Thermal control of powered systems on-board a flight vehicle is achieved by leveraging the latent heat storage capacity of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) to maintain the operating temperature at or slightly above the melting temperature of the PCM.
System and method for thermal control of powered systems on-board a flight vehicle using phase change materials (PCMs)
2025-02-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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