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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 1571-1580.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0523

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Experiment on Startup Performance of Sublimator with Constant Heat Flux Boundary

WANG Yuying, ZHONG Qi, NING Xianwen, MIAO Jianyin, LI Jindong   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Thermal Control Technology, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100094, China
  • Received:2013-09-06 Revised:2014-01-15 Online:2014-06-25 Published:2014-02-21
  • Supported by:

    National Science and Technology Major Project

Abstract:

The sublimator is an ideal heat rejection device for the spacecraft which works with peak heat loads or in warm thermal environments. However, few research efforts have focused on the startup performance of a sublimator. In this paper the startup work mechanism and the performance related factors of the sublimator are analyzed, and experiments are carried out about the influence of initial temperature, feed water pressure and heat load on the transient performance of sublimator startup. The experiment results indicate that a sublimator with constant heat flux boundary can establish a steady phase change work mode in a short period after water is fed to it. The initial temperature and the feed water pressure have little influence on the steady state temperature of the sublimator, while the heat load has a greater impact on the steady state temperature. The startup response time shows a linear relationship with the initial temperature, feed water pressure and heat load respectively. Increase of the initial temperature leads to a longer response time, while increase of feed water pressure and heat load results in a shorter response time. The coefficient 1/aq0 analyzed from the experiment results can reflect the heat transfer coefficient between the sublimator porous plate and the heat source.

Key words: constant heat flux boundary, sublimator, startup performance, response time, phase change

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