Flexible Heat Pipes for a Lightweight Spacecraft Radiator

Autor:	Jonathan C. Stevens, V. V. Raman, David E. Glass
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Natural convection Materials science Freon Spacecraft business.industry Loop heat pipe Aerospace Engineering Structural engineering Kapton Heat pipe Space and Planetary Science Thermocouple Heat transfer Composite material business
Zdroj:	Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 36:711-718
ISSN:	1533-6794 0022-4650
DOI:	10.2514/2.3484
Popis:	Flexible heat pipes utilizing ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) Ž lm wicks and formed UHMW wicks with Kapton® and aluminized Mylar® containers were designed, fabricated, and tested. Wick characterization was performed on both wicks with acetone, methanol, freon, and ethanol. The thin-Ž lm UHMW wick had a larger permeability and capillary radius. Burst tests were performed on the Mylar and Kapton heat-pipe containers indicating sufŽ cient strength for the heat-pipe application. The heat pipes were charged with methanol as the working  uid and successfully tested at steady-state conditions. Relatively uniform temperatures were obtained during several days of testing.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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