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Design of a Liquid Metal Heat Pipe Space Experiment United States Air Force, Phillips Lab
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Critchley, Eric P., author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference On Environmental Systems (1994-06-20 : Friedrichshafen, Germany)
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource cm
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, PA SAE International 1994
- Summary:
- Although high temperature, liquid metal heat pipe radiators have become a standard component design for many high power space systems, no experimental data on the operation of these kinds of heat pipes in a micro-gravity environment exists. Issues such as which wick structures or fluids work best in these conditions are unknown. In addition, the freeze/thaw behavior of liquid metals in zero-g is not well understood. The purpose of the Liquid Metal Thermal Experiment, known as LMTE, is to fill this gap in our knowledge of liquid metal heat pipes by flying three potassium heat pipes on board the Space Shuttle in 1995
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Publisher Number:
- 941301
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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