The first space flight cryogenic flexible diode heat pipes were developed and verified under micro-gravity conditions on the Space Shuttle during STS-94 (July 1997) and the previous, minimum mission STS-83 (March 1997). The heat pipe working fluids were oxygen (with an operating range of 60 to 145 K) and niethane (95 - 175 K). The heat pipes were verified as part of the Cryogenic Flexible Diode Beat Pipe (CRYOFD) flight experiment. CRYOFD was the third and fourth flights of the Hitchhiker based Cryogenic Test Bed.
Design and Performance of the Cryogenic Flexible Diode Heat Pipe (CRYOFD) Flight Experiment
1998
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Design and Performance of the Cryogenic Flexible Diode Heat Pipe (CRYOFD) Flight Experiment
SAE Technical Papers | 1998
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