Browse Publications Technical Papers 2009-01-2480
2009-07-12

Investigation of Transient Sublimator Performance 2009-01-2480

Sublimators have been used for heat rejection in a variety of space applications including the Apollo Lunar Module and the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Sublimators typically operate with steady-state feedwater utilization at or near 100%. However, sublimators are currently being considered to operate in a cyclical topping mode during low lunar orbit for Altair and possibly Orion, which represents a new mode of operation. This paper will investigate the feedwater utilization when a sublimator is used in this nontraditional manner. This paper includes testing efforts to date to investigate the Orbit-Averaged Feedwater Utilization (OAFU) for a sublimator.

SAE MOBILUS

Subscribers can view annotate, and download all of SAE's content. Learn More »

Access SAE MOBILUS »

Members save up to 16% off list price.
Login to see discount.
Special Offer: Download multiple Technical Papers each year? TechSelect is a cost-effective subscription option to select and download 12-100 full-text Technical Papers per year. Find more information here.
We also recommend:
TECHNICAL PAPER

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRIC COMMUTER MODEL EC-03

2011-39-7222

View Details

TECHNICAL PAPER

Design Concepts and Market Opportunities for “Flying Automobiles”

921570

View Details

STANDARD

JAUS Mobility Service Set with ASCII files

AS6009_ASCII

View Details

X