Performance evaluation of the Grumman prototype Space Erectable Radiator system
Abstract
The Grumman Space Erectable System Ground Test Article, consisting of a set of 48 x 1 ft monogroove heat pipe radiators, was thermal/vacuum tested. Five radiator panels were integrated with a two-phase thermal bus, and one radiator panel was tested in a standalone mode with electrical heat input. Overall, the tests were successful, with the radiators demonstrating the ability to operate in 1-g over the entire range of steady-state and transient conditions that are required for operation on the Space Station.
- Publication:
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AIAA and ASME, 5th Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference
- Pub Date:
- June 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990jtht.confU....B
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pipes;
- Heat Transfer;
- Performance Tests;
- Space Erectable Structures;
- Spacecraft Radiators;
- Hardware;
- Space Stations;
- Steady State;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer