A connectable/disconnectable thermal interface has been developed for the constructable radiator system under development at NASA-Johnson Space Center. A contact heat exchanger approach which involves pressurized clamping of a segmented cylindrical heat exchanger on the outside of a round heat pipe evaporator section was designed, fabricated, and tested. Dry metal-to-metal contact conductance heat transfer is utilized. Test results have indicated excellent contact conductances of up to 8500 w/m2 Cel at 2000 kPa clamping force. The feasibility and fabricability of the design have been demonstrated.
A contact conductance interface for a space constructable heat pipe radiator
Ein Kontaktwaermeleitungszwischenteil fuer einen Waermerohrradiator fuer Raumfahrt
SAE-Papers ; 1-9
1983
9 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 3 Quellen
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Englisch
A Contact Conductance Interface for a Space Constructable Heat Pipe Radiator
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