A unique and novel feature invention titled as “High performance lightweight compact thermal radiator” was filed on March 31, 2005. This new invention utilizes the superb isotropic higher thermal conductivity of industrial Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamond or diamond composite as face sheet material. In addition, carbon foam panel or carbon graphite composite panel is also used as the radiator structural panel in order to achieve the lightweight thermal radiator system design. This paper presents the new system design concept and results of preliminary thermal analysis. The combination of this unique design feature significantly increases heat rejection rate per unit area for the radiator’s panel surface. It is believed that this novel design will have significant technical impacts to future space vehicles such as Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), and next generation satellites.


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    Title :

    High Performance Lightweight Compact Thermal Radiator For Space Vehicles


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM-STAIF 2007: 11th Conf Thermophys.Applic.in Micrograv.; 24th Symp Space Nucl.Pwr.Propulsion; 5th Conf Hum/Robotic Techn & Vision Space Explor.; 5th Symp Space Coloniz.; 4th Symp New Frontrs & Future Con ; 2007 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 880 , 1 ; 407-411


    Publication date :

    2007-01-30


    Size :

    5 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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