Rotating bubble membrane radiator

Patent · Tue Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:866790

Webb, Brent J ^[1]; Coomes, Edmund P ^[1]

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1. West Richland, WA

A heat radiator useful for expelling waste heat from a power generating system aboard a space vehicle is disclosed. Liquid to be cooled is passed to the interior of a rotating bubble membrane radiator, where it is sprayed into the interior of the bubble. Liquid impacting upon the interior surface of the bubble is cooled and the heat radiated from the outer surface of the membrane. Cooled liquid is collected by the action of centrifical force about the equator of the rotating membrane and returned to the power system. Details regarding a complete space power system employing the radiator are given.

• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4789517
• Application Number: 07/062,876
• OSTI ID: 866790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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