Design and Investigation of a Capillary Pumped Loop for Advanced Thermal Control Systems of Space Vehicles 951509
The paper is devoted to discussing the problems of serviceability of capillary pumped loops (CPL) in startup and stationary modes of operation. It gives the results of experimental investigation of a CPL with a length of the transportation zone of about 5 m and high-pressure capillary pumps creating a head up to 40 kPa on ammonia and 20 kPa on freon-152A, which have been tested as working fluids. On the basis of the experimental data and analysis of the CPL operating cycle the paper gives the determination of serviceability conditions connected with the required degree of subcooling of the working fluid that is supplied into capillary pumps.
Citation: Maidanik, Y., Fershtater, Y., and Pastukhov, V., "Design and Investigation of a Capillary Pumped Loop for Advanced Thermal Control Systems of Space Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 951509, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951509. Download Citation
Author(s):
Yury F. Maidanik, Yury G. Fershtater, Vladimir G. Pastukhov
Affiliated:
Institute of Thermophysics Urals Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pages: 12
Event:
International Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V104-1
Related Topics:
Control systems
Pumps
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