Enhanced Heat Transport in Environmental Systems Using Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials 921224
The thermal management of avionic environmental systems is a growing concern to engineers. Increased heating loads and systems weight coupled with reduced volume present challenging problems to designers. This paper will outline a methodology for enhanced heat transport and storage that uses a new two-component fluid mixture consisting of a microencapsulated phase change material (microPCM) for enhanced latent heat transport. SBIR investigations for NASA, USAF, SDIO, and NSF since 1983 have demonstrated the effectiveness of this novel coolant in significantly enhancing the carrier fluid's effective thermal capacitance, increasing the exchanger heat transfer coefficient, providing essentially isothermal heat transport, and reducing pumping power requirements.
Citation: Colvin, D., Mulligan, J., and Bryant, Y., "Enhanced Heat Transport in Environmental Systems Using Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials," SAE Technical Paper 921224, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/921224. Download Citation
Author(s):
D. P. Colvin, J. C. Mulligan, Y. G. Bryant
Pages: 11
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1992 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V101-1
Related Topics:
Thermal management
Heat transfer
Coolants
Storage
Avionics
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