Numerical Simulation of the Air Cooling System for Scientific Payload Rack on a Space Station

Autor: Yuan-Yuan Lou, Ben-Yuan Cai, Yun-Ze Li, Jia-Xin Li, En-Hui Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 13, Iss 22, p 6145 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en13226145
Popis: The space scientific payload rack is a multifunctional experimental platform, and the requirements of the environmental temperature index are different for diversified experimental modules inside. The air cooling system is an important part of the rack thermal control system. A new type of air cooling system with small size and flexible arrangement is proposed in this paper, that is, micro air ducts with pinhole-sized air vents. The rack physical models of new and traditional air cooling modes are established, respectively. The numerical simulation of the inner air flow is carried out by Ansys Fluent CFD software (Ansys Inc., Canonsburg, PA, USA), which verifies that compared with the traditional method, the temperature field and flow field of the new air cooling method are more uniform, and the heat sources located at the edge of the rack can also be cooled better.
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