A high fidelity, direct-interface, fusible heat sink for cooling astronauts during extravehicular activity was constructed and tested. The design includes special connectors that allow the coolant loop to be directly connected to the fusible material, in this case water. Aspects tested were start-up characteristics, cooling rate, and performance during simulated heat loads.A simplified math model was used to predict the effect of increasing the effective thermal conductivity on heat sink freezing rate. An experiment was designed to measure the effective thermal conductivity of a water/Aluminum foam system, and full gravity tests were conducted to compare the freezing rates of water and water/foam systems. This paper discusses the results of these efforts.
Direct-Interface Fusible Heat Sink Performance Tests
Sae Technical Papers
International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 1994
01.06.1994
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Coolants , Conductivity , Foams , Water
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