Weight Characteristics of Future Spacecraft Thermal Management Systems.

Abstract

This report presents the results of an investigation on the weight characteristics of future spacecraft thermal management systems. The sensitivity of the thermal management system weight to the performance requirements of both evolutionary and revolutionary spacecraft missions has been studied. A numerical analysis modelling the transient heat flow through the thermal management system was performed. The performance parameters included the peak thermal load and the peak-to-average thermal load ratio. In addition the sensitivity of the thermal management system weight to the choice of phase change material for heat storage was determined via a heat of fusion parametric analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141403

Entities

People

  • J. W. Sheffield

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Phase Change Materials
  • Temperature Control
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster