Testing of a loop heat pipe experimental apparatus under varied acceleration /
a Loop Heat Pipe under varied acceleration. The experiment
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1997.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a Loop Heat Pipe under varied acceleration. The experiment acceleration and microgravity was completed with satisfactory acceleration testing was done aboard NASA's KC- 1 3 5 with adapted from the LHP working cycle found in the patent and An experimental apparatus was designed and fabricated to test and some transient performance of the LHP. The model is better explains the conditions of the fluid as it moves closely match test data for steady state operation in both compare to thermophysical model. The thermophysical model comparisons to a model developed from models found in consisted of both flight and ground testing as well as correlation's and models may be used to predict steady state ground testing being performed at Texas A&M's Interphase higher confidence in expected performance. literature. The purpose of the work is to obtain data and need further evaluation to validate the assumptions. other literature describing the device. The predictions prediction. The use of experimentally validated predictions startup temperature profiles in the LHP. Variable Successful operation of the LHP under high gravitational the gravity assisted and gravity opposed orientations. through the wick and through the interface. The model is Transient performance predictions also gave good results, but Transport Phenomena Laboratory. Results indicate that simple used to evaluate approximate acceleration induced effects and will allow designers to use LHP's in space systems with |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Nuclear Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 84 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 80-83. |