Demonstration of liquid metal/fabric heat pipes

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5777124

Merrigan, M A; Sena, J T; Keddy, M D

The influence of protective fabric covering on heat rejection rates for high temperature spacecraft radiators was investigated. Aluminaborosilicate was the fabric used in experiments. Stainless steel -- sodium heat pipes were used as radiators. The experiments showed that the radiation performance of the fabric covered surfaces was strongly affected by the emissivity of the underlying metal substrate.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD; Department of Defense, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5777124
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-91-498; CONF-910739-10; ON: DE91008584
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASME/AIChE/ANS national heat transfer conference, Minneapolis, MN (USA), 26-31 Jul 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
EMISSIVITY
BORON SILICATES
HEAT PIPES
COVERINGS
RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
RADIATORS
SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
BORON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
360204* - Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories- Physical Properties
420400 - Engineering- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
420200 - Engineering- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques