Aluminum-Ammonia Screen Wick Heat Pipes for Lunar Surface Missions
Abstract
Advanced Cooling Technologies is developing aluminum-ammonia heat pipes with screen wicks for operation on the lunar surface. The screen wick allows the heat pipe to operate against gravity and enables passive thermal management on complex terrain.
- Publication:
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Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
- Pub Date:
- September 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023LPICo2887.2901D