Environmental Control Packages Using Below Ambient Temperature Thermal Storage.

Abstract

Military vehicles are required to operate in high temperature and high humidity environments. Heat stress becomes a serious problem for the crew members aboard these vehicles. Thermal Energy Storage (TES) units particularly those employing a Phase Change Material (PCM) can be used for cooling crew members operating in oppressive environments. This program assessed the role of heat pipes in overcoming the heat transfer problems inherent to PCM type TES units. In so doing, a family of TES units which use heat pipe heat exchangers were designed. The main conclusions drawn from Phase I effort are that: (1) heat pipes can be used to overcome the interface problems associated with TES unit designs; and (2) TES units employing heat pipe heat exchangers are capable of providing sufficient cooling for crew members aboard military vehicles operating in oppressive environments. Keywords: Thermal energy storage unit; Latent heat of fusion; Heat exchangers.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1986
Accession Number
ADA175955

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Keddy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Environment
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Humidity
  • High Temperature
  • Latent Heat
  • Military Vehicles
  • Phase Change Materials
  • Pipes

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design