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Investigation of Transient Sublimator Performance
Technical Paper
2009-01-2480
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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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.
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Leimkuehler, T., Sheth, R., and Stephan, R., "Investigation of Transient Sublimator Performance," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2480, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2480.Also In
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