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Freeze Tolerant Radiator for Advanced EMU
Technical Paper
2004-01-2263
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The current Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) system provides thermal control using a sublimator to reject both the heat produced by the astronaut's metabolic activity as well as the heat produced by the Portable Life Support Unit (PLSS). This sublimator vents up to eight pounds of water each Extravehicular Activity (EVA). If this load could be radiated to space, the amount of water that would need to be sublimated could be greatly reduced. There is enough surface area on the EMU that almost all of the heat can be rejected by radiation. Radiators, however, reject heat at a relatively constant rate, while the astronaut generates heat at a variable rate. To accommodate this variable heat load, NASA is developing a new freeze tolerant radiator where the tubes can selectively freeze to “turn down” the radiator and adjust to the heat rejection requirement. This radiator design significantly reduces the amount of expendable water needed for the sublimator. This paper describes the development of this freeze tolerant radiator.
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Trevino, L., Copeland, R., Elliott, J., and Weislogel, M., "Freeze Tolerant Radiator for Advanced EMU," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2263, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2263.Also In
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