Proposal of Microgravity Experiments on Forced Convection Boiling in Orbit
微小重力下の強制流動沸騰熱伝達に関する軌道上実験の提案

Haruhiko OHTA, Hitoshi ASANO, Osamu KAWANAMI, Ryoji IMAI, Koichi SUZUKI, Yasuhisa SHINMOTO, Yoshiyuki ABE, Koutaro TANAKA, Raffaele SAVINO, Shinichi YODA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Kiyosumi FUJII (+13 others)
International journal of microgravity science and application  
Increase in the satellite size and corresponding power consumption requires the development of thermal management system handling a large amount of waste heat and its transportation along a long distance to the radiators. Boiling and twophase ow becomes a powerful means for this purpose because it transports latent heat of vaporization. It minimizes the size of cold plates, liquid ow rate, i.e. pump power, and launch mass. In the present paper, ISS experiment on forced convection boiling is
more » ... osed to obtain the data for the design of the high performance space thermal manage ment systems based on the analysis of liquidvapor ow structures and heat transfer characteristics under microgravity conditions. Subjects to be investigated in the proposed experiment and the outline of experimental setup are claried.
doi:10.15011/jasma.26.3.213 fatcat:nen4zbnwhvez5jryybpn4zssz4