Numerous studies and ground tests have shown that broad area cooling (also known as distributed cooling) can reduce or eliminate cryogenic propellant boil-off and enable long duration storage in space. Various combinations of cryocoolers, circulators, heat exchangers and other hardware could be used to build the system. In this study, several configurations of broad area cooling systems were compared by weighing hardware combinations, input power requirements, component availability, and Technical Readiness Level (TRL). The preferred system has a high TRL and can be scaled up to provide cooling capacities on the order of 150W at 90K


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    Titel :

    Broad Area Cooler Concepts for Cryogenic Propellant Tanks


    Beteiligte:
    R. J. Christie (Autor:in) / T. M. Tomsik (Autor:in) / J. P. Elchert (Autor:in) / M. C. Guzik (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011


    Format / Umfang :

    23 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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