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Moderate Temperature Control Technology for a Lunar Base
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A parametric analysis is performed to compare different heat pump based thermal control systems for a Lunar Base. Rankine cycle and absorption cycle heat pumps are compared and optimized for a 100 kW cooling load. Variables include the use or lack of an interface heat exchanger, and different operating fluids. Optimization of system mass to radiator rejection temperature is performed. The results indicate a relatively small sensitivity of Rankine cycle system mass to these variables, with optimized system masses of about 6000 kg for the 100 kW thermal load. It is quantitatively demonstrated that absorption based systems are not mass competitive with Rankine systems.
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Swanson, T., Sridhar, K., and Gottmann, M., "Moderate Temperature Control Technology for a Lunar Base," SAE Technical Paper 932114, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/932114.Also In
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