High Temperature Mechanically Pumped Fluid Loop for Space Applications –Working Fluid Selection 2004-01-2415
Mechanically pumped single-phase fluid loops are well suited for transporting and rejecting large amounts of waste heat from spacecraft electronics and power supplies. While past implementations of such loops on spacecraft have used moderate operating temperatures (less than 60ºC), higher operating temperatures would allow equivalent heat loads to be rejected by smaller and less massive radiators. A high temperature (100 to 150ºC) mechanically pumped fluid loop is currently being investigated at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use on future Mars missions. This paper details the trade study used to select the high temperature working fluid for the system and the initial development testing of loop components.
Citation: Paris, A., Bhandari, P., and Birur, G., "High Temperature Mechanically Pumped Fluid Loop for Space Applications –Working Fluid Selection," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2415, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2415. Download Citation
Author(s):
Anthony D. Paris, Pradeep Bhandari, Gajanana C. Birur
Affiliated:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Pages: 9
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V113-1
Related Topics:
Radiators
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