Test Loops for Two-Phase Thermal Management System Components
901272
07/01/1990
- Event
- Content
- Two mechanically pumped two-phase test rigs were built at NLR in order to experimentally study critical issues of spacecraft two-phase thermal management systems:
- a 5 kW, 31 mm ID, freon loop, focusing on the critical components of the ESA Two-Phase Heat Transport System.
- a 300 W, 4.93 mm ID, ammonia loop, to support the development of the ESA Capillary Pumped Loop Experiment (for the in-orbit demonstration of two-phase heat transport system technology) and to experimentally support two-phase thermal modelling and scaling activities.
The rigs are described in detail. Typical test results are presented.
- Pages
- 10
- Citation
- Delil, A., and Heemskerk, J., "Test Loops for Two-Phase Thermal Management System Components," SAE Technical Paper 901272, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/901272.