers