Electrostatic Discharges From Conductive Thermal Coatings
| Autor: | Nora Low, Tanner Linton, Eduardo Martin, Allen Andersen, James Chinn, Chaoyin Zhou, Nelson W. Green, Wousik Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Electrostatic discharge Materials science Spacecraft business.industry Nuclear engineering engineering.material Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Jet propulsion Spacecraft design 010305 fluids & plasmas Coating 0103 physical sciences Thermal engineering Vacuum chamber business Electrical conductor |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 47:3759-3765 |
| ISSN: | 1939-9375 0093-3813 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tps.2019.2919276 |
| Popis: | Selecting the correct thermal control coating for a spacecraft can be a significant challenge. From the start, the process includes balancing conflicting needs. Thermal control paints must have the ability to either absorb or emit heat as desired and this property cannot change beyond a set point over the life of the mission. When the mission involves operating in a heavy charging environment, the control coating must be static dissipative enough to bleed away absorbed energetic electrons to minimize induced electric fields and the risk of electrostatic discharges (ESDs). Finding the right balance of thermal performance and electrical performance can be difficult for spacecraft designers. In an effort to aid in spacecraft design, a number of white and black thermal control coatings were tested at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory using a two-part test campaign. These tests involved an initial screening test to determine the bulk resistivity of the material using a traditional parallel-plate test, but placed in a vacuum chamber immersed in a bath of liquid nitrogen to obtain data over a range of temperatures. The most promising materials were then exposed to a stream of energetic electrons and monitored for the production of ESDs. Results from these tests indicated that only a few of the common thermal control coatings have a resistivity below $10^{\mathbf {9}} \Omega $ cm as suggested in NASA-HDBK-4002A. Of those that meet this criterion, most will still produce ESDs when exposed to electrons with energies from 20 to 60 keV while held at cryogenic temperatures. Additional testing is required to characterize additional coatings to create a database that designers may use when selecting an appropriate coating for their application. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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