| タイトル | Capillary pumped loop GAS and Hitchhiker flight experiments |
| 著者（英） | Mcintosh, R.; Ku, J.; Kroliczek, E. J.; Schweickart, R. B.; Butler, D. |
| 著者所属（英） | OAO Corp.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 1986-06-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Flight experiments of a capillary pumped loop (CPL) aboard the Space Shuttle on both the Get Away Special (GAS) and Hitchhiker-G (H/H-G) carriers are described. These tests have shown that a two-phase heat transfer loop utilizing a wicking material as the system pumping mechanism can operate successfully in a zero-g environment. The CPL operating modes demonstrated were start-up, heat load sharing/natural priming, liquid inventory and temperature control via the reservoir, dryout recovery, and isolation of a single pump deprime. Also investigated were high and low power limits, and inlet subcooling requirements. In these CPL flight experiments, successful system operation was demonstrated at input power levels up to 560 watts and inlet subcooling below 2 C. |
| NASA分類 | SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE |
| レポートNO | 86A39874
AIAA PAPER 86-1249 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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