Modeling and Test Results for Two Loop Heat Pipes with a Freeze-Tolerant Condenser

摘要

This paper describes modeling and test results for a two Loop Heat Pipes (LHP) with a condenser designed to be Used in a deployable spacecraft radiator system. These Units were provided by the two major commercial US Vendors of LHPs. The condenser used is a freeze- Tolerant, parallel-flow design based on the international Space Station (ISS) deployable radiator design. This Condenser allows the deployable radiator to be utilized Without freeze-protection heaters.