Study of a solid hydrogen cooler for spacecraft instruments and sensors
Abstract
The results of tests and studies to investigate the utilization of solid hydrogen for cooling of spacecraft instruments and sensors are presented. The results are presented in two sections; the first describing the tests in which an existing single stage solid cooler was filled and tested with solid hydrogen and the second which describes the analysis and design of a catalytic converter which will be tested in the vent line of the cooler.
- Publication:
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Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Report
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980lock.reptR....S
- Keywords:
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- Metallic Hydrogen;
- Refrigerants;
- Solid Cryogen Cooling;
- Solidified Gases;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- Cryochemistry;
- Cryogenics;
- Reaction Kinetics;
- Solid Cryogens;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation