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Experimental Investigation of a Cryogenic Methane Heat Pipe Diode
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Abstract
A cryogenic liquid trap heat pipe diode with methane as working fluid has been studied experimentally. The test set-up consists of a vacuum chamber to accomodate the instrumented diode, power sources for the different heaters attached to the diode, a nitrogen-vapor cooling system and a data acquisition unit.
The experimental program included measurements of the maximum forward mode performance vs. operating temperature, measurements of the maximum forward mode performance vs. working fluid fill charge and investigations of the transient shut-down behaviour of the diode.
Authors
- M. Groll - Institut fur Kernenergetik & Energiesysteme (IKE), Universitat Stuttgart, Stuttgart, FRG
- S. Roesler - Institut fur Kernenergetik & Energiesysteme (IKE), Universitat Stuttgart, Stuttgart, FRG
- W. Supper - Institut fur Kernenergetik & Energiesysteme (IKE), Universitat Stuttgart, Stuttgart, FRG
Citation
Groll, M., Roesler, S., and Supper, W., "Experimental Investigation of a Cryogenic Methane Heat Pipe Diode," SAE Technical Paper 860962, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860962.Also In
References
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- Williams, R.J. Transient Shutdown Analysis of Low-Temperature Thermal Diodes NASA Technical Paper 1369 1979
- Groll, M. Munzel, W.D. Supper, W. Savage: C.J. Transient Behaviour of Liquid Trap Heat Pipe Thermal Diodes AIAA 14th Thermophysics Conf. 1979 Orlando/Florida
- Supper, W. Groll: M. Heat Pipe Tests on Space Shuttle Flights SAE Technical Paper Series 851356 1985