Flight Testing of the Capillary Pumped Loop Flight Experiment 951566
The Capillary Pumped Loop Flight Experiment (CAPL) employs a passive two-phase thermal control system that uses the latent heat of vaporization of ammonia to transfer heat over long distances. CAPL was designed as a prototype of the Earth Observing System (EOS) instrument thermal control systems. The purpose of the mission was to provide validation of the system performance in micro-gravity, prior to implementation on EOS. CAPL was flown on STS-60 in February, 1994, with some unexpected results related to gravitational effects on two-phase systems. Flight test results and post flight investigations will be addressed, along with a brief description of the experiment design.
Citation: Butler, D., Ottenstein, L., and Ku, J., "Flight Testing of the Capillary Pumped Loop Flight Experiment," SAE Technical Paper 951566, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951566. Download Citation
Author(s):
Dan Butler, Laura Ottenstein, Jentung Ku
Affiliated:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pages: 17
Event:
International Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V104-1
Related Topics:
Control systems
Flight tests
Microgravity
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