Porous Material for Gas Thermal Compression in Space Conditions: Thermal Design Aspects
Affiliation:
1. 1 Allatherm SIA , 3 Pulka Str., Riga, LV-1007 , Latvia
Abstract
Abstract
It is almost impossible to name a field of human activity where porous materials are not used. Filters, membranes, thermal insulators, fuel cells, catalysts, wicks of heat transfer devices, sorbents, textiles, and other examples of porous materials explain such an increased interest in the study of their properties, design of new materials, and development of technologies for their manufacture. The recent need for in-orbit spacecraft refuelling has led to the development of gas thermal compression technology based on the use of porous material as both a fuel retention mechanism and thermal interface. The present paper reveals the thermal aspects of porous material design for a device intended for pumping xenon, fuel for ion thrusters, in zero-gravity conditions – Xenon Refuelling Compressor.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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